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Dale Earnhardt Jr. set to make return

...through a rehabilitation program directed by Petty, who consulted with Dr. Micky Collins, director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program. Earnhardt was evaluated by Collins last week in Pittsburgh.His...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nascar/2012-10-23/dale-earnhardt-jr-set-make
Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes return to track Sunday

...filled with anxiety and "a mess."A trip to see concussion specialist Dr. Michael Collins at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center helped alleviate the anxiety. It put Earnhardt on track to getting better and understanding his injuries...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nascar/2012-10-26/dale-earnhardt-jr-makes-re
Augusta double hand transplant patient leaves Pittsburgh hospital

...58-year-old Jeff Kepner was discharged Monday from UPMC Montefiore hospital.Kepner received the hands at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in May and went home in October. He was hospitalized last week after he developed the rash on both hands...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2010-02-09/augusta-double-hand-transpla
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Across the Area

...Pittsburgh hospital after medicine cleared up a rash that signaled he might be rejecting his new hands.University of Pittsburgh Medical Center spokeswoman Amy Dugas says 58-year-old Jeff Kepner, of Augusta, was discharged Monday from UPMC...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-02-09/across-area
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So far, so good with double-hand transplant

It's just a small wiggle of his right thumb, over and over again. But it is progress for Jeff Kepner, of Augusta, the nation's first double-hand transplant patient.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2009-11-07/so-far-so-good-double-hand-t
Health | Doctors Hospital | Health Care
'Gradually getting back to normal'

...both sides, said Vijay Gorantla, director of the Composite Tissue Allotransplantation Program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where the transplant was done. "He has to train more muscle in order to get function back with his...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/10/15/met_551949.shtml
Metro | Doctors Hospital
Augusta man still adjusting to new hands

...Friday. Jeff Kepner has been in Pittsburgh since the double hand transplant was performed May 4 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Mr. Kepner has been rehabilitating and can move his fingers and wrists and is working on the ability...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/10/03/met_550481.shtml
Metro | Doctors Hospital
Hand-transplant patient returning

...today. Jeff Kepner has been in Pittsburgh since the double hand transplant was performed on May 4 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Mr. Kepner has been rehabilitating ever since and can move his fingers and wrists and is working on...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/latest/lat_702226.shtml
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Augusta hand transplant patient coming home this weekend

...today. Jeff Kepner has been in Pittsburgh since the double hand transplant was performed on May 4 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Mr. Kepner has been rehabilitating ever since and can move his fingers and wrists and is working on...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/latest/lat_702221.shtml
Latest News | Doctors Hospital
Hands-on healing

...held hands with his wife Valarie on Thursday as he talked to news reporters about his recovery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he underwent the nine-hour surgery in early May. But Mr. Kepner cannot feel his wife's touch...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/07/17/met_541220.shtml
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