Featured Stories
Meet patients that have undergone bloodless surgery at the Johns Hopkins Center for Bloodless Surgery and Medicine and learn what you can expect.

Innovative Blood-Saving Techniques: Tammy's Story
After being turned down by two major academic medical centers, Tammy, a Jehovah’s Witness, had her surgery performed at Johns Hopkins without the use of a blood transfusion.

"Off-Pump" Cardiac Surgery: Frank's Story
Frank Culp needed a coronary artery bypass surgery, but doctors at Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Johns Hopkins performed an "off-pump" cardiac surgery where the heart lung bypass machine is not used.

"Why Should I Go Anywhere Else?"
Hazel Skinner has suffered from chronic illnesses for 15 years. Although the doctors in Pennsylvania were respectful of her wishes to avoid blood products, after a hospital stay of three months she felt the need to seek more effective options.

He Helped Build Baltimore
Wallace Johnson visited another hospital that told him he needed a heart valve replacement, but they did not feel comfortable doing this type of surgery in a Jehovah's Witness patient, since blood transfusion was not an option.