Behind the Racial Disparities in the Organ Transplant System
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Success rates for organ transplantation have grown, but racial disparities persist.
Success rates for organ transplantation have grown through the years, but disparities impacting communities of color remain. Dr. Juan Carlos Caicedo, a transplant surgeon at Northwestern Medicine and the founder of the hospital’s Hispanic Transplant Program, joins us in discussion.
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Behind the Racial Disparities in the Organ Transplant System
Clip: 12/28/2020 | 7m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Success rates for organ transplantation have grown through the years, but disparities impacting communities of color remain. Dr. Juan Carlos Caicedo, a transplant surgeon at Northwestern Medicine and the founder of the hospital’s Hispanic Transplant Program, joins us in discussion.
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