Atlanta Blood Services and Northside Hospital are Committed to Providing COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma to Our Atlanta Community
Northside Hospital Urging Recent COVID Survivors To Donate Plasma.
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Urgent Need for Newly Recovered Covid-19 Volunteers to Donate Convalescent Plasma
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We Thank Dr. Lonnie Herzog and Family for Donating Convalescent Plasma
Dr. Lonnie Herzog is an Internal Medicine physician in Atlanta, GA. He has spent over 30 years treating patients with Primary Care Physicians of Atlanta at Northside Hospital. Now, he is not only using his experience and training to save lives, he is using what is inside him.
The plasma collected by Atlanta Blood Services (ABS) is being used for patients at Northside Hospital, which is another reason it was important for Dr. Herzog to donate with ABS. “We went through being sick as a family. We can donate and help other’s as a family. The patients at Northside have always been part of our family.”
To read Dr. Herzog and his family’s story, please click here.
We Thank Our Convalescent Plasma Donor Heroes
To schedule an appointment to donate Convalescent Plasma, please call Atlanta Blood Services at 404-477-1298.
Thank You to Our Family Convalescent Plasma Donors
To schedule an appointment to donate Convalescent Plasma, please call Atlanta Blood Services at 404-477-1298.
Request for Convalescent Plasma Donations
WSB TV recently interviewed Dr. Kent Holland, who discussed the urgent need for convalescent plasma donations to treat ill Covid-19 patients.
To schedule an appointment to donate Convalescent Plasma, please call Atlanta Blood Services at 404-477-1298.
Closer Look: Northside Hospital Tests Convalescent Plasma Donation As A New Potential Treatment For COVID-19
Domenico Piccininni, an Atlanta resident and COVID-19 survivor shares his journey to recovery. Then, Dr. Kent Holland, medical director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital, shares how Mr. Piccininni’s plasma could help other COVID-19 patients.
Plasma therapy could be ‘liquid gold’ for COVID-19 treatment
Domenico Piccininni is alive. It shouldn’t be taken lightly. The 50-year-old DeKalb County resident’s health was in question several weeks ago. He had COVID-19.
About two weeks ago, Piccininni walked into Northside Hospital to give some of his blood plasma for researchers to use as potential treatment for COVID-19 patients. The donation is his opportunity to help.
To learn more visit the AJC website for the full story.
Covid-19 Patient Recovers with Convalescent Plasma Infusion at Northside Hospital
Steve Feldman fell ill with Covid-19 and received an infusion with convalescent plasma from a person who recovered from Covid-19. Steve spoke with Atlanta’s CBS46 to thank the Northside Hospital staff and Atlanta Blood Services for their outstanding medical care during his recent Covid-19 hospitalization.
Atlanta Blood Services’ Executive Director, Carrie Cox, joins Atlanta’s WABE Moring Edition to Discuss COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Donation
To schedule an appointment to donate Convalescent Plasma, please call Atlanta Blood Services at 404-477-1298.
Tracey Kennedy Donates Convelescant Plasma in Memory of her Husband, Patrick Kennedy, a NSH BMT and Leukemia Patient
Patrick touched may people’s lives. He was an advid photographer and provided this Key West Florida photogragh to the Atlanta Blood Services' staff.
Eduin Rosell, a Northside Hospital Employee, Shares his Covid-19 Journey with Atlanta’s Fox5
We thank Eduin for donating his Convalescent Plasma to help other Covid-19 patients. To read Eduin’s Covid-19 journey, please click here.
COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Donor Appears in a Recent New York Times Article
Meg Chamberlin, who lives in New York City, traveled to Atlanta Blood Services (ABS) to donate COVID-19 convalescent plasma.
Her experience was featured in a recent New York Times article, Will You Help Save My Brother?: The Scramble to Find Covid-19 Plasma Donors.
We thank Meg, and all COVID-19 convalescent plasma donors, who are making a difference for patients who are battling COVID-19.
Please view Meg’s COVID-19 convalescent donor plasma experience.
Dr. Kent Holland and a COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Donor Interviewed by HealthDay, an E-Publication
Domenico Piccininni is one of the hundreds of thousands of people who have had a COVID-19 infection and recovered after a bit of misery, but with no lasting complications. What sets him apart from many other survivors is that Piccininni is trying to help people who now have more severe COVID-19 infections.
To learn more visit the Health Day website for the full story.
Atlanta Blood Services COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Donor Interviewed on Fox News
Fox News’ Bill Hemmer interviewed Mike Dowdle, an Atlanta Blood Services COVID-19 convalescent plasma donor, on April 9, 2020. The interview discussed; how recovered COVID-19 individuals have developed antibodies to the virus in their blood, how these antibodies may help treat a patient with severe COVID-19 infection, described the convalescent plasma donation process, and why Mr. Dowdle donated his plasma.
If you would like to become a COVID-19 convalescent plasma donor (at no expense to you) or would like additional information, please contact Atlanta Blood Services at 404-477-1298, 404-477-1299, absinfo@bmtga.com or atlantabloodservices.com.
Dr. Kent Holland Appears on Atlanta’s WABE’s Closer Look
with Rose Scott to Discuss Blood Donation During COVID-19
Blood donation collection centers in right here in Georgia and across the nation are urging healthy people to donate blood.
Dr. H. Kent Holland is a Northside Hospital Leukemia Program physician. He also serves as the Medical Director of Atlanta Blood Services and Medical Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital. He joined “Closer Look” to discuss the critical need for blood donation products during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Atlanta Fox 5 Interviews Dr. Kent Holland
New COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Treatment
On Atlanta’s Fox 5, Dr. Holland explains how donated plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients may help newly infected COVID-19 patients recover quickly. Dr. Holland explains when someone is infected with a virus like COVID-19, patients produce antibodies that can neutralize the virus.
In collaboration with the Georgia Department of Public Health, the NSH BMT Collection Facility, Atlanta Blood Services, is setting up a system to collect plasma from COVID-19 survivors and then their plasma will be infused into patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Donating plasma is similar to donating blood and one donation of plasma could help two or three newly infected patients.
To watch the clip from the show, please click here.