Veterans’ Health Administration adds MedStar Georgetown University Hospital to its National Solid Organ Transplant Network

Send us Fan MailComprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. Veterans across the country who are in need of a life-saving liver or kidney transplant now can receive these procedures at one of the top transplant centers in the nation, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, thanks to the recent inclusion of the MedStar Health program in the Veterans Health Administration network. The newly established relationship expands veterans’ access to a top ten transplant center in the nation allowing them to receive lifesaving care at one of the most experienced transplant programs in the country. This new DC VA Medical Center partnership with MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute establishes MGTI as one of only a handful of VHA transplant centers in the country to offer both liver and kidney transplant. Listen to Dr. Rohit Satoskar, Director, Medical Services, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, and Dr. Atoosa Rabiee, Chief, Transplant Services, Washington D.C. VA Medical Center, discuss this new partnership and how it benefits military veterans in need of liver or kidney transplants across the country. For interviews with Dr. Satoskar, or for more information about this podcast, contact Matt Holzapfel, [email protected] more about Dr. Satoskar here: MedStarHealth.org/SatoskarLearn more about: The Veterans Health Administration adding MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute to its National Solid Organ Transplant NetworkFor more episodes of MedStar Health DocTalk, go to medstarhealth.org/doctalk.