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Category: Organ Donation - Transplant

How the kidney waiting list works; patients with impaired consciousness; helping someone with cancer: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 13, 2022
March 11, 2022
Interviews with transplant surgery chief Reza Saidi, MD, ethicist and...

How kidneys and other donated organs are allocated for transplants
February 25, 2022
Interview with Reza Saidi, MD, chief of transplant services at Upstate

Ovarian cancer surgery; a diabetes drug without side effects; a disease that can threaten transplant patients: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021
December 10, 2021
Interviews with gynecologic oncologist Rinki Agarwal, MD, chemistry professor...

Researching new ways to treat graft-versus-host disease
November 29, 2021
Interview with Mobin Karimi, MD, PhD, a researcher in microbiology and...

Studying diseases spread by ticks and mosquitoes; kidney transplants for kids; drugs that fight HIV: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, April 25, 2021
April 21, 2021
Interviews with researcher and tick expert Saravanan Thangamani, PhD; surgeon...

Children require kidney transplants for different reasons than adults
April 15, 2021
Interview with surgeon Reza Saidi, MD, Upstate's chief of transplant services

Vaccines for children in testing phase; living-donor kidney transplants; the pandemic's effect on kids: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday. April 4, 2021
April 2, 2021
Interviews with pediatric infectious disease specialist Joe Domachowske, MD,...

Kidney shortage lessens as healthy people donate one of their kidneys for transplant
March 12, 2021
Interview with Reza Saidi, MD, chief of transplant services at Upstate...

Surgery to treat atrial fibrillation; epilepsy and its treatment; transplants pass a milestone: Upstate Medical University's HealthLInk on Air for Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021
January 15, 2021
Interviews with cardiothoracic surgeon Stephen Waterford, MD; neurosurgeon...

Potential COVID vaccine undergoes testing at Upstate; a way to reduce transplant complications: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020
August 14, 2020
Interviews with infectious disease chief Stephen Thomas, MD, and Oleh Pankewycz,...

New formula aims to reduce complications after kidney transplants
July 22, 2020
Interview with Upstate professor of medicine Oleh Pankewycz, MD

How pediatricians approach sensitive topics; telestroke service reaches distant areas; living kidney donations, transplants explained: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019
September 20, 2019

Kidneys from living donors are best for transplants
September 12, 2019

Islet transplants for severe pancreatic disease; social workers as part of health care; understanding pre-diabetes: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018
September 14, 2018

Islet transplant offers alternative to pancreas transplant for patients with chronic pancreatitis
August 23, 2018

Experts answer common questions about strokes; pancreas and living-donor kidney transplants: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, May 13, 2018
May 11, 2018

4 people helped save or enhance the lives of 12 people through organ donation and transplant during 1 weekend at Upstate
May 3, 2018

Update on e-cigarettes, explaining hemorrhoids, treatments for blood cancers: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018
February 15, 2018