Udeme Ekong - Health Disparities in Organ Transplantation

April is National Minority Health Month and National Donate Life Month.  In this episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Drs. Temara Hajjat and Jennifer Lee talk to Dr. Udeme Ekong about disparities in transplant hepatology.  We discuss the importance of organ donation and the impact of COVID-19 on patients pre and post-liver transplant, how transplant centers are managing deceased and living donor programs, and COVID-19 vaccination in pediatric patients.As always, the discussion, views, and recommendations in this podcast are the sole responsibility of the hosts and guests and are subject to change over time with advances in the field.Produced by: Jennifer LeeSpecial requests:Thank you to everyone for listening to our podcast. If you enjoyed this content and thought it was useful, we ask you to consider doing any or all of the following three things:Tell one person who you think would like this type of content about the podcast.  We want to reach more GI doctors and trainees and general pediatricians, pediatric residents, and medical students.Leave a review on Apple Podcasts -- this helps more people discover our podcast.You can also support the show by making a donation to the NASPGHAN FoundationSend us Fan MailSupport the showThis episode may be eligible for CME credit!  Once you have listened to the episode, click this link to claim your credit.  Credit is available to NASPGHAN members (if you are not a member, you should probably sign up).  And thank you to the NASPGHAN Professional Education Committee for their review!As always, the discussion, views, and recommendations in this podcast are the sole responsibility of the hosts and guests and are subject to change over time with advances in the field.Check out our merch website!Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for all the latest news and upcoming episodes.Click here to support the show.