by Sean Fitzpatrick | Mar 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
The need for life-saving organ transplants is high in this nation’s Black communities. When compared to communities of other ethnicities and races, Blacks are disproportionately affected by the health burdens and diseases that lead to organ failure and result in the...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Jan 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Despite fourteen consecutive years of record US growth in deceased organ donation and world leading transplant rates, there is nonetheless a cottage industry of critics seeking to distort these gains to paint a picture of a US system that never increases donation and...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Dec 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Would you be surprised to learn that the green line above is an OPO projected to be CMS Tier 2 and the red line is an OPO projected to be CMS Tier 1? This makes no sense! Well, a newly published peer-reviewed study identifies a substantial statistical methodology...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Jul 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
Despite record levels of donation and transplant, faulty federal regulations threaten the closure of organ procurement organizations across the United States. The New Hampshire Bulleting is covering the issue indepth… “We recognize no regulation is ‘perfect,’...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Sep 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Renowned transplant surgeon Dr. Clive Callender warns on the decision to include for-profit corporations directly into the organ donation system. As a Black transplant surgeon with five decades of experience, I have spent my entire career fighting to improve the...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Jan 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of the policy prescriptions often raised to increase donation in the US is the idea of defaulting all US citizens to being registered organ donors and requiring those who wish not to donate to affirmatively remove themselves as donors. This policy would presume...
