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100 Questions & Answers
About Liver, Heart, and
Kidney Transplantation
A Lahey Clinic Guide
Hannah M. Gilligan, MD
Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation
Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Burlington, MA
David M. Venesy, MD
Director, Heart Failure Program
Director, Cardiac Care Unit
Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA
Staff Physician, Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Center
Tufts Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Fredric D. Gordon, MD
Medical Director of Liver Transplantation
Director of Hepatology
Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts Medical School
Boston, MA
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gilligan, Hannah M.
100 questions and answers about liver, heart, and kidney transplantation : a Lahey Clinic guide /
Hannah M. Gilligan, David M. Venesy, Fredric D. Gordon.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-7637-8609-0 (alk. paper)
1. Kidneys—Transplantation—Miscellanea. 2. Kidneys—Transplantation—Popular works.
3. Liver—Transplantation—Miscellanea. 4. Liver—Transplantation—Popular works.
5. Heart—Transplantation—Miscellanea. 6. Heart—Transplantation—Popular works.
I. Venesy, David M. II. Gordon, Fredric D. III. Title. IV. Title: One hundred questions and
answers about liver, heart, and kidney transplantation.
RD575.G55 2011
617.4'610592—dc22
2010018001
6048
Printed in the United States of America
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to my father, Thomas J. Gilligan, Jr., MD,
who was my first teacher.
—Hannah M. Gilligan, MD
This book is dedicated both to my mom, Barbara Venesy, whose
unwavering pursuit of excellence has inspired all of us to be our
very best, and to my beautiful wife, Lora, whose incredible love and
support, as well as her encouragement of my academic and clinical
pursuits, has been my rock. Lora’s ardent passion for life and
boundless compassion has inspired me to be a better doctor, and to
be a better person.
—David M. Venesy, MD
This book is dedicated to my parents, Harriet and Alan Gordon,
who taught me the value of education, perseverance, and compassion.
—Fredric D. Gordon, MD
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