Transplantation

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Benjamin Hippen, MD

Dr. Benjamin Hippen reviews the kidney transplantation policy failure in the United States. The cost is now 21 billion dollars in Medicare commitment to end-stage renal disease and 50 percent of those on the transplant waiting list will likely die before receiving an organ. This situation is getting worse by the day. Iran is the only country in the world that has no organ shortage. Is their system of legal organ "vending" worth examining?

Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Scott Gottlieb, MD

What are the major differences in organ transplantation between the United States and other countries? Who pays? And who decides? Join host Dr. Michael Benson as he discusses the policy variance in organ transplantation worldwide with Dr. Scott Gottlieb. Dr. Gottlieb is an internist and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington, DC, think tank, and contributing healthcare opinion writer for the Wall Street Journal.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Michele Goodwin, JD

Michele Goodwin, Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and recent author of "Black Markets: The Supply and Demand of Body Parts," joins host Dr. Maurie Pickard to discuss the transplant waiting list. How we can respond to the growing list of patients waiting for transplants. Can we fairly address the dynamics of a wait list that has one group of people such as African Americans who are more severely impacted by lack of available organs for transplant? Join us for an interesting conversation.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Michele Goodwin, JD

Michele Goodwin, Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and recent author of "Black Markets: The Supply and Demand of Body Parts," formulates a hybrid business model that includes incentives and altruism to increase the number of transplants by 40% per year. The voice of moral concern is not the only one being heard in this paradigm.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Michele Goodwin, JD

Michele Goodwin, Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and recent author of "Black Markets: The Supply and Demand of Body Parts" discusses what can be done to shorten the wait for organ transplants. Current solutions such as matching programs, solicitations and altruism still lead to poor outcomes in that 50% of patients on transplant lists die before their names are called.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD

Guest: Brian Kaplan, MD

While freezing embryos has long been an option, many single women who hope to have a future partner, are requesting oocyte preservation rather than utilizing donor sperm. Dr. Kaplan discusses new methods of cryopreservation , current clinical recommendations and outcomes.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Bernhard Hering, MD

Islet Cell Transplantation is a promising treatment for diabetics however, if approved there will likely be a shortage of islet cells. Dr. Bernhard Hering shares his research with host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill about the use of pig tissue for human islet transplant.

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD

Guest: Clarisa Gracia, MD

Dr. Gracia and Dr. Mazzullo discuss ovarian function and fertility before, during and after cancer treatments. The new ways in which we are beginning to perserve fertility provides hope for young cancer patients.

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD

Guest: Clarisa Gracia, MD

There are over 10 million new cancer diagnoses every year, and 5% occur in women of pre-pubescent and child-bearing ages. What impact does this have on their fertility, and what new measures are being taken before patients undergo treatment to protect the future of their fertility? Dr. Clarisa Gracia, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Lisa Mazzullo.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Robert Brown, MD

What advice can you offer a patient awaiting a liver donation? Is there anything you can do to help them to find a living donor? Join Dr. Mark Hill in an interview with Transplant Surgeon Robert Brown MD in a discussion about the process of finding a living donor match.