Stories from our patients
![Dr Evans with Klaus Faber looking at photo album](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2024-02/FABER.jpg?itok=jm9sL81g)
How an 86-year-old got out of his wheelchair to adventure again
Told he was inoperable, outdoor adventurer Klaus Faber thought he was bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Then, he met Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center neurosurgical oncologist, Linton T. Evans, MD
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How one woman’s selfless act to donate a kidney led her to the top of the world
Less than a year after donating a kidney, Maureen Murphy hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, to raise awareness for organ donation.
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Our Patients. Their Stories. Vicki Cutone.
Vicki Cutone shares how spinning through sarcoma led to meaningful new endeavors.
![Janette Coombs, Nick, Annie Aquila](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2022-08/DCC-3923-2-Web.jpg?itok=rbgRcs88)
Fueling cars and kindness from patient to patient
A project started by Dartmouth Cancer Center patient Janette Coombs as a way to involve her son, Nicholas, has flourished into a meaningful mission that brings relief to many other patients.
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Our Patients. Their Stories. Liz Stutzmann
Liz Stutzmann finds life-saving surgery at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to remove her diseased pancreas.
![Ron Routhier on motorcycle](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2021-08/Routhier-R-442-Web.jpg?itok=FXzxcLRJ)
Our Patients. Their Stories. Ron Routhier
An in-depth look at Ron Routhier’s aggressive prostate cancer and an out-of-the-box approach to treatment have given him years to his life that he wasn’t expecting.