548610login-check1M organ transplants – what comes next? |
The director of the Hume-Lee Transplant Center reflects on the milestone of 1 million transplanted organs in the U.S. and what’s next for the world of transplantation.
In September 2022, the United States reached 1 million organ transplants. Far outpacing other countries with this accomplishment, the demand for transplants still drastically outweighs the supply. Currently, the national organ waitlist is over 100,000 people and many die on the waitlist.
To learn more about how VCU Health’s Hume-Lee Transplant Center is working to meet this demand and what’s next for the future of transplants, we sat down with Dr. Marlon Levy, chief medical officer at VCU Medical Center and director of the transplant center.
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