Tara Storch, co-founder of Taylor's Gift Foundation, shares her family's journey through tragedy and the creation of a foundation dedicated to organ donation awareness and grief support for donor families.

We welcome Guillermina Sanchez, the Executive Director of LifeLink of Puerto Rico, overseeing day to day operations for LifeLink of Puerto Rico, which facilitates organ and tissue donation in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

We are joined by the esteemed Dr. Daniel Goldstein from Montefiore Einstein Medical Center to discuss the development of the heart transplant field, and medicine overall, across the last few decades.

The mission of the Maddog Strong Foundation is to inspire the next generation of organ and tissue donation advocates by providing education, promoting donor registration, and encouraging conversations about this life-saving topic.

An exclusive interview with Dr. Jake Miles, the Paragonix Medical Director of Abdominal Organs and first host of the new Paragonix mini-educational series, Statistically Speaking.

Rich Rothweiler, Director of Organ Utilization at Mid-America Transplant, joined us to discuss the responsibility of an Organ Procurement Organization in a donor organ recovery journey.

Dr. Amy Fielder is a cutting-edge cardiothoracic surgeon who represents change in the field of transplantation. She joins us in the studio alongside our hosts, Michael Tajima and Mary Jacoski, to discuss the rapid shifts in cardiac care and the power of the individual.

Dr. Ahmet Kilic joins the studio to discuss the growth and accomplishments of the Johns Hopkins Medicine heart transplant program. He shares a recent, monumental accomplishment of transplanting five hearts in a mere seven days, made possible by the effective coordination of a large team and the identification of appropriate patients.

We're joined by renowned surgical director Dr. Pablo Sanchez, who highlights the logistical challenges of coordinating a transplant team and the use of technology to streamline communication.

In this episode, we're joined by the remarkable Dr. Hannah Copeland, one of the foundational authors of the notable ISHLT Consensus Statement on Donor Heart and Lung Procurement.

In this episode, we're joined by the remarkable Dr. Andreas Zuckermann, a luminary in the realm of transplantation. Dr. Zuckermann takes us on a journey through his distinguished career, from transplant coordinator to cardiac surgeon to ISHLT President, shedding light on his pivotal contributions to the field.

Dr. Joseph Scalea joins us in the studio to discuss the ever-growing need for innovation and tech that is driving healthcare forward.

On today's episode, Dr. Shelley Hall sheds light on the latest development: the continuous distribution model aimed at enhancing the allocation process.

In this debut episode of our conversational series, Professor Laurens Cuelemans from the University of Leuven Hospital sheds light on the shifting landscape of lung transplantation, with a focus on organ preservation methods and novel concepts to mitigate staff burnout. Featuring special guest, Prof. Laurens Ceulemans.