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Transplant of patient’s ‘ticking time bomb’ uncertain after surgeon’s exit

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 28, 2022 3:34 PM CT | Published: August 28, 2022 4:00 AM CT

After a high-profile surgeon departed Methodist University Hospital’s Transplant Institute — and the live donor liver program is paused — a Memphis musician’s transplant is caught in the middle. 

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James D. Eason Transplant Institute at Methodist University Hospital organ transplant Ashton Riker Dr. James Eason Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Subscriber Only

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Aisling Mäki

Aisling Mäki

Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.

As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.


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