Long Island’s first pancreas transplant performed at Northwell

Long Island’s first pancreas transplant performed at Northwell

A 47-year-old Queens man became the first patient on Long Island to receive a pancreas transplant when Northwell Health surgeons performed a 10-hour kidney-pancreas transplant on May 13 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. Carlyle Preudhomme Jr., of Flushing, had been living with Type 1 diabetes for decades and was undergoing dialysis after his...