• Write a message of thanks on our Gratitude Wall
• Record and submit your transplant audio story to the Remember This app for a chance to share you story of the Living Transplant podcast. 
• Share you #TxStory on social media and tag us @GiveLifeUHN so we can share with our followers.
• Snap of a selfie with your medal for our Celebration Event or a photo for the Light Up for Living Donation Campaign. Find your closest landmark lighting up green and white for Living Donation Week at www.livingdonationweek.ca
• Vote for your favourite Pitch Competition entry or make a pitch of your own for a chance to win $25K (3 prizes available). Deadline for submissions extended to September 7!
• Show your support for LDW#2021. Partner with us and help spread awareness!  
• Snap a photo with your closest landmark during our Light Up for Living Donation campaign. See participating landmarks at www.livingdonationweek.ca.

Special Thanks

We are grateful for the generosity of our founding supporters:
Astellas Pharma Canada, Inc.
Kearney and Cahill Families
and to all of our donors and partners.

To learn how you can support the Centre, please visit uhnfoundation.ca/livingorgan or call 416 340 3935.

Presented by Dr. Nazia Selzner and Dr. Les Lilly, this webinar will cover indications for liver transplantation, listing criteria and referral process, living donor assessment and more. 

The speakers will also review opportunities for further professional development at UHN including a new month-long Liver Transplant Elective with a Focus on Living Liver Donation. Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $3,000.  

Dr. Nazia Selzner is a Transplant Hepatologist and Medical Director of Live Donor Liver Transplantation in the Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Nazia Selzner is a Scientist at the Institute for Medical Science (IMS) as well as at the Toronto General Research Institute (TGRI). Dr. Selzner graduated from Medical School at the University of Paris VII, France and completed her Gastroenterology training in 1998. She completed her PhD in 2003 at the University of Paris VII, France, after four years of research fellowship at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC and at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her research interest is in the mechanism of ischemia/reperfusion injury of the liver. Her interest in ischemia and reperfusion injury started during her research fellowship at Duke University where she studied mechanisms of reperfusion injury in diseased livers, such as steatotic or aging livers. She continued her research in this field in Toronto. Dr. Selzner has recently received the Canadian Society of Transplantation Research Excellence Award. 

Dr. Les Lilly received his Undergraduate and Graduate training in Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto before completing his Medical education at McMaster University. He then completed Fellowships in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology in Toronto. Following a Research Fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in the laboratory of Dr. John Gollan, Dr. Lilly joined the Multi Organ Transplant Program at the Toronto General Hospital, which has one of North America’s largest liver transplant programs. He currently serves as the Medical Director of GI Transplantation as well as the Director of the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program. His main research interests include management and outcomes research in patients with viral hepatitis undergoing liver transplantation; he has also served as the Principal Investigator in several trials involving immunosuppression and antiviral medications in the transplant setting.

Dr. Sunita Singh and Dr. S. Joseph Kim will cover indications for kidney transplantation, listing criteria and referral process, waitlist management at UHN, living donor assessment and more.

Dr. Sunita Singh is a transplant nephrologist in the Division of Nephrology and the medical director of the living kidney donation program at the Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network. She is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Singh completed medical school at the University of Toronto, and internal medicine and chief medical residency at the University of British Columbia. She returned to Toronto to complete a Master of Science in clinical epidemiology and health care research, as well as additional fellowship training in kidney transplantation and advanced diabetes care. Dr. Singh’s research interests are focused on the evaluation and follow-up of living kidney donors, as well as the management of diabetes in kidney transplant recipients.

Dr. S. Joseph Kim is a staff nephrologist in the Division of Nephrology and Medical Director of the Kidney Transplant Program at the Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He is the Past President of the Canadian Organ Replacement Register Board of Directors, former Vice-Chair of the Data Advisory Committee at the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, Chair of the Information System Advisory Committee at Canadian Blood Services, and the Associate Head of the Kidney, Dialysis and Transplantation program at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.

Join us on Wednesday, September 15, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. EST for Finding a Living Donor: a peer-led interactive online workshop for kidney and liver transplant candidates and advocates, facilitated by Heather Badenoch, Candice Coghlan and Harvey Mysel.

Heather Badenoch says that the best decision she ever made was donating 22 per cent of her liver to a child she’s never met. As the Chief Strategist at Village PR, she advises not-for-profit clients in health, disability and community communications. An active transplant volunteer, Heather runs public appeals for living organ donors pro-bono and mentors potential donors on the path to living donation. She also volunteers with the Canadian Donation and Transplant Research Program (CDTRP), the Canadian Liver Foundation and the UHN Centre for Living Organ Donation. She and her husband adopt senior rescue dogs and volunteer together with Community Veterinary Outreach, a group providing free veterinary care to the pets of people who are homeless.

