The Truth About Being an Organ Donor
Do you think having your organ donor registration status on your driver’s license affects your care? Debunking a myth that impacts organ donor registry and organ transplantation.
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What Are Your Top Reasons to Register as a Donor?
April is National Donate Life Month and we’re putting together an TOP 10 list of reasons to become a donor. Please share your top reasons for registering as an organ and tissue donor.
Endowed Professorship Established for Heart Failure Expert
Cardiologist Paul Mather, MD, leads the team of specialists at the Jefferson Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Center that cares for the sickest heart failure patients.
Orchestrating Bobby Rydell’s Liver and Kidney Transplants
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 »
CBS 3 Interviews Dr. Doria About Facebook Organ Donation Awareness
Dr. Cataldo Doria, director of the Division of Transplantation at Jefferson, is interviewed about Facebook’s organ donation awareness initiative.