Host Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Chris Smith. Chris discusses how he became involved as an organ donation advocate through meeting his partner after she donated a portion of her liver to her father. Candice and Chris are joined by Dr. Markus Selzner, the Surgical Director of the Ajmera Liver Transplant Program at the University of Toronto and Co-Director of the Toronto Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellowship. Chris and Candice speak to him about the incredible process of donating a piece of your liver, advancements in liver innovation, the selflessness of living donors, and if the liver is more like a lizard or a turtle?
For more information about living liver donation, visit: https://bit.ly/uhnliver
For more information about the ACB Organ Health YouTube Channel visit: https://bit.ly/acborganhealth
For more information about how to register your consent to be a donor, visit https://beadonor.ca/
To watch the Men Who Care Episode, visit https://bit.ly/menwhocare
The views and opinions expressed in this interview do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Toronto General Hospital or the University Health Network.
