Both Sides of the Stethoscope
Join Dr. Colby Salerno a cardiologist and Dr. Alin Gragossian an ICU doctor, both heart transplant recipients, as they discuss their unique view of medicine from both the perspective of physicians as well as the perspective as patients.
Both Sides of the Stethoscope
The Process of Accepting an Organ for Transplantation
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Colby Salerno, Alin Gragossian
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Episode 45
In this episode Alin and Colby have a discussion with Dr. Ken Sutha, pediatric nephrologist and 2X kidney transplant recipient, and Dr. Silke Niederhaus, abdominal transplant surgeon and 2X kidney transplant recipient. They discuss the organ allocation process, taking donor call, and why organs are accepted for transplant or rejected. This great conversation shines some light on just how nuanced these decisions can be.
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