Changing what's possible: First combined intestinal and kidney transplant

After nearly two decades of life-threatening illness, repeated complications, and organ failure, 33-year-old Briana Dery of Twining, Mich., is looking ahead to a healthy future, after successfully undergoing one of the rarest and most complex procedures in modern medicine. On January 14, 2026, she became the first person in Michigan to receive a new intestinal transplant and a new kidney in a single combined transplant operation.

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