So I do think there is (that) part of just the actual transplant center, but there are many steps before anyone gets there that contribute to the fact that blacks and people of color, in general, are slower to get the transplant than whites. It's not a transparent process, which to me always brings up flags in terms of what's happening. So a lot of things happen long before you even get to the transplant center, and then they have their set of rules and make the decisions about who gets a kidney in their closed space. So you have to know that something's wrong, you have to be in care, you have to be referred to a nephrologist and then that person has to look at you and think about kidney transplant and talk to you in a way about it that sounds like a good idea to you, then actually make the referral. The thing about kidney failure is that people feel really well until it's almost time to start dialysis, for the most part. First, you have to know that you have kidney failure, which means you have to be in care, which makes it hard to do if you're uninsured - and particularly if you're feeling well. For example, when you think about the process of what it takes to actually get from needing a kidney to getting one. Why is that?Ī: I think a lot of things go into it.
Q: I was surprised by the figure that African-Americans wait two years longer than white people for kidney transplants.
Sadly, you don't really have to delve into nephrology when you're a medical student. It was pictures like that I saw when I was (doing advanced training) that really made me feel awe of the kidney for the first time. That's the kidney on an electron-microscopic level. No one understands it, but to me, it's really gorgeous. Q: Do I have this right, the background photo on your Twitter profile is a detail of a kidney?Ī: (Laughs.) Yes, I'm going to change that one. 6, 2005, about four months after Vanessa gave Robert a kidney. Vanessa Grubbs and Robert Phillips get married Aug.
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