This story was written by Zachary, Living Kidney Donor My name is Zachary Sutton, and I am a living kidney donor, transplant nephrology physician assistant, transplant advocate, husband, Dad, and athlete. I donated a kidney as a physician assistant student to the transplant list in 2008, making me the first altruistic donor in South Carolina. […]
POWER PLAYER- SHIRENE
From Physician to Patient in 150 days This story was written by Shirene, lung recipient “It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.” – Psalm 18:32 From an outside perspective, my life over the past couple years seems far from perfect or ideal. And if I had heard my story […]
POWER PLAYER – ANSHA
This Story was written by Ansha, student and cofounder of Docs Against Donor Disparities My name is Ansha Gupta and for the past year, I have been working alongside three of my friends to start an initiative. We have been working to spread awareness of donor disparities and have been making an attempt to educate […]
POWER PLAYER – JOANNE
This story was written by Joanne, Heart Recipient While each transplant recipient has their own unique story, I have one as well. I was born with a complex congenital heart defect called transposition of the great arteries. Because of this, I underwent lifesaving heart surgery within the first few months of life. Growing up, I […]
POWER PLAYER – CHARLES
This story was written by Charles, heart and kidney recipient. My name is Charles Cook. I am 53 years old. I am the father of 2 fantastic young adults. I am a 2 time deceased donor organ transplant recipient. I received my heart in April 2016 and I received my kidney in October 2017. I […]
WHERE ARE THEY NOW: KINGSTON
This update was written by Lisa Macfarland, Kingston’s mom . Check out Kingston’s original story here. Kingston is doing amazing! He recently celebrated his 3rd birthday. He’s so smart and so funny! He loves singing his ABC’s, loves playing soccer, and loves to swim. He’s excited to start preschool next month too. We recently […]
Power Player – Elizabeth
This story was written by Elizabeth, two time kidney and liver recipient Hello, I am a twice kidney (2004, 2021) and now liver (2021) transplant recipient. I am a year out from my most recent surgery and I am doing exceptionally well, working full time, travelling, and spending time with my family. What blessings I’ve […]
Power Player – Emma
This story was written by Emma, heart transplant recipient My name is Emma, and I had my heart transplant 11 years ago on April 1, 2011. When I was 12 years old, I woke up from surgery, in a hospital bed surrounded by doctors who I had never met before. I heard the words ‘heart […]
Power Player – Charlotte
This story was written by Charlotte’s mom, Maggie. Charlotte appeared to be perfectly healthy when she was born. It wasn’t until 6 weeks old when we noticed her looking jaundiced, that we wondered if something was wrong. Our pediatrician ordered lab work for her and called us that same evening to tell us that her […]
Power Player – Jody
This story was written by two time living donor, Jody Becker Wilkey My name is Jody Becker Wilkey, I am a 58-year-old native of Central Illinois, and I’d like to share my organ donation stories. My first story begins in June 1983, when I was a 20-year-old college student majoring in the Teaching of Spanish […]
Power Player – Patrick
This story was written by Patrick Brett, Heart and Liver Recipient When I sat down to write my story for Power2Save, I realized I could bore you with a ton of details about my childhood. For example, I was born with Tetralogy of Fallot and have had 5 open heart surgeries before my transplant […]
WHERE ARE THEY NOW: KEN
This story was written by Ken Kirwan. Check out Ken’s original story here. I spoke to you back in 2019 about my journey and I had already started work on my book back in 2017, but it was being written sporadically after work in coffee shops, hotel bars and at the weekends when I could […]
Power Player – Chase
Written by Chase T. I was born with biliary atresia the first year of my life was extremely difficult and the most turbulent times of my parent’s life. After constant doctors visits, multiple visits to the emergency room, and an unsuccessful Kasia procedure it became clear that my last hope would be a liver transplant. […]
Where Are They Now: The Barker Family
This story was written by Lisa Barker. Check out Lisa and Reid’s original stories. 2.6.14 and 12.11.18 will forever be two of the most important and life-changing dates in our lives. It has now been 7 years since my life was saved through a liver transplant and 2 years since my husband, Reid donated his […]
Power Player – Hetty
Written by Hetty C. Haden Two and a half years ago, I received a kidney for transplant from a live donor, whom I had never known in real life or in person. We met only because we were both Baltimore Orioles baseball fans. Here is our story: As we all know, the Baltimore Orioles had […]
Power Players – Paul and Nicole
Written by Sarah Razner for Because of Organ Donation In Fall 2018, I walked into Marian University’s Common Grounds for an interview. It was not the first I had done there in my time as a reporter, but it became the most impactful. That night, I had the pleasure of meeting Nicole Braatz, Paul Osterholm, […]
