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Donate Life: A Transplant Surgeon’s Powerful and Personal Plea

Dr. Matthew Cooper April 4, 2011

By Matthew Cooper, M.D. Director of Kidney Transplantation Recent world events are a powerful reminder of life’s uncertainty. Even if everything seems fine today, none of us really knows what dramatic changes or tragic circumstances we might face tomorrow. The more than 110,000 Americans waiting for lifesaving organ transplants feel the pain of an uncertain [...]

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Kidney Donor A Reluctant But Real Hero

May 11, 2010

Ed Behn lost a close friend to kidney failure in 2008, and his sister-in-law has been head of a dialysis unit for 25 years. In short, Behn has seen the devastating effects of kidney failure. What’s unique about Behn, though, is that he did something about it. Behn decided to donate a kidney to a [...]

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Kidney Transplant Turns Business Acquaintances Into “Family”

April 15, 2010

Tony Brady (right) with kidney donor Ken Kuiper. When Ken Kuiper found out that a business acquaintance he saw once a year was on dialysis and needed a new kidney, he took action. He contacted Fernando “Tony” Brady, and found out they shared the same blood type — O positive. Ken, who is from Florida, [...]

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