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Dr. Rosenthal Interview

J. Thomas Rosenthal, M.D.

The former Chief Medical Officer, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Professor, Urology

Associate Vice Chancellor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

His research interests include transplant immunology and among his chief clinical interests is kidney transplants.

In this video one of America’s most trusted and experienced experts in organ donation and transplant calls for peer-reviewed science-based improvement in the alignment of the donation and transplant world to improve patient results in the world’s best system. Equity and true reform will not result from ad hominem attacks based on poor metrics and outdated science.

·         Organ Donation system is envy of the world 

·         Equity in donation and transplant system

·          "If OPOs did their jobs things would be better" (false)

·         Alignment within organ donation transplant and donation system

·         If "system" doesn't stick together

·         OPOs need to develop and publish better data

·        The Rule is bad because it uses data improperly.