There are 3 article(s) tagged Mid-South Transplant Foundation:

• February 2024

  • Calkins: The Fowler brothers both have new hearts. So how about showing them yours?

    Randy Fowler got a new heart in 1997. Wesley Fowler got a new heart in 1999 and another in 2000. Thanks to the generosity of donors, they’re both still singing, parachuting and otherwise living their lives. So on National Donor Day — also known as Valentine’s Day — how about becoming a donor yourself?

     

    By Geoff Calkins February 14, 2024

  • Organ donations, transplants grow in Tennessee and Mid-South

    In 2023, 47 of the nation’s 56 organ procurement organizations, including Tennessee’s, broke records in the recovery of organs for transplant. 

    By Aisling Mäki February 07, 2024

• August 2019

  • Mid-South Transplant Foundation takes message to pews

    African-Americans donate fewer organs than most racial groups. But their need for organs far surpasses the supply.

    By Jane Roberts August 06, 2019