#5 Robert Panza: being a stem cell courier, donation, COVID
from The Graft Hosted by The EBMT Trainee Committee
The following is a conversation with Robert Panza, former policeman from California and volunteer stem cell courier for the National Marrow Donor Program in the United States. We talk about the National Marrow Donor Program, how Robert got into being a stem cell courier, what it means, funny and sad stories, challenges and wonders since the pandemic. Interview: Nico Gagelmann (https://twitter.com/NicoGagelmann) MORE about our Trainee Committee on https://twitter.com/TheEBMT_Trainee https://www.ebmt.org/trainee-committee MORE about EBMT on https://www.ebmt.org/ https://twitter.com/TheEBMT Robert Panza is also one of about 200 people across the USA who are volunteer NMDP Ambassadors, advocating on behalf of cellular therapy patients and the NMDP with elected officials. Wherever you are, please register as a donor to further reduce the current inequalities of donor access. Go visit the https://network.bethematchclinical.org/ https://bethematch.org/ https://www.anthonynolan.org/ https://www.dkms.org/ More on being a courier in COVID times https://twitter.com/i/status/1324440879902371841
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