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Facebook and Organ Donation–Yay!

Posted on 01/05/2012 by Chris Barry

We are truly psyched here at bLifeNY.org that the good people at Facebook are encouraging its 900 million members to consider becoming organ donors. An article in today’s New York Times and an interview on ABC News with Mark Zuckerberg explain FB’s foray into … Continue reading →

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April is Donate Life Month

Posted on 17/04/2012 by Chris Barry

This month we are celebrating organ donors, donor families, transplant recipients, and the success of transplant medicine with Donate Life Month. Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network has produced two great new videos: The URMC Center for Transplantation River Run takes … Continue reading →

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Organ Donation: What Does it Take to Engender a Cultural Shift?

Posted on 11/03/2012 by Chris Barry

We created bLifeNY.org to engage and educate the public about the importance of organ donation with a particular focus on New York State, which ranks 48th in the nation in terms of organ donor registration. As a transplant surgeon, I … Continue reading →

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Paired Donor Exchange and Non Directed Donation for Kidney Transplantation

Posted on 15/02/2012 by Chris Barry

Paired donor exchange involves two kidney recipients exchanging their intended donors with one another. If a donor has an incompatible blood type or has antigens to the recipient, they can instead donate to another unknown, but compatible, recipient in exchange … Continue reading →

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Two Organ Donation Videos

Posted on 10/12/2011 by Chris Barry

Here is a beautiful video on organ donation awareness from South Africa. Concise, poignant, and powerful. Be an organ donor. Don’t take someone else with you. http://vimeo.com/31359689 Here is a longer video produced by Malcolm Spaull at Rochester Institute of … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog: A Kidney Donor’s Perspective

Posted on 28/09/2011 by Chris Barry

The following was written by one of my patients who graciously agreed to donate one of her kidneys to her brother in law for transplant. Her perspective emphasizes the many gifts given to many people through living donor kidney transplantation. … Continue reading →

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Participate in the Cycle of Life

Posted on 19/09/2011 by Chris Barry

The following is a speech I gave at the Greentopia Festival, Rochester, New York’s first green festival. But first, see this video testimonial from a woman volunteered to tell the story of her sister who received a liver transplant. She … Continue reading →

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