The Importance of Adequate Staffing in Transplant Programs

In this episode, we chat with David Weill, the former Director of the Center for Advanced Lung Diseases and the Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program at Stanford University Medical Center. Since leaving this position behind, David has been assisting transplant programs across the country – with a dedication to improving the delivery of transplant care.

In May of 2021, David published Exhale: Hope, Healing, and a Life in Transplant, a memoir that outlines the emotional rollercoaster of saving and losing lives – and what it took for him to step back and reassess his own life…

Click play now to discover:

• What prompted David to leave his role at Stanford University Medical Center.
• The pros and cons of working in a lung transplant program.
• How David is working to innovate the science behind lung transplants.
• Why certain transplant operations are more risky than others.
• How the outcomes of single and double lung transplant surgery differ.

You can find David’s website here!

Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/30PvU9C