A program at KeckMedUSC is helping living donors improve their health for safer transplants while also reducing local health disparities: 'It's important that we do focus on what living donors are sacrificing.'
LOS ANGELES -- More than 110,000 people in the U.S. are waiting on a life-saving organ transplant, but there's a shortage of kidneys and livers for people on the list.found 30% of potential living donors are rejected due to reversible medical conditions, such as high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease.
The university has always promoted health and wellness for potential donors, but a new pilot program is pooling those resources to formalize and track what works and what doesn't for those potential donors while also reducing health disparities in the community. “This year we have become a nationally prominent transplant center. This is possible because of the dedication, perseverance, hard work and compassion of the entire team.” An amazing accomplishment to the USC Transplant Institute program at
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