Sep 2, 2022 | News, Press, Press Releases
For a family, the practical benefits can be as concrete as money in the bank. A spouse or parent whose ability to work was limited by dialysis for a long period may gradually be able to resume a full-time schedule–maybe even launch a new career. That can substantially...
Sep 1, 2022 | News, Press, Press Releases
Long before kidney donor Carol Offen was a donation advocate and co-author of The Insider’s Guide to Living Kidney Donation, she was a writer and an editor. After college, she worked as a country music magazine editor and writer before moving to France with her...
Aug 18, 2022 | News, Press, Press Releases
Organ transplantation is a highly specialized field of study with an equally small community of doctors, researchers, medical professionals, and activists. Still, there are minority pioneers who are working to not only promote organ donation (while hoping to dispel...
Aug 10, 2022 | News, Press, Press Releases
A coalition of four historically Black medical colleges and universities has announced a new initiative aimed at increasing the number of African American registered organ donors, training more Black transplant surgeons, and eradicating inequalities among transplant...
Aug 3, 2022 | News, Press, Press Releases
I was lucky. Perhaps not in the traditional sense, but I underwent two liver transplants before turning 28. And while I waited approximately 19 months for each donation, I got them before dying a preventable death. Many patients awaiting donors aren’t as fortunate. In...
Aug 2, 2022 | News, Press, Press Releases
Hello, I’m Bill Catlette. For 8 years I’ve been on the board of directors of the National Foundation for Transplants, a national, Memphis-based nonprofit that advocates for organ and tissue transplant patients and helps them raise critically needed funds for uncovered...