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EPISODE · Jan 22, 2025 · 49 MIN

My experience… with an organ transplant

from This Is Nashville · host WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio

Becoming an organ donor is a way to offer a life-changing gift to others. Today, we’ll hear from Tennesseans who know this personally: a mother whose teenage son became a donor, and both a kidney donor and recipient. We’ll also speak with experts from Tennessee Donor Services and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Transplant Center, a national leader, about what we need to know about being an organ donor and how to register here in Tennessee.This episode was produced by Katherine Ceicys.GUESTS Jay Mazon, mother of a donor Anthony Glenn Jr. Megan Conner, kidney donor Berry Hill Mayor Dennis Sheffield, kidney recipient Jill Grandas, Executive Director, Tennessee Donor Services Dr. Kelly Schlendorf, Medical Director of Vanderbilt University's Adult Heart Transplant Program

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