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Opt In, Opt Out, and (Modified) Mandated Choice

The phenomenal success of organ transplantation has created an ever-growing disparity between the number of people waiting for life saving transplants and the number of donors available. The Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) and Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients … Continue reading

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Support NY Bill S.5046 to Improve the NY Donate Life Registry

The New York Alliance for Donation (NYAD) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing organ donation rates in New York State (just like bLifeNY!). New York is currently 48th lowest in the nation in terms of eligible citizens registered to … Continue reading

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Gifts of Life in India

Deceased donor organ transplant is a nascent endeavor in India. Most liver and kidney transplants in this country are from living donors. bLifeNY applauds the efforts of organizations such as Shatayu to educate the public about the incredible gifts given … Continue reading

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Short version of Dr. Barry’s TEDx talk

Here is a 5 minute edit of my TEDx talk on organ donation: Whom to consult? If you are unable to levitra pills sustain an erection long enough for proper sexual intercourse. Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 … Continue reading

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You will be cared for

Do you think you’ll be treated differently in the Intensive Care Unit if you’re a registered organ donor? You are SO wrong! Check out this video of truth by Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network: http://www.youtube.com/user/URMCPR tadalafil side effects http://raindogscine.com/tag/78-revoluciones/ Featured … Continue reading

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Comfort and Closure from Organ Donation

I mention in my TEDx talk on organ donation that families and loved ones of deceased organ donors often experience a profound sense of comfort and closure knowing that the tragedy of death and deep loss resulted in a renewal … Continue reading

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I Support the “Organ Donation Driver Education Act of 2013” (Maryland SB 768)

Here is the text of my testimonial to the Maryland State Senate on February 20th, 2013 in support of a bill to link organ donation awareness with driver’s education. Dear Maryland General Assembly Members: I enthusiastically endorse the “Organ Donation … Continue reading

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A Family, a story of “Organ Donation on both sides of the fence”

Our story begins on March 24, 2002 when our second born son, I’ll call him “Wisdom” who was a 14 year old boy, Captain of his youth hockey team, very active & had no known childhood illnesses.  On that day in March … Continue reading

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Are Transplant Surgeons “Money Grubbing Vultures”?

So I’m in the operating room the other night getting ready to start an organ recovery operation (news alert: the term “organ harvest” is old school and demeaning. Teach everyone to say “organ recovery” instead) when one of the nurses … Continue reading

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Priyanka Chopra’s URMC Keynote Address on Organ Donation

Priyanka Chopra: “Thank you to the URMC for inviting me here. I congratulate URMC’s, 20 years of the liver transplant program. I come from a family of doctors (parents, uncles, aunts) and the importance of medicine was told to me … Continue reading

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