Power Player – Eryn
My name is Eryn and I am a kidney transplant recipient. I was born with congenital abnormalities and had multiple surgeries throughout my childhood to include a nephrectomy at the age of five. My singular functioning kidney allowed me to live a normal life, participating in social and extracurricular activities with the occasional doctor visit and testing […]
Power Player – Linda
My name is Linda Walker, and I am a kidney donor and recipient. I’m married to Charles Walker and we have two children and one grandson. In 1998, my brother needed a kidney transplant. Out of my eight siblings, I was a perfect match. I went through several weeks of testing. On March 31, 1998, I donated […]
Power Player – Luke
Written by Luke Maltais My name is Luke, I am 24 years old and I live in Milford, Connecticut. At 10 weeks old I was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia and I underwent my first operation of many, called a Kasai. Biliary Atresia is a rare liver disease where the bile ducts are blocked and […]
Power Player – Shirleyanne
Written by Shirleyanne J Psalm 140:1-2 “Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord all of my life. I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.” My God Support Journey began on June 20, 2016, when I survived a massive heart attack. At 3:00 am, […]
Power Player – Lisa
Written by: Lisa E. The universe may place hurdles in your path that seem insurmountable, but the resilience of the human spirit will also give you the strength and stamina to overcome them. In 2017, I was thrust into a race I had never wanted to run where reaching the finish line meant life or […]
Power Player – Robert
Written by Robert C. Five years ago, Robert Collier lay in a hospital bed after years of trying to fight off a disease that was “scarring my lungs to where they were hard as a rock.” Collier was placed on a lung transplant list, but it could take months before he may receive new lungs. […]
Power Player – Jeff
Written by Jeff P. In 1992, I found out that I was only born with one kidney. In 2000, I started having issues with the kidney and was seeing a nephrologist. As time went on, the kidney developed cysts which were causing some issues with elevated B/P and protein output. January of 2017 arrived with […]
Power Player – Paul
Paul’s journey began on March 17, 2012, when he unknowingly had an 8-hour heart attack that he assumed was mental. When he went to the hospital, they confirmed he had a heart attack. Immediately after, Paul quit smoking and changed his lifestyle. His heart muscle was scarred very badly but Paul and his medical team […]
Power Player – Rylee
Our daughter Rylee was a gift from the beginning. Even before she was born, we knew she was strong, mainly because she was able to kick and punch me more than either of her brothers. When Rylee was first born, she was perfect. Her brothers, Cody (6) and Wade (4) were so excited to meet […]
Power Player – Patricia
Written by: Patricia Metrick My name is Patricia Metrick and I first heard of kidney disease when I moved to Arizona in the late 1980s. I read an article from Irma Bombeck who had the disease and was writing about kidney donations. I was intrigued and considered the possibility of pursuing donating, but time flew […]
Power Player – Lara
Written by Lara G Have faith in God. All that’s required is that you really believe and do not doubt in your heart. You can pray for anything, and if you believe, you will have it. Mark 11:22-24. I’ve lived by this since March 2017 and have often referred to it as my lifeline because […]
Power Player – Randene
Written by Randene R. Meet Gary, 72 years young with a now fully functioning kidney he received from his daughter, Randene, at the age of 33. At the early age of 18 during a routine physical, Gary’s family doctor discovered excessive albumin in his urine. Concerned with kidney failure, over the next 7 or 8 […]
Power Player – Matt
Matt has been dealing with kidney disease for his entire life, all 42 years of it. It has not knocked him down but made him stronger. Matt was born with Eagle-Barrett’s Syndrome. When he was born, he had about 10% function of his kidneys. The first ten years of his life, he considered it “normal.” […]
Power Player – Reid
Written by Reid Barker Power2Save previously published a story written by Reid’s wife, Lisa. In February of 2014, in the hallway of the Baylor Dallas hospital ICU, I was told my wife would need a full liver transplant from a deceased donor to have any chance at survival. Her body was in liver failure which […]
Power Player – Patrick
In April 2013, during a visit with my endocrinologist, I found out that I only had 35% kidney function. She referred me to a nephrologist. My nephrologist informed me of certain foods I needed to avoid so that I could prolong going on dialysis as long as possible. While I had to wait this thing […]
Power Player – Sarah
My name is Sarah Bradley, and I am from a small town called Roswell, NM. I’m a proud momma of two boys. I am also a heart transplant recipient. A lot of times, when you hear the words heart failure, you think of the elderly. As a healthy 25-year-old, never did I expect to hear […]
Power Player – Valerie
I went to my GP back in 2000 because I had been suffering from diarrhea for a rather a long time. I was referred to a consultant, Dr. Ellis at the Horton Hospital, Banbury. When he looked at my blood test results, he found that I had the anti-mitochondrial antibody which can sometimes lead to […]
Power Player – Dave
Written by: Dave R. My transplant journey began at birth – I just didn’t know it until I was in my 50s. I was born in 1956 with a hole in my heart, and of course, it was undiagnosed because the technology was just not available in the fabulous 50s. The amazing thing is I […]
Power Player – Charles
My sister Nancy is seventy. When she was twelve her kidneys began to fail, triggered possibly by an autoimmune response to being stung by a swarm of bees. For the next six years, I watched as medications, needles, blood tests, doctors, hospitals, and finally kidney failure consumed her life. This was the sixties and artificial […]
Power Player – Anne Marie
I was born in Ottawa, Canada with a congenital heart defect. I had 3 heart surgeries as a child, the first one being the day after I was born. Doctors had warned my parents that these surgeries were palliative: problems would eventually start to arise because my heart would start to fail. Although I couldn’t […]
Power Player – Lauren
I am a 28-year-old female who has lived with Cystic Fibrosis her whole life. If you don’t know, Cystic Fibrosis causes thick mucus build-ups in lungs, which become nearly impossible for medicine to cure, thus resulting in a lung transplant. For the last six years, my doctor has causally mentioned lung transplant at various appointments. […]
Power Player – Robert
In 2012, I was working for a landscaping company. I got a couple of hernias and went to a surgeon to have them fixed during our offseason. I had to do regular blood work for the surgery. That is when my doctor called me in and said, sit down. The next few minutes turned my […]
Power Player – Carol
To say that I was an unlikely kidney donor is an understatement. If my high school yearbook had had a “Least Likely to Be a Living Kidney Donor” category, that would have been me. I’ve always been a wimp: I faint at flu shots, IVs, blood tests. And yet, in June 2006, I donated a […]
Power Player – Jill
Written by: Jill Stephenson My greatest gain I count as a loss. As the sister AND mother of organ donors, I can make this statement twice. When I was barely fifteen years old, my eleven-year-old brother J.T. was hit by a car and declared brain dead ten days later. As a family, we were approached […]
Transplantation: The Science Fiction That Became Mainstream Medicine
Written by: Reg Green To most people — to almost all people — the idea of having someone else’s heart or liver, kidney, lungs or pancreas inside them is too outlandish to think about. But, in fact, all around us there are ordinary men, women, and children who one day have been, or will be, told […]
Power Player – Tatiana Benitez
When I was 5 years old, I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, and my only hope of survival was a heart transplant. My case was the first pediatric heart transplant in Paraguay. The surgery was performed by Dr. Jorge Jarolin at the Bautista Medical Center. Today, I celebrate 10 years with my heart transplant. I live […]
Power Player – Holly
I was the youngest by three minutes. So, I suppose being a twin help me to fight, to give me the will to live from day one. The doctors knew something was wrong. I don’t think we ever did get a satisfying answer as to why I was sick. I ended up being the youngest […]
Power Player – Brooke
March 28th, 2018, marks our one-year Kidneyversary. Last year I was a 38-year-old wife and mother of 2 boys who were 7 and 9, and I decided to be a kidney donor for my brother-in-law. This would be his second kidney transplant. My brother in law, Rob, was diagnosed almost 15 years ago with FSGS. This […]
Power Player – Anna
I never had any problems growing up and was “normal” for all I knew. I was 21 years old and in my 2nd week of nursing school when I became short of breath for over 3 days. Finally, I went to the ER because of it. That day, I went from being “normal” to finding […]
Power Player – Brigette
Written by: Brigette McKern At the age of four, I was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis – a disease that affected my lungs and digestive systems. Even with receiving quality care, my parents were told I would most likely not survive past school age. My parents kept me compliant with treatments, medications, and appointments, and as a […]
Power Player – Matt
My name is Matt Kishbaugh. I will be 35 on January 28, 2018. I live in Pennsylvania. My family and I know what it’s like to deal with kidney disease. I was 13 when I was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease. Polycystic kidney disease is where a cluster of cysts form inside your kidney. The […]
Power Player – Rachel
Written by: Rachel Adams I donated altruistically to a woman in Pennsylvania. I think I’ll always remember the moment they told me her creatinine levels had gone down to normal. The sun was shining outside my hospital window and my mom and best friend were in the room. I didn’t know how many transplants were […]
February 14th is National Donor Day – Are You An Organ Donor?
