4 people helped save or enhance the lives of 12 people through organ donation and transplant during 1 weekend at Upstate

Mark Laftavi, MD (photo by Jim Howe) Mark Laftavi, MD (photo by Jim
Howe) Transplant surgeon Transplant surgeon Mark Laftavi, MD Mark
Laftavi, MD, tells about a particularly busy weekend recently
during which four patients at Upstate University Hospital became
organ donors. Their gifts helped save or enhance the lives of 12
people. Laftavi, the interim chief of, tells about a particularly
busy weekend recently during which four patients at Upstate
University Hospital became organ donors. Their gifts helped save or
enhance the lives of 12 people. Laftavi, the interim chief of
transplant services transplant services and the director of the
pancreas program, explains how transplants are accomplished.
Upstate's kidney transplant program is doing a growing number of
living donor transplants, in which a person donates one of his or
her healthy kidneys to someone with severe kidney disease. Laftavi
also talks about pancreas transplants and how some people receive
both a kidney and a pancreas in a single operation. and the
director of the pancreas program, explains how transplants are
accomplished. Upstate's kidney transplant program is doing a
growing number of living donor transplants, in which a person
donates one of his or her healthy kidneys to someone with severe
kidney disease. Laftavi also talks about pancreas transplants and
how some people receive both a kidney and a pancreas in a single
operation.