Story Behind The UAEs First Multi - Organ Transplant Program

NYUAD Institute

English - December 09, 2018 04:57 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Today, families in the UAE wait in hope that a life-saving organ may be donated to a critically ill loved on. In 2018, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi created history in the UAE by developing a comprehensive multi-organ transplant program which is already transforming patients’ lives. This talk explores how the transplants for four major organs – kidney, heart, liver and lung – are giving hope to families in the UAE and around the region by delivering a world-class level of care here in the nation’s capital, meeting the needs of the community while contributing to the sustainability of the country’s healthcare sector.

Speaker
Bashir Sankari, MD; Chief of the Surgical Subspecialties Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Rakesh Suri, MD; Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi