You know from To Split, or not to Split that I really like Split Liver Transplantation, and have published three papers on it (see also Sridhara Samhita) as part of my research in Organ Transplantation:
After having a pretty good time at CES (see Loving Las Vegas!), it was even more enjoyable to receive this email from George Mazareigos (Chief, Pediatric Transplantation, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh):
Hi Sridhar
Happy new year!
I hope you are doing well.
I was hoping to catch you for a few minutes at your convenience to discuss split liver transplantation. I would love to collaborate with you on the ideas in your operational paper that I came across.
I am also heading a learning network starzlnetwork.org that I think should be a vehicle for dissemination of split liver transplant expertise. My colleagues published a manuscript on the concerning lack of consistency in the application of this technology.
Text me at your convenience- my cell is 412-XXX-XXXX
Thanks!
George
My first talk on Organ Transplants to Transplant Physicians was at MGH (in 2012, on OrganJet, thanks to Parsia Vegefi, where I met Jim Markmann and Heidi Yeh and many others), followed by one at UPMC (met Amit Tevar then) and UCSF (thanks to John Roberts). In 2016, I was invited to the (Obama) White House, that showcased Nudge Videos as a top innovation, gave a Keynote at AMAT Conference (on Nudge Videos, see Making Death Enhance Life) and also helped in organizing When Operations Research meets Organ Transplantation Conference (at Johns Hopkins). In 2020, I gave a AOPO Keynote (see Comfort Videos), and in 2021, presented my recommendations at a NASEM Committee (see The God Committee).
Talking about pediatric transplantation, I gave a talk at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (at Stanford) in 2017, invited by Carlos Esquivel (connected by Renee Williams, one of the youngest and among the earliest recipients of a pediatric liver transplant, who has been an advisor to OrganJet), who was trained by:
Thomas Earl Starzl (March 11, 1926 – March 4, 2017) was an American physician, researcher, and expert on organ transplants. He performed the first human liver transplants, and has often been referred to as “the father of modern transplantation”. A documentary, titled “Burden of Genius,” covering the medical and scientific advances spearheaded by Starzl was released in 2017. He received the National Medal of Science in 2004, the Laskar Award in 2012, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Science in 2016.
FYI, the movie Virulent: The Vaccine War (playing on PBS now) in which I am an Executive Producer, is directed and produced by Tjardus Greidanus and Laura Davis, who also made Burden of Genius.
Fifteen years after I got into Organ Transplantation (thanks to the dinner with Baris Ata in 2010, as I wrote about in Beyond OrganJet and has been memorialized in Harvard Case Study on OrganJet and GuardianWings), it looks like it is a full circle, that in 2026 that I am speaking (on Jan 29th) as part of Starzl Network! It will be based on (winner of 2022 INFORMS PSOR Best Paper Award, recall Indianapolis 50):
Split Liver Transplantation: An Analytical Decision Support Model
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