Organ Transplant System the Focus of "The Wait for Life"

For this California Connected news story about long waiting times for liver transplants, producer Jon Dann filmed interviews with UCSF physicians John Roberts, MD and Nathan Bass, MD, PhD; interviews with UCSF patients Eric De Leon and Anthony Montoya; and coverage of the living-donor liver transplant performed on August 31, where baby Brooke received part of a new liver from her mother, Betty.

Roberts is professor of surgery and chief of the transplant service, and Bass is professor of medicine and medical director for liver transplantation, at UCSF. Related Links: The Wait for Life
California Connected, September 21, 2006