{"id":22011,"date":"2019-02-13T13:36:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T18:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?post_type=episode&p=22011"},"modified":"2023-06-06T13:53:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T17:53:24","slug":"kidney-transplant-with-dr-alex-toledo-and-dr-karin-true","status":"publish","type":"episode","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/chairs-corner\/podcast\/kidney-transplant-with-dr-alex-toledo-and-dr-karin-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidney Transplant – with Dr. Alex Toledo and Dr. Karin True"},"content":{"rendered":"
In this first episode of the podcast series, “Understanding Organ Transplant,” Dr. Ron Falk welcomes two UNC transplant experts to discuss kidney transplant; they cover topics including benefits of an early transplant, living versus deceased donor organs, preparation and recovery from surgery, and more related topics. Dr. Alex Toledo is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at UNC, and Dr. Karin True is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at UNC.<\/p>\n
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\u201cMore and more living donors are not related to their recipients: husbands to wives, friends from church\u2014living donors can really come from anywhere…They just have to be willing and they have to be healthy enough to go through the donation process.\u201d<\/h4>\n
– Dr. Karin True<\/p>\n<\/div>
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\nAlex Toledo, MD, and Karin True, MD<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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