Podcasts Culture Philadelphia Community Podcast Insight Pt. 2: Gift of Life: National Minority Donor Awareness Month

Insight Pt. 2: Gift of Life: National Minority Donor Awareness Month

Published: Aug. 4, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

b'We devote the show to National Minority Donor Awareness Month which is designed to increase organ donor registrations among communities of color, which make up more than half of the people on the transplant waitlist. I speak to Rick Hasz President & CEO, Gift of Life Donor Program, Niels Martin, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery Vice Chair, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Chief, Section of Surgical Critical Care, Director, Traumatology & Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Programs, Department of Surgery; Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania and Gift of Life Governing Board Member. I also speak to Earl Jones, Heart Transplant Recipient, Debra White, Donor Family Member and Phillip Davis, who is currently waiting for a Kidney Transplant.
Website: www. Donors1.org Social Media: @Donors1'