Kidney Transplant Conversations
Health & Fitness:Medicine
Every year, April is National Donate Life Month. This is an annual time for increasing awareness of the importance of registering as an organ donor or saving a life by being a living donor. And for kidney transplants, living donation offers the best possible outcomes for recipients.
But asking someone to give a kidney can be daunting, and the process can be a challenge. For the next episodes of Kidney Transplant Conversations, we will be hearing from support organizations such as the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC), and TransplantFirst Academy (TFA) about programs supporting living donation. We’ll also talk with healthcare providers about their professional perspectives, and hear from living donor recipients about their experiences.
This week, Jennifer Martin from the National Kidney Foundation tells us all about their program “The Big Ask, The Big Give”, a comprehensive resource which includes webinars and workshops, and makes mentors available by phone. the National Kidney Foundation website link is www.kidney.org/transplantation/livingdonors and you can also call them on 1.855.653.2273.
With series producer and host Rolf Taylor.
Other resources mentioned in this episode include:
National Donate Life Month
www.donatelife.net/ndlm/;
The Johns Hopkins Living Donor Champion Program
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/transplant/patient_information/live-donor-program.html;
National Living Donor Assistance Center
www.livingdonorassistance.org/.
Kidney Transplant Conversations is underwritten by Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All views and opinions expressed in the podcast reflect those of the participants and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
© Project Advocacy, 2022
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013. Mike needed a kidney transplant, & some help with social media. Andrea answered the call…with some unexpected results.
012. How Jim became a kidney donor to his “brother” Darryl. Plus: Dr. Adam Bregman discusses helpful resources for living donation and some kidney transplant disparities.
011. After surviving kidney cancer and receiving a living donor kidney transplant, Darryl donates his experience in return – as a mentor and guide.
009. A counseling psychology perspective on solid organ transplants with Dr. Camilla Nonterah. Plus: Florida transplant recipients discuss the ongoing impact of COVID.
008. Benji’s Story: How friendships, transplants and pandemic disinformation can dramatically alter the course of our lives.
007. When a transplant surgeon receives a transplant, featuring Dr. Robert Montgomery. Plus: Fostering workforce diversity and preventing burnout.
006. Is talking about health equity translating into action? Plus: The transplant workup. Featuring kidney transplant surgeon Dr. Velma Scantlebury.
005. Taking kidney transplants closer to the people in rural Michigan. With Dr. Silas Norman.
004. International perspectives on organ donation and transplantation with Dr. Joyce Trompeta. From California to Hawaii, then on to Japan.
003. How the UNC Chapel Hill Latino Transplant Clinic is increasing access through culturally competent care. UNC Chapel Hill Latino Transplant Clinic, Part 2
002. José and Xiomara Flores share their living donor transplant journey. UNC Chapel Hill Latino Transplant Clinic, Part 1
001. Impact of pandemic on immunosuppressed, & the meaning of meeting people where they are.
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