Dev Desai, M.D., Ph.D. Surgical Director of Visceral Transplant, Children’s Medical Center Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics and Immunology, UT Southwestern WHAT HE DOES: Performs kidney and liver transplants, many times traveling to procure the donor organ. BORN AWORLD AWAY: Spent his first two years of life in Bulsar, India; makes regular visits to see [...]
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Events, Patient Features, Transplant Services
Gift of Life – WFAA Ch. 8 News
May 8, 2012 — Janet St. James of WFAA Ch. 8, covers the Mother’s Day gift a North Texas Mother is giving to her 3-year-old son.
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Employee Features, Transplant Services
Speaking to families about organ donation, Part 2
Q: I’ve heard about an organ crisis. What does that mean? A: It means that the need for organ transplants vastly supersedes available organs. That has always been the case, and it continues to be the case today. Q: What do you say to families to explain the benefit of organ donation? A: One of [...]
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Employee Features, Transplant Services
Speaking to families about organ donation, Part 1
Q: How does the process of speaking to families begin? A: A call to STA is required on all patient deaths and all imminent patient deaths. At Children’s, it’s generally the nursing staff, physicians or nurse practitioners who make the call to us. The organ donor protocol begins with a referral of a patient that [...]
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Experts, Patient Features, Transplant Services
Teen needs kidney transplant
March 1, 2012: CBS Ch. 11 covers the story of Blake Pearce, a teenage boy in need of a new kidney. Blake, his mom and transplant surgeon Dr. Dev Desai are interviewed.
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