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Living donors transform lives by sharing a portion of their liver

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According to the American Liver Foundation, there were 11,458 liver transplants in the U.S. in 2024, with 604 of those donations coming from living donors. Partial liver transplants occur when a healthy adult removes part of their liver and gives it to someone whose liver is no longer functioning properly.

On Cincinnati Edition, we discuss the impact of this procedure and how it's changing organ donation.

Guests:

  • Alexander Bondoc, MD, surgical director of liver and intestinal transplantation, Cincinnati Children’s
  • Amanda Graham, partial liver transplant living donor

Beginning at noon, call 513-419-7100 or email talk@wvxu.org to have your voice heard on this topic. You can catch a recorded replay at 8 p.m.

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