Latest Kidneypancreastransplant Podcast Episodes
The best example of showing what to do, is to do it yourself.
Living Transplant - September 29, 2022 13:56 - 1 hourHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Chris Smith. Chris discusses how he became involved as an organ donation advocate through meeting his partner after she donated a portion of her liver to her father. Candice and Chris are joined by Dr. Markus Selzner, the Surgical Director of the Ajm...
We need more advocates!
Living Transplant - September 29, 2022 13:56 - 1 hourHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Chris Smith. Chris discusses how he became involved as an organ donation advocate through meeting his partner after she donated a portion of her liver to her father. Candice and Chris are joined by Dr. Markus Selzner, the Surgical Director of the Ajm...
Two Bellybuttons and the End of the Wait List
Living Transplant - September 15, 2022 15:40 - 1 hourHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest hosts Joanne Kearney and Brendan Cahill, co-founders of the Centre for Living Organ Donation to tell their story of how Brendan became a kidney donor to Joanne through the Paired Exchange Program and how they used math to support their decisions and later ...
Listen More and Talk Less
Living Transplant - September 01, 2022 16:30 - 1 hourHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Mary Beaucage. As a follow up to the episode Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Mary discusses her kidney transplant from her cousin, barriers to transplant and her extensive advocacy work. Candice and Mary are joined by Dr. Istvan Mucsi, a clinical investi...
If you’re going through hell, keep going
Living Transplant - August 18, 2022 15:09 - 1 hourHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Alley Adams who lived with type 1 diabetes for over 30 years, and after three calls, received a kidney pancreas transplant on her fourth. They speak about what it is like to be diagnosed with a chronic illness at a young age, how that impacts your ou...
I have parts from everybody
Living Transplant - August 04, 2022 15:03 - 1 hourHost Candice Coghlan is joined by Guest Host, Sara Murray, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at just months old. She brings us through her brave journey of what life was like as a child and young adult with cystic fibrosis and what it was like to receive “the call” for her lung transplant. ...
One Step Closer to Freedom
Living Transplant - July 21, 2022 13:21 - 1 hourToday’s episode contains material that might be difficult to hear. Discretion is advised. Host Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Tamara Hartley- Harris who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at a young age. Tamara’s journey is one that is filled with hardship, strength and love. She dis...
Yes, You Can Have a Family
Living Transplant - July 07, 2022 13:59 - 1 hourHost Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Kate Chong, who received a kidney transplant from her husband. Kate and her husband have a two year old daughter, and she is pregnant, excitedly awaiting the birth of her son. Candice and Kate discuss their journeys in family planning, being pregnant...
Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Kidney Transplant
Living Transplant - September 07, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutesHosts Courtney and Brittany sit down with Indigenous storyteller and kidney transplant recipient, Mary Beaucage for an authentic look at the kidney transplant experience. From her crash start into kidney failure to new experiences of community to advocating for patient oriented research, Mary ho...
Heal in Colour: Black and Brown Bandages
Living Transplant - August 09, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutesCourtney and Brittany sit down with Tianna McFarlane, the founder of Heal in Colour, for something a little different but absolutely necessary. Launched earlier this year, Heal in Colour is revolutionizing the way people shop for bandages by creating a world where black and brown bandages are pa...
My Strange Addiction: Transplant
Living Transplant - July 26, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutesPost-liver transplant coordinator, Shauna Watson and post-lung transplant coordinator, Pauline Harney join Courtney and Brittany to discuss their roads into the world of transplant, the day-to-day life of a coordinator, and how they stay organized with literally hundreds of patients. Shauna and ...
Pain Management and Transplant
Living Transplant - July 12, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutesCourtney and Brittany are joined by Dr. Hance Clarke, Director of Pain Services and Medical Director of the Pain Research Unit at Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Clarke walks our hosts through his journey to pain medicine, the difference between acute pain services and transitional pain services, ...
A Heart Away From Home (part 2)
Living Transplant - June 28, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutesIn the second and final part of A Heart Away From Home, guest Heather Lannon explains how she landed on her PhD research question: how is home connected to the transplant journey? After promising Jamie she would do her PhD, Heather talks about what it was like to jump into her research just two ...
Heart Away From Home (part 1)
Living Transplant - June 14, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutesWe’re back to hearts this week with Heather Lannon, Outreach Coordinator for the Centre for Living Organ Donation, PhD candidate and caregiver. Heather recounts her transplant experience which began when her and her husband Jamie relocated from St. John’s Newfoundland to Toronto in the hopes of ...
In Conversation with Transplant Leaders (LIVE)
Living Transplant - May 31, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutesIn this special episode of Living Transplant, Courtney and Brittany host Explore a Career in Transplantation, part two of the Ajmera Transplant Centre’s Virtual Open House (May 19, 2021). Dr. Kathryn Tinckam, UHN’s Physician-in-Chief, Dr. Blayne Sayed, Liver Transplant Surgeon, Dr. Cynthia Tsien...