For some, February 14th is filled with flowers, balloons, and chocolate hearts. But for those who advocate for organ donation, February 14th is a much bigger day – it’s National Donor Day. National Donor Day was established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Saturn Corporation and its United Auto Workers in 1998. […]
Power Player – Jennifer
When Jennifer was 14, she was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Her journey eventually led her to dialysis and to the transplant waiting list. On September 9, 2016, she received a phone call around midnight. Her doctor asked her about dialysis and when she had last eaten. Then, she found out that a kidney […]
Power Player – Jordan
Jordan received a heart transplant as a child. He has been living life to the fullest – with a goal to be the first transplant recipient to visit every country in the world. Written by: Jordan D Marcia Follow him on Instagram and Facebook I was born with a rare, congenital heart defect known as transposition […]
Power Player – Tony
Written by: Tony Alfredo Leon Luna I am from Venezuela. I was diagnosed with myocardiopathy when I was 5 years old. I had my first pacemaker in 2005 and received another one 2011. After the second pacemaker, my heart was growing more and needed more stimulation. Since that the generator ran out faster, I received […]
Power Player – Brandi
In 2014, I was living in Austin, Texas. I loved to exercise and lift weights. I enjoyed watching and playing sports. One day I notice my throat was sore so I went to the doctor. I was diagnosed with strep throat and prescribed antibiotics. After I finished my antibiotics, I noticed it was difficult to […]
Power Player – Riley
By: Riley Tucker My name is Riley Tucker and I am sixteen years old. When I was seven years old I had been diagnosed with strep throat for nine consecutive months. By this time the doctors were starting to think there had to be some underlying cause. My family was recommended to go to Arkansas Children’s […]
Power Player – Amanda
By: Amanda Washek My name is Amanda and I am alive because of organ donation. At age 23, I was diagnosed with a rare liver disease called Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, a disease that causes scarring and blockage of the liver’s bile ducts. I went from a seemingly healthy, newlywed, young woman to needing a liver transplant […]
Power Player – Jen
By: Jen White Hi – I’m Jen – @mytransplantlife on Instagram. My Instagram page is educational in nature, as I’m a Registered Nurse with a graduate degree, having worked as a nurse educator, combining my health knowledge with my own kidney disease experience. I was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease in my early 20s, as […]
Power Player – Maria
By: Maria Margarita Gamboa I am the only child of a single mother. I was born in Caracas, Venezuela (October 12, 1971). I believe in God, love, friendship and good faith. I am in love with LIFE, my family, and friends, ballet, photography, organ donation, music, sailing, and nature. I am crazy about HOPE: […]
Power Player – Larysa
By Larysa Sholom My name is Larysa and I was born in a small town in Eastern Europe. Nine years ago, I graduated from college and was spending my last carefree summer far from home, in hot San Antonio, Texas. Things were normal, nothing you wouldn’t expect in the life of a 21-year-old girl. Until that […]
Power Player – Talitha
By Talitha Juristo On March 4, 2016, after some routine lab work, I got a call from my doctor to go straight to the ER because my hemoglobin was dangerously low and my creatinine was high. Once at the hospital, they quickly realized I was in end-stage renal failure. 30 years of being a Type […]
Power Player – Tawny
By Tawny Blum As a kid, I was very active – shocking I know! I played basketball and softball all the time, that was until the summer before my senior year of high school (1996). I started having GI issues but at that age, who wants to talk about having diarrhea! Eventually, I was diagnosed […]
Power Player – Alice
By Alice Vogt I am South African and was born with Cystic Fibrosis, a genetic disease affecting the lungs and digestive system. I was diagnosed at age two, and my parents were told that there is about a 20% chance of me reaching the age of 20. However, I had a fairly normal childhood, apart […]
Power Player – Lisa Barker
