Overview: Every day in the United States, about 60 people receive a new chance at life because of an organ transplant. In this interview, you’ll learn about kidney, liver and pancreas transplants, along with information about living kidney donation. Part One: History of transplantation Anti-rejection drugs Kidney transplants - patient evaluation Living kidney donation Minimally invasive kidney removal Organ matching Pancreas transplants for diabetes Islet cell transplant Part Two: Hepatitis and liver failure Liver transplants Living liver donors Steroid-free protocols United Network of Organ Sharing Guest: Dr. Benjamin Philosophe, head of the Division of Transplantation at the University of Maryland Medical Center and associate professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Links: Kidney, Liver and Pancreas Transplants (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSvtuubW-aE Kidney, Liver and Pancreas Transplants (Part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmZocmKv0Sc Maryland Transplant Center http://www.umm.edu/transplant/ Dr. Benjamin Philosophe http://www.umm.edu/doctors/benjamin__philosophe.html Distributed by Tubemogul.
