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Podcast: Finding Genius Podcast
Episode: Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation: Walking through the Process with Amy Waterman
Description: Amy Waterman directs the Transplant Research and Education Center at UCLA. She works with patients navigating any disease of the kidney and helps educate them on corresponding choices, from dialysis treatment to getting on a transplant list. She discusses: How the general process works as a patient enters their center, from considering treatment options to seeking a donor, What the statistics are in the donor-transplant relationship and the range of donor options, and How the physical process works for transplantation and what are risk factors compared to the dialysis process. In addition to directing the...