After living a healthy and happy life, Lisa suddenly discovered she had a condition that only one in a million people develop. Soon after, she was put on the waiting list for an immediate liver transplant. Now, she and her husband are advocates for organ donation and transplant research. By Lisa Barker 2014-the start to […]
Power Player – Jean
By Jean Mihich One never knows what journey we will undertake in this lifetime. I must say that my journey as a person with kidney disease began in infancy and continues to this day. It has been a series of small steps towards awareness and understanding, which was first started by my parents who had […]
Power Player – Cheryl
A PowerPlayer is anyone who supports the life-saving cause of organ donation and transplantation, from the patients who receive transplants to the donors and their families who make those transplants possible, to the medical professionals who arrange and perform the life-saving miracle of transplantation. They serve to remind us that we all have the Power2Save. […]
Power Player – Tom
Reading can often change our lives or make us think differently. In Tom’s case, reading a blog post from political writer, Virginia Postrel, changed his life and saved another. After reading the blog, he discovered that Postrel planned to donate one of her kidneys to author, Sally Satel. Although Tom did not know anyone who […]
Power Player – Crissi
After overhearing a conversation between her daughter and her daughter’s friend, Crissi made a decision that would change the life of a man she had never met. When her daughter was in high school, Crissi overheard a casual conversation that her daughter was having with a friend. The friend’s father needed a kidney transplant and […]
Power Player – Lisa Washington
Lisa was born with scarred kidneys. By age 7, she was diagnosed with kidney disease. At 7, Lisa didn’t quite know what that meant, but thankfully, she was able to have a normal childhood. She always knew she would eventually need a kidney transplant, but she continued to live her life, got married, and had […]
Power Player: Lou Ann
There are a number of online pleas for living organ donations for those in need of a kidney transplant. It is a difficult ask for those in need, and it is a significant sacrifice for those who choose to answer. Our latest Power Player, Lou Ann, was surfing the web one day in 2014 when […]
Father’s Day Power Player: Alice
With Father’s Day upon us, most of us who are lucky enough to have our father’s in our lives are finalizing plans, buying gifts, and signing cards. It’s an important day to recognize. Our fathers are part of the reason we were given life. Our latest Power Player, Alice, won’t be able to find the […]
22 Years After His Death, Nicholas Green’s Heart Stops Beating
By Reg Green In 1994, The Green family was on vacation in Italy when tragedy struck. Their son, Nicholas, was killed by highway robbers. His parents, Reg and Maggie, decided to donate his organs, which saved the lives of seven people and tripled organ donation in Italy. Today, Reg Green continues to speak out about […]
Power Players: The Vargas Family
Sarah Vargas, and her husband, Tony, are true Power Players in our eyes. Their daughter, Rosalina, was born with Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD), which was discovered when she was four days old through newborn screening. At just 11 days old, the couple came close to losing their daughter. After that, they vowed to do […]
Lindsey’s Story: One Transplant for Life
At only 14 years old, Lindsey Duquette bravely testified before the FDA about the importance of organ transplant research and organ donation. As a young child, she contracted a rare kidney disease that resulted in hundreds of hospitalizations and the need for a kidney transplant. Luckily, her father was the perfect match. Hear her story […]
Power Player: Frank Greaney
Frank Greaney is happy to be alive, and he credits his survival to his organ transplant. In 1997, Frank Greaney was diagnosed with an autoimmune liver disease, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). PSC is a progressive liver disease for which there is no cure. He was soon listed for a liver transplant in the New England […]
Manchester United and England Former Player Receives Kidney Transplant
