Episode 1: Ethics of Transplantation & Xenotransplantation

It's Episode 1 of The Nephron Segment! Join the Nephrons as we chat with Dr. Lilia Cervantes and Dr. Peter Reese and discuss ending emergency-only dialysis for undocumented immigrants in Colorado, ethics of transplantation, and xenotransplantation.

Nephrons: Elinor Mannon, Sam Kant, Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Lilia Cervantes, Peter Reese

Links from the Show:

11:20 Association of Citizenship Status With Kidney Transplantation in Medicaid Patients

11:51 Kidney transplantation in undocumented immigrants with ESRD: a policy whose time has come? (Linden et al.)

Organ donation among undocumented hispanic immigrants: an assessment of knowledge and attitudes (Baru et al.)

12:23 Undocumented immigrants apply for a driver’s license in CA

13:48 Racial disparities in preemptive waitlisting and deceased donor kidney transplantation: Ethics and solutions (Reese et al.)

20:25 Transplantation Ethics (Robert Veatch & Lainie F Ross)

When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon (Joshua Mezrich)

22:06 Peter Ubel & Financial Toxicity

26:23 Passage of the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act—a Chance to Celebrate and Reflect (Gill J et al.)

28:57 eGenesis

30:05  Pig kidney transplant at New York University (NY Times)

Pig kidney transplant at University of Alabama (American Journal of Transplantation)

30:53 Pig heart transplant at University of Maryland (NPR)

38:02 EMTALA

41:30 NephMadness