New satellite kidney transplant clinic in St. George.

• Position: Around Utah

St. George--INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER in Murray and DIXIE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER in St. George are teaming up to bring new options to kidney failure patients in Southern Utah and Nevada.

A new kidney transplant satellite clinic opened at Dixie Regional Medical Center on April 26. The new clinic is the first of its kind in Utah and is intended to eliminate the additional hardship of traveling to Salt Lake for evaluations.

"We're seeing an increase in the number of patient referrals from Southern Utah," says James Stinson, M.D., medical director of the Kidney Transplant Program at Intermountain Medical Center "It's the right time to reach out to those patients to minimize their travel. Many are already on regular dialysis for their conditions and it will be a lot easier on patients and their families to be seen closer to home."

The clinic will...