The History of Transplant

In this specialty podcast, Dr. Justin Barr is joined by Dr. Thomas Schlich and Dr. Susan Lederer to discuss the early history of transplant surgery, with Dr. Schlich focusing on the mostly European efforts inaugurating solid organ transplant between 1880 and 1910 whilst Dr. Lederer concentrates on skin, blood, and corneal transplants in early 20^th century America.   

Justin Barr practices abdominal transplant and advanced hepatobiliary surgery at the Ochsner Clinic

Thomas Schlich is the James McGill Professor and Department Chair at McGill University

Susan E. Lederer is the Ronald Numbers Professor of History of Medicine and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

References:

The Origins of Organ Transplantation

Flesh and Blood: Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion in Twentieth-Century America