Heart to heart with Mali Worme and Vino Ramachandran
Living Transplant - May 10, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutesIn Living Transplant’s first heart-focused episode, Courtney and Brittany sit down with heart function (not “failure”!) fellow, Mali Worme, and heart transplant recipient, Vino Ramachandran. Diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy 10 years ago, Vino walks us through what it was like to go from a “...
The Fight to End PKD
Living Transplant - April 26, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutesJeff Robertson, founder of the PKD Foundation of Canada, joins Courtney and Brittany to talk all things polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Raised by a mother with PKD and a father juggling the roles of husband, caregiver and parent, Jeff learned firsthand what it means to live with chronic disease...
Sex, Drugs, and Anti-Rejection: the Complex World of Transplant Pharmacy
Living Transplant - April 12, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutesTransplant pharmacist, Dipika Munyal guides Courtney and Brittany through the complex world of anti-rejection and immunosuppression (are these….the same thing? It’s like I learned nothing). From libido to infection to the effects grapefruit has on medications, Dipika explains the reasoning behin...
Let the Sunshine In: The Legacy of Logan Boulet
Living Transplant - March 22, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutesIn this episode, Courtney and Brittany are joined by Toby and Bernadine “Bernie” Boulet, the parents of Logan Boulet. In 2018 Logan became an organ donor after he was injured in the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Logan inspired hundreds of thousands of Canadians to register as organ donors, ...
"This is it... I actually need a transplant"
Living Transplant - March 08, 2021 12:00 - 1 hourDiagnosed with lupus in her early twenties, Jennen Johnson’s road to transplant was a windy one. With humour and authenticity, Jennen dives into the details of her story exploring her denial and eventual acceptance of kidney failure. From explaining transplant to her 12-year-old daughter, to sea...
The Glass is Half Full
Living Transplant - February 22, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutesCourtney and Brittany are joined by kidney transplant recipient and philanthropist, Salah Bachir, his husband, Jacob Yerex, and UHN’s Physician in Chief, Dr. Ed Cole. They discuss Salah's seven years on dialysis prior to transplant, the inspiration for the Bachir Yerex Family Dialysis Centre, ...
Good Nerdy Fun
Living Transplant - February 08, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutesCourtney and Brittany sit down with living liver donor, Melissa Sidhu to talk research ethics, biliary atresia, and the privilege of good health. With honesty and humour, Melissa talks about her brother’s reluctance to accept her as a donor, her fear of post-donation depression, and the challe...
It’s Not Magic, It’s Medicine
Living Transplant - January 25, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutesCourtney and Brittany sit down with the hilarious Trevor Hanagan to discuss his journey to becoming a non-directed living kidney donor and his 16-year career in UHN security. With humour and vulnerability, Trevor discusses working security in hemodialysis, convincing his mother and partner tha...
Signed, Your Donor’s Family
Living Transplant - January 11, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutesCourtney and Brittany are joined by Michael Ward, Provincial Lead of Donor Family Services, Trillium Gift of Life Network, Thanatology candidate (Association for Death Education and Counselling) and former Funeral Home Director. Michael guides our hosts through the process of letter exchanges ...
*BONUS EPISODE* The gift that keeps on giving
Living Transplant - December 21, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutesIn this bonus episode, Living Transplant shares four stories of transplant, organ donation and the holiday season, all woven around an insightful interview with Stefan Pankiw, Spiritual Care, UHN. A heads up, this episode runs the gamut of emotions! From Hallmark movies and receiving the gift of...
A perfect match
Living Transplant - December 14, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutesFloral designer and living donor kidney transplant recipient Claudia Morgan shares her experience living with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), postponing the reality of kidney failure for a trip to Paris, and turning to her church for help with finding a living donor. Claudia speaks openly abo...
‘No’ Was Not an Option: Our History of Transplant Innovation
Living Transplant - November 30, 2020 12:00 - 46 minutesDr. Gary Levy and Charmaine Beal walk Courtney and Brittany through the history of the Ajmera Transplant Centre (previously the Multi-Organ Transplant Program) and its astounding number of world firsts. Dr. Levy talks candidly about his determination to find a treatment for end-stage liver dis...
Whats Mine is Yours
Living Transplant - November 16, 2020 12:00 - 43 minutesCourtney and Brittany talk transplant with living liver donor Sonia Munoz, and her father and transplant recipient, Jaime. This hilarious duo walk our hosts through their whirlwind transplant experience that began in 2017, when Jaime was told he had three months to live. From chaos and uncerta...
Stay Positive, Test Negative: COVID-19 and Transplant
Living Transplant - November 02, 2020 12:00 - 44 minutesCourtney and Brittany sit down with Dr. Deepali Kumar, transplant infectious diseases physician in the Ajmera Transplant Centre, to talk transplant and COVID-19. This episode was recorded June 2020. For the most recent updates on COVID-19 in Canada, please check with Health Canada https://www....
Chaos in the Best of Times: Your First Transplant Workup Call
Living Transplant - November 02, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutesColleen Shelton, nurse manager for the multi-organ transplant coordinators in the Ajmera Transplant Centre, explains what’s kept her with the transplant program at UHN for over 25 years, including the unpredictable nature of working in transplant and being the one to make “the call.” Colleen wal...
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