Talking Transplant
As a leader in organ transplant and home to the Victorian Liver Transplant Unit, Talking Transplant by Austin Health shines a light on all facets of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. We hear the experiences of our patients, how families grapple with the loss of a loved one and make the decision to save another, and discover the very real challenges our staff at Austin Health face to improve outcomes for transplant patients around the world. Join the organ donor registry today! Please visit Donate Life and help save a life. If you have a topic you want covered in an episode, you can reach us by emailing media@austin.org.au or visit our website.
Episodes
Have you ever thought about eye donation? Did you know you can still donate despite a cancer diagnosis? In our latest episode we are joined by Manny Marchesin. Manny’s husband Claud passed away from a type of cancer in his appendix in 2019 and despite his diagnosis was able to donate his eyes, giving the gift of sight back to others.
You will also hear from Sofia Karageorge, our Associate Nurse Unit Manager on our palliative care w...
Have you ever thought about giving an organ to a family member to save their life? What about donating to a complete stranger just for the greater good?
On today’s episode I am joined by Steve Liston. Steve has no experience of kidney disease in his family, but last year chose to donate his kidney to save a stranger’s life. You will also hear from Dr Darren Lee, one of our transplant nephrologists, who will talk about this type of...
Any organ transplant is a huge procedure to go through. Receiving four new organs is life changing.
In episode one of our latest season, we speak to Brendan Cole. Brendan is our first ever multivisceral transplant patient, he received a new small intestine, liver, pancreas and duodenum, all in one hit almost 15 years ago and hasn’t looked back since. We also have the man who made this happen and continues to make it happen, transfo...
Transplant is transformative, and it gives someone a second chance at life. But with that comes fear and for some a bit of a road to recovery as well. Life will never be the same but you have no choice but to make the most of your second chance.
In our last episode of Season One, we are joined by Jess Chappell. Jess had a liver transplant in 2022 after her pregnancy caused a life-threatening condition.
We will also chat to Nada Fe...
Having an organ transplant is a big thing for someone to go through and for most people there is a lot of fear and uncertainty in the lead up. One factor we haven’t spoken about yet is how do you tackle that uncertainty and illness while being a parent. How much do you tell your child? What’s the best way to explain to them you are about to receive a transplant?
To help us navigate this we speak to Dr Donovan Moncur. Donovan is a ...
From private planes to facilitate retrieval, to special machines keeping the organ alive, to finding out if having a bank of organs ready to go is somewhere we will be in our lifetime – in this episode we cover it all.
We dive into the technology that makes organ retrieval and transplant possible. Joining us is Dr John Whitlam, the Clinical Team for Kidney Transplant at Austin Health and Dr Graham Starkey, one of our talented Liver...
Have you ever had to wait for something? Have you had to wait for months and months and in some cases years? For those who are on the transplant waiting list, this is their everyday. The question though is how do you wait for something that may not come?
In this episode we hear first hand from double liver transplant patient Peter Quinn on how he waited five months for his first liver after being given only between six weeks and si...
When Linda and her family woke up one day last year, the last thing they imagined they would be doing is saying goodbye to their son Glenn and making the decision to donate his organs but that’s exactly what happened. Despite Glenn no longer being here, he was able to transform the lives of at least three people.
In the first episode of Talking Transplant, we are joined by Linda and Associate Professor Helen Opdam, one of our Inten...
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