“We have treatment options, including medications and lifestyle changes that can improve complications, but in severe cases, a liver transplant is often the best option.” Then, on Dec. 18, 2025, she received the call she had been hoping for: a donor liver had become available. On Dec. 20, 2025, Dr. David Aufhauser , transplant surgeon, UW Health, and assistant professor of surgery, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, led the team that performed England’s liver transplant. Since performing its first liver transplant in 1967, the UW Health Transplant Center has completed more than 3,000 liver transplants, providing lifesaving care to patients from Wisconsin and beyond. UW Health Transplant Center