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Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation | Medical Experts

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation | Medical Experts with Candice Coghlan. Supported by the Ajmera Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital, UHN

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation | Medical Experts is a podcast that takes you behind the scenes at the transplant program at Toronto General Hospital with the goal to educate, inspire and fuel your passion about transplant, with your host, Candice Coghlan, an Education & Outreach Coordinator at the Centre for Living Organ Donation at the UHN Ajmera Transplant Centre and a kidney transplant recipient.

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46:57

Good Nerdy Fun

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation |... ·

2021/02/08

Courtney and Brittany sit down with living liver donor, Melissa Sidhu to talk research ethics, biliary atresia, and the privilege of good health. With honesty and humour, Melissa talks about her brother’s reluctance to accept her as a donor, her fear of post-donation depression, and the challenges of having a mother who knows too much about surgery. Warning: This episode contains excessive laughter. This episode is dedicated to Dr. Gary Levy, whose tireless efforts have saved countless lives,

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32:26

It’s Not Magic, It’s Medicine

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation |... ·

2021/01/25

Courtney and Brittany sit down with the hilarious Trevor Hanagan to discuss his journey to becoming a non-directed living kidney donor and his 16-year career in UHN security. With humour and vulnerability, Trevor discusses working security in hemodialysis, convincing his mother and partner that donating was a good idea, and the ‘high’ of the non-directed donor process. Also in this episode: the pros and cons of growing up in a family of nurses, bonding during the nightshift, kidney paired donation,

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44:02

Signed, Your Donor’s Family

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation |... ·

2021/01/11

Courtney and Brittany are joined by Michael Ward, Provincial Lead of Donor Family Services, Trillium Gift of Life Network, Thanatology candidate (Association for Death Education and Counselling) and former Funeral Home Director. Michael guides our hosts through the process of letter exchanges between donor families and the recipients of their loved one’s organs. In addition to reading a few letters, this episode includes advice on what and when to write, acknowledging grief and survivor’s

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33:04

*BONUS EPISODE* The gift that keeps on giving

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation |... ·

2020/12/21

In this bonus episode, Living Transplant shares four stories of transplant, organ donation and the holiday season, all woven around an insightful interview with Stefan Pankiw, Spiritual Care, UHN. A heads up, this episode runs the gamut of emotions! From Hallmark movies and receiving the gift of life on Christmas Eve, to finding purpose through the loss of a loved one and eating latkes on the transplant unit, Courtney and Brittany provide listeners with a holistic view of the transplant holiday

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39:31

A perfect match

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation |... ·

2020/12/14

Floral designer and living donor kidney transplant recipient Claudia Morgan shares her experience living with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), postponing the reality of kidney failure for a trip to Paris, and turning to her church for help with finding a living donor. Claudia speaks openly about life on dialysis - including the bond you form with your ‘dialysis family' - as well as her reluctance to share her health condition with others, pushing out of her comfort zone to find a living donor

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46:54

‘No’ Was Not an Option: Our History of Transplant...

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation |... ·

2020/11/30

Dr. Gary Levy and Charmaine Beal walk Courtney and Brittany through the history of the Ajmera Transplant Centre (previously the Multi-Organ Transplant Program) and its astounding number of world firsts. Dr. Levy talks candidly about his determination to find a treatment for end-stage liver disease, sleeping in the ICU, recruiting Dr. Heather Ross, and his dislike for the word ‘no,’ - while Charmaine discusses the early days of the program (no OTTR!) and how her career flourished from riding the

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43:08

Whats Mine is Yours

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation |... ·

2020/11/16

Courtney and Brittany talk transplant with living liver donor Sonia Munoz, and her father and transplant recipient, Jaime. This hilarious duo walk our hosts through their whirlwind transplant experience that began in 2017, when Jaime was told he had three months to live. From chaos and uncertainty to recovery and reflection, Sonia and Jaime share their story with honesty, authenticity, and laughter. In This Episode Hepatic Encephalopathy is a syndrome found in patients with liver disease

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44:22

Stay Positive, Test Negative: COVID-19 and Transplant

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation |... ·

2020/11/02

Courtney and Brittany sit down with Dr. Deepali Kumar, transplant infectious diseases physician in the Ajmera Transplant Centre, to talk transplant and COVID-19. This episode was recorded June 2020. For the most recent updates on COVID-19 in Canada, please check with Health Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada.html For specific transplant related questions or specific health concerns, please check with your transplant team or health care provider. About Dr. Kumar Deepali Kumar, MD, MSc,

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48:59

Chaos in the Best of Times: Your First Transplant...

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation |... ·

2020/11/02

Colleen Shelton, nurse manager for the multi-organ transplant coordinators in the Ajmera Transplant Centre, explains what’s kept her with the transplant program at UHN for over 25 years, including the unpredictable nature of working in transplant and being the one to make “the call.” Colleen walks Courtney and Brittany through the process of a patient’s first transplant workup call and shares some of her most rewarding moments working in transplant. The views and opinions expressed in this interview

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54:12

In the Same Breath: Cystic Fibrosis and Double Lung...

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation |... ·

2020/11/02

Hosts Brittany Cole and Courtney Mahrt interview Kadeem Morgan, a 23-year-old double lung transplant recipient living with cystic fibrosis (CF). Kadeem talks about growing up with CF – a rare genetic disease that predominantly affects Caucasian patients – as well as feelings of euphoria and guilt after transplant, and the collective rebelliousness that permeates the CF community. Why Being a Black Man With Cystic Fibrosis Made Me a 'Needle in the Haystack' by Kadeem Morgan

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02:04

Introducing Living Transplant

Living Transplant: Patient Stories | Organ Donation |... ·

2020/09/30

Living Transplant takes listeners behind the scenes of North America’s largest transplant program - the Ajmera Transplant Centre at Toronto General Hospital. Join hosts Brittany Cole (Bedside Nurse, Ajmera Transplant Centre) and Courtney Mahrt (Communications, Centre for Living Organ Donation at UHN) as they explore transplantation through the perspectives of frontline staff, researchers, innovators, and transplant pioneers, as well as organ donation recipients, living organ donors, families and

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