As a university student, Candice Coghlan crash started onto dialysis, and was diagnosed with end stage renal disease that put her life on hold, and disrupted her goals of travelling the world for humanitarian work. After a life-saving kidney transplant from her mother in 2009, Candice pursued her dreams as she directed a nonprofit organization, providing resources to orphans affected by HIV and AIDS in Lesotho, Africa. In 2018, she became the Provincial Coordinator for a research initiative called the Transplant Ambassador Program in partnership with the Ontario Renal Network and CanSOLVE CKD which introduced kidney donors and kidney transplant recipients to renal patients seeking guidance about different pathways for transplantation. Candice has worked with UCLA and Explore Transplant to educate patients about options surrounding transplant. Since 2008, through her work in the nonprofit sector, Candice has advocated passionately for the best quality healthcare for patients and their families, and continues to do so in her volunteer work. Thanks to her transplant, in February 2021, Candice and her husband, Mike, welcomed their first child, a healthy baby girl. 

Harvey Mysel is the founder of LKDN (2007), a non-profit 501(c)3 whose primary mission is to educate people in need of a kidney transplant about living kidney donation and help them communicate their need to family members and friends. Harvey is a 2-time kidney transplant recipient. In addition to the work he does at the LKDN, Harvey is a tri-athlete, competing in a triathlon 5 months after his first transplant. He is a 3-time Gold Medal winner and Silver medalist in the Transplant Games. Harvey is an accomplished bicycle rider, tennis player, platform tennis player, bowler, hiker and rock climber.

Get ready for this year's live Pitch Competition for Innovation in Living Donation Care, Education and Research! Join us on Friday September 17 at 12 noon to hear the finalists pitch their ideas live. The top 3 entries will receive $25K each.

There is still time to submit your pitch! The deadline was extended to September 7. For more information visit bit.ly/LDW2021Pitch 

Popular support, as measured by YouTube Likes, will count. So remember to vote for your favourite project! Voting will open September 9.

Thank you for the support of our generous sponsors, the Canadian Society of Transplantation and the Ajmera Transplant Centre.

Last year, the CN Tower lit up green and white in honour of living donors and their transformative gift of life. This year, landmarks in communities big and small across Canada will light up for living organ donation.  

 Take a pic. Share a story. Spread awareness.

Heal In Colour: Black & Brown Bandages

Courtney and Brittany sit down with Tianna McFarlane, the founder of Heal in Colour, for something a little different but absolutely necessary. Launched earlier this year, Heal in Colour is revolutionizing the way people shop for bandages by creating a world where black and brown bandages are part of the norm. Find out how Tianna broke into the bandage world and how Heal in Colour has brought Canada closer to true representation at home and in the healthcare. 

Drug Coverage & Reimbursement for Liver & Kidney Transplant Patients

Registration is now open for our October education webinar focusing on drug coverage and reimbursement for live and kidney transplant patients. Speakers Lucia Anghelache, Reimbursement Specialist, Ajmera Transplant Centre, and Dipika Munyal, Clinical Pharmacist, Ajmera Transplant Centre will provide an overview of the topic followed by a live Q&A. 

Courtney Mahrt, the Centre for Living Organ Donation's extraordinary Communications Assistant has been promoted to Senior Public Affairs Associate and is transitioning to a new role at UHN. Courtney has made an enormous contribution to the Centre’s communications and social media strategy. She is a compelling writer and storyteller. Her work on the A.C.T.I.O.N. project and the Living Transplant podcast has amplified the voices of our patients, partners and team members. We've set up a Kudoboard for your good wishes.

 

 

Most people who have coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recover completely within a few weeks. But some people — even those who had mild versions of the disease — continue to experience symptoms long after their initial recovery. Learn about Post-COVID-19 Syndrome (also called Long COVID or Long Haul) at COVID-19 Patients and Family Resources.

NEW: Apps to Help You Sleep
A good night's sleep is recommended to support your physical and mental health.  The staff at the Patient & Family Learning Centres has collected reliable apps with different ways to help you fall asleep. You can choose from music, meditation, stories or CBT based therapy.

 

For access to e-books, audiobooks and streaming videos, and for one-on-one assistance to set up e-books on your device call 416-603-6277 or email us at tgpen@uhn.ca.

The Centre for Living Organ Donation at UHN
Toronto General Hospital
585 University Ave., 11PMB 100, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2N2 Canada
livingorgandonation@uhn.ca 
416-340-5400
www.livingorgandonation.ca   

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