Kidney Transplant Conversations – Stay Informed, Encouraged, and Connected
Kidney Transplant Conversations is a podcast built for everyone touched by kidney transplantation: patients, donor families, living donors, caregivers, and the clinicians who support them. Each episode brings authentic, real-world stories that illuminate the science, the humanity, and the hope behind transplantation.
Through candid conversations with transplant recipients, living donors, advocates, surgeons, psychologists, researchers, and community leaders, we explore every dimension of the transplant journey — from navigating diagnosis to finding a donor, recovering from surgery, managing long-term health, and discovering new purpose afterward.
Listeners will hear powerful personal stories, expert insights, and practical guidance that can help you feel more confident, more informed, and more connected. Whether you’re preparing for transplant, supporting someone you love, or working to improve patient care, this series offers ongoing inspiration and actionable knowledge.
Subscribe to stay informed, encouraged and up-to-date with the latest lived experiences, emerging science, and community perspectives shaping the future of kidney transplantation.
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Episodes
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
In this episode we meet Dr. Joyce Trompeta, A Nurse Practitioner (NP) specializing in transplantation, and an Associate Professor in the school of medicine, at the University of California, San Francisco where she conducts outcome research in the department of surgery.
Dr. Trompeta discusses several areas of interest, including her concerns about disparities impacting Asian American, Pacific Islander and Latino populations; her work in Hawaii; how younger Latinos with kidney disease are facing unique challenges relating to immigration; and her travels to Japan, where stigma and cultural beliefs have limited organ transplantation, but where the younger generations are now leading change with a little help from Kumamon, Japan’s most popular bear.
We thank the participants and advisors, and our underwriters, who helped create this podcast.
All views and opinions expressed in this podcast reflect those of the participants. Kidney Transplant Conversations Series 1 is sponsored by Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and is not intended to provide medical advice. The opinions expressed in this podcast do not represent those of Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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