Former Manchester United and England player, Andrew Cole, has received a kidney transplant. The 45-year-old suffered kidney failure after contracting an airborne virus in 2015. Manchester United released a statement, which indicated that Cole will be taking a break from his club ambassador role during his recovery. On behalf of Cole, the club issued the following statement, […]
Power Player: Todd Gambill
We had the opportunity to chat with kidney recipient, Todd Gambill, on the one year anniversary of his kidney transplant. Todd shared his incredible story, although he insists that it is his donor’s story. When Todd was just a year old, he was diagnosed with a Wilm’s Tumor, which is the most common type […]
Transplant Pioneer, Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, Dies at 90
Thousands of lives are saved every year by organ donation and transplantation. The treatment of transplantation has allowed recipients to experience longer lives and has given them a second chance at life. This treatment, however, would not be possible without the researchers and surgeons who perform these acts. Dr. Thomas E. Starzl was known as […]
AST President Interviews on NPR About Kidney Transplants
Earlier this week, the President of the American Society of Transplantation, Anil Chandraker, was interviewed on NPR’s “The Point” about kidney transplants. He was joined by a kidney transplant recipient, Hanu Singh, in a fantastic show that provided an overview of the role of the kidney, kidney transplants, and AST’s Power2Save initiative. There are more people in […]
Charity Navigator Has Awarded Power2Save with 4-Star Rating
Power2Save, which was created by The American Society of Transplantation (AST), has been awarded a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. Charity Navigator is the largest charity evaluator in America and it’s 4-star rating is its highest rating given to organizations. This rating has been given to AST and Power2Save as a result of its strong financial health […]
21-Year-Old Army Reservist from Colorado Donates Kidney to Stranger
A Boulder woman received a kidney donation from a complete stranger who said it was the right thing to do. Kelsey Crider’s mom, Debbie Crider, said it still gives her goosebumps. Nate Toci was driving by a rotating billboard along Interstate 25 in Monument on his way home from work one day when he saw the sign seeking a kidney donor for Kelsey.
Do You Realize that You’re a Champion in Their Eyes?
Bob Stewart took on a daunting task in 2015. After being tested as a donor for his wife Michelle, he was found to be an incompatible blood type. After many others stepped forward and were either denied or incompatible, Bob knew he had to think outside the box.
Power Player: Isabel Stenzel Byrnes
Despite being born with the incurable genetic lung disease cystic fibrosis (CF), Isabel Stenzel Byrnes and her twin sister, Anabel Stenzel Byrnes, persevered to live rich lives and become advocates for organ donation and transplantation.
PowerPlayer: Rita R. Alloway
Fascinated by the complexity of drug regimens and the value they have for long-term success of organ transplantation, Rita Alloway, PharmD, FCCP, uses her pharmacology background in the transplantation field. “I still consider transplantation a modern-day miracle that is life-altering when it is successful,” says Dr. Alloway.
Power Player: Lindsay Ess
For Lindsay Ess, hands are a gift and something she feels truly blessed to have. She was part of the relatively new hand transplantation surgery (that only about 70 people around the world have received) to improve the quality of her life. Now, she continues to support organ transplantation community to offer this and other […]
Impacting Liver Transplantation
“We have the ability to give the option of life to many people who are exceptionally sick and about to die,” says liver transplant researcher Sergio Duarte, PhD. “That is what I really like about my research — the ability to help and impact so many people.”
Power Player – Jason Kilderry
Jason Kilderry was an avid and passionate competitive runner in high school, but a polycystic kidney disease (PKD) diagnosis his freshman year of college brought an end to his racing days. “The most difficult part of the struggle with PKD was the impact it had on my abilities as an athlete,” says Jason. As the […]
Celebrating Life at the Donor Dash
Members of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and the American Transplant Congress (ATC) staff participated in the Gift of Life’s 20th Annual Donor Dash on Sunday, April 19, 2015.
