Mrs. Kless and heart transplant recipient Joseph Brown, Jr., joined Jefferson and The Gift of Life Donor Program to commemorate National Donate Life Month, a time to honor organ, eye and tissue donors and to celebrate the impact of their gifts of life.
Participating in any life-saving transplant is a special event: it provides someone in need with a new chance at a healthy life with his or her loved ones. Doing so on Christmas is particularly gratifying.
When South Philly native Bobby Rydell, who rose to prominence as an actor and singer in the 1950s and 60s, needed a liver transplant as well as a new kidney, he turned to the transplant specialists at Jefferson University Hospitals. “Mr. Rydell did not have very long to live,” says Cataldo Doria, MD, PhD, FACS, more »
Dr. Cataldo Doria, director of the Division of Transplantation at Jefferson, is interviewed about Facebook’s organ donation awareness initiative.