Save a Life: Organ Donor Program @ Central
LIVES FOREVER CHANGED: STORIES OF HOPE AND COMPASSION
: An educational program about kidney donation
Presenters include Dr. Basma O. Merhi, MD, Brown Medicine Division of Kidney Disease and Hypertension; Division of Organ Transplantation, Rhode Island Hospital along with a panel of donors and recipients.
Dr. Merhi will provide general information about the Organ Transplantation program, as well as the procedures for both those needing a kidney and those interested in becoming donors.
There will be a brief video presentation by Marian Charlton, SRN, Clinical Manager of Living, Donor and Paired Donation Programs at Hackensack University Medical Center. In addition, there will be time for questions and answers. Flyers and pamphlets with additional information will be available as well.
This program is free and open to all. Please register to receive an email reminder prior to the event.
- Date:
- Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:45pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Contact:
- Robin Nyzio, RNyzio@cranstonlibrary.org
- Location:
- James T. Giles Community Room
- Branch:
- Central Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Health & Wellness