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TRANSPLANT ANd CARdIoLoGY
In 2007, Michael Moore found himself balanced precariously
between a rock and a hard place. While undergoing a
comprehensive screening for the liver transplant he needed,
he learned that he also had a hole in his aortic valve. The
news was devastating. With a failing heart, he couldn’t get
a liver transplant. And his liver condition meant that heart
repair would be too dangerous. Michael’s medical team
didn’t shrink from the challenge. “Stanford has the drive
to provide excellent care for everyone,” says Dr. Tami
Daugherty, Michael’s transplant hepatologist. “There’s
no ‘We can’t do it’ here.”
Michael’s treatment brought together a multidisciplinary
team of physicians to perform a rare combined procedure.
Once a liver became available, the Stanford transplant and
cardiothoracic teams worked for 17 hours to repair Michael’s
heart and replace his liver. While recovering from his surgery,
Michael was visited by the large team of professionals
who had made his operation a success. He was excited
to meet not just his surgeons, but also the extended group
of physicians who were able to learn from his unusual case.
“Not only did I have a fleet of the best doctors,” says Michael,
“but the next generation was there, also learning from the
best.” Now more than three years later, Michael’s eyes twinkle
with fun, and he’s learning how to play the guitar, something
he’s always wanted to do.
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EVERY lIVER TRANSPlANT PATIENT IS uNIquE.
DR. TAMI DAugHERTY REVIEWS EACH
PERSON’S NEEDS WITH AN INTERDISCIPlINARY
TEAM OF STANFORD PHYSICIANS, NuRSES
AND TRANSPlANT COORDINATORS.
GIVING THE GIfT of LIfE
Waiting lists for liver donations are notoriously long in the
Bay Area, and many patients in need cannot survive the
wait time for a deceased-donor liver. Today, more patients
and their families are exploring the option of living donor
liver transplantation (lDlT), a promising alternative for liver
transplant patients. With lDlT, living donors give a portion
of their healthy liver to needy recipients, decreasing the
wait time to transplantation and improving patient survival
rates. Organ donation is an altruistic gift, and each living
donor candidate is evaluated by an independent living donor
advocate to ensure donor safety, informed consent and lack
of coercion. At Stanford Hospital & Clinics, people who choose
to donate through lDlT undergo a thorough evaluation and
screening process and are treated with the same high caliber
of care as transplant recipients.
“Not only did I have a fleet
of the best doctors, but the
next generation was there,
also learning from the best.”
Michael Moore
Transplant and Cardiology Patient