Thomas E. Starzl Transplant SOA: Equity in Access to Organ Allocation
Recorded On: 10/22/2017
As the U.S. continues to face disparities in organ allocation — due to an imbalance of supply and demand — patients who are on the waitlist for liver transplantation are increasingly at risk. This session will discuss the importance of geographic disparities in liver transplantation as well as various strategies proposed to address this critical issue in healthcare.
Julie Heimbach
Julie K. Heimbach, M.D., is a Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Division of Transplantation Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She is currently on the council of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons; and recently served a member of the Governing Board of the AASLD and as chair of the Liver and Intestinal Transplant Committee of UNOS. She also serves as associate editor of AJT and Journal of Hepatology. Her interests are in liver transplantation in the setting of malignancy, particularly hilar cholangiocarcinoma, as well as the management of obesity in liver transplantation and living donor transplantation.
