The Transplant Games of America: Where Donation Comes Alive | EP 39
Send us Fan Mail You can’t fully understand organ donation until you see what it makes possible. Parents reaching milestones they once thought they might miss. Grandparents meeting grandchildren. Fami...
7 Apr 36min
Workplace Support That Changes Everything | 38
Send us Fan Mail What if a simple HR policy could help save someone’s life? In this episode, Brooke Iarkowski, Transplant Community Program Manager at the American Society of Transplantation, shares h...
3 Mars 34min
From One Kidney To Many | EP 37
Send us Fan Mail One kidney can change many lives—if we let it start a chain. We sit down with Dr. John Friedewald, transplant nephrologist at Northwestern Medicine, to unpack a breakthrough: using a ...
3 Feb 33min
Choosing Life: Renal Warriors Wilson & Amy | EP 36
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Donor Diaries, we sit down with transplant recipient Wilson Du and living kidney donor Amy McCann, two people whose stories intertwine through determination, commun...
6 Jan 34min
Kidney Pledges, Pet Care, and Paychecks: The Unexpected Support System for Living Donors with the APKD | EP 35
Send us Fan Mail Sue Rees returns to share the revolutionary donor protections offered by the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation (APKD) that are making kidney donation more accessible and equitable f...
9 Juli 202533min
Building a Legacy of Life: The Origins of the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation | EP 34
Send us Fan Mail What happens when a transplant surgeon, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, and a willingness to trust strangers come together? A revolution in kidney donation that has saved 20,000 live...
8 Juli 202533min
2 Pastors and a Kidney Voucher | EP 33
Send us Fan Mail A spiritual calling, a kidney voucher, and two pastors reconnecting after decades apart—this is no ordinary transplant story. When Jim Pearl was diagnosed with Fabry's disease in 200...
3 Juni 202530min