Power Player: David Goldman
David Goldman remembers the day he received the call telling him his kidneys were failing. “I had gone to get my blood test for my marriage license,” he recalls. “My doctor called and said, ‘I have some bad news for you.’” Goldman was diagnosed with kidney disease. “I was 26 when I got that call. […]
PowerPlayer: Natasha Rogers
For Natasha Rogers, MD, PhD, a career in research wasn’t the first thing on her mind when she started medical school in her home country of Australia. After trying internal medicine and then nephrology, a specialty that focuses primarily on the kidneys, Dr. Rogers discovered a love of research. Today, she’s a researcher at the […]
Researching the Road to Recovery
Passionate about pulmonary rehabilitation and exercise strategies, researcher Dr. Dmitry Rozenberg, combines both interests in an emerging field in transplantation. Aiming to enhance physical functional ability and the quality of life for lung transplant candidates through his research, Dr. Rozenberg focuses on the significant impairments in skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function — all individual […]
PowerPlayer: 20 Years Later, Reg Green Still Inspires Organ Donation
Twenty years ago, Reg Green and his family headed to Italy for a vacation that sadly ended in tragedy. Late one night, Reg’s wife, Maggie, and their two young children, 7-year-old Nicholas and 4-year-old Eleanor, fell asleep as Reg drove back to their hotel. Suddenly, a car began to tail the Greens’ rental car. The car was […]
Inspired by Research
Kanishka Mohib, PhD, is passionate about transplantation. “Transplantation provides a cure,” he says. “When someone gets a transplanted heart, liver or kidney, you’re giving them life. You’re giving them a cure. Few fields can say that they have that kind of impact on patients.” As a researcher, Dr. Mohib spends a considerable amount of time […]
PowerPlayer Linda Ohler: Making Transplant Happen
Linda Ohler, MSN, RN, CCTC, FAAN, fell into transplantation by chance. “I started my career as a nurse in the intensive care unit, then in the cardiovascular ICU,” she says. “I was teaching in the cardiovascular nursing graduate program at Catholic University and two of my students who were sharing a transplant coordinator job were […]
AST President Attends White House Oval Office Signing of HOPE Act
AST President Dr. Dan Salomon was invited to join President Obama this afternoon/Thursday at the White House as he signs S. 330, the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act. Dr. Salomon will attend the very small ceremony in the Oval Office. AST played a very significant role, particularly in the U.S. House of Representatives, to garner […]
PowerPlayer: Alyssa Prinzi
We were recently contacted by a young transplant recipient, Allyssa Prinzi, who asked to share her personal story. First, we asked her an important question: Alyssa, what does being a PowerPlayer mean to you? A PowerPlayer is someone who isn’t afraid to take action for themselves and for others. Creating awareness of the act of […]
PowerPlayer: Dr. Maryl Johnson
A PowerPlayer is anyone who supports the life-saving cause of organ donation and transplantation, from the patients who receive transplants, to the donors and their families who make those transplants possible, to the medical professionals who arrange and perform the life-saving miracle of transplantation. They serve to remind us that we all have the Power2Save […]
PowerPlayer: Tara Kline
A PowerPlayer is anyone who supports the life-saving cause of organ donation and transplantation, from the patients who receive transplants, to the donors and their families who make those transplants possible, to the medical professionals who arrange and perform the life-saving miracle of transplantation. They serve to remind us that we all have the Power2Save lives. This week […]
PowerPlayer: Lindsey Kottwitz
A PowerPlayer is anyone who supports the life-saving cause of organ donation and transplantation, from the patients who receive transplants, to the donors and their families who make those transplants possible, to the medical professionals who arrange and perform the life-saving miracle of transplantation. They serve to remind us that we all have the Power2Save lives. This week […]
Official Power2Save Poster Download
The official Power2Save poster is now available for download! Support the Power2Save cause by proudly displaying it. YOU have the Power2Save!
“Modern Family” Star Receives Life-saving Kidney
Sarah Hyland, the 21-year-old actress who plays Haley Dunphy on the hit ABC sitcom “Modern Family”, underwent a successful kidney transplant this past April. Her story is a beautiful example of the miracle of transplantation. Read more of Sarah’s story, and consider making a donation to Power2Save to help move transplantation forward.
Become a PowerPlayer: Donate Now to the Power2Save Initiative
Show your support for Power2Save by donating to this powerful cause. Power2Save is dedicated to increasing public awareness around the importance of donating organs, advocating for patient health, and funding transplant research. With your help we can fund medical research to help develop ways to increase organ acceptance, enhance speed to recovery, and create a […]