The worsening transplant organ shortage in USA; desperate times demand innovative solutions

Bahar Bastani

doi:10.12860/jnp.2015.20

J Nephropathol. 2015;4(4): 105-109.
doi: 10.12860/jnp.2015.20

PMID: 26457256
PMCID: PMC4596293
Scopus ID: 84943603959

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The worsening transplant organ shortage in USA; desperate times demand innovative solutions

Bahar Bastani ¹^*

¹ Division of Nephrology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Medical director of kidney transplantation, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, USA

*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Prof. Bahar Bastani, Saint Louis University Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, USA. , Email: bastanib@slu.edu

Keywords: End-stage renal disease, Transplantation, Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:

The great success in the field of transplantation has made it possible to save many lives every year. Unfortunately, this success has been overshadowed by an ever-growing shortage of organs. The ever-widening gap between demand and supply has resulted in an illegal black market and unethical transplant tourism of global proportions. While there is much room to improve the Iranian model of regulated incentivized live kidney donation, the Iranian model could serve as an example for how other countries could make significant strides to lessening their own organ shortage crises.

Please cite this paper as: Bastani B. The worsening transplant organ shortage in USA; desperate times demand innovative solutions. J Nephropathol. 2015; 4(4):105-109. DOI: 10.12860/jnp.2015.2

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