The Indy Star carried this story about Dr. William Goggins at Indiana University, on the occasion of his 2000th kidney transplant (which happened to be through kidney exchange):
1 doctor, 2,000+ kidney transplants. If surgeons kept stats, he’d be LeBron James
"Goggins stands out, having notched more kidney transplants than some transplant programs as a whole. Last year Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne did 13 transplants, St. Vincent Hospital about 50. Goggins might do 10 to 12 in a week.
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"To Goggins, there's nothing more interesting than kidney transplants. And the more complicated the surgery, the better.
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"A typical kidney transplant will take Goggins from two to three hours, although more complicated procedures may go longer. It's demanding, physical work that requires bending over, delving deep into a patient's abdominal cavity, and doing the painstaking job of sewing the donor kidney into the recipient.
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"[Patient 2000's] kidney came earlier this year, as part of what's known as a paired kidney exchange. How that worked: A friend of hers donated a kidney on her behalf; the organ went to another donor who was a match. Then, Brophy was matched with a kidney from a different donor.
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“You put in a good kidney, you do a nice operation, and they get healthy very quickly and they’re like a new person within 24, 48 hours and it’s just, an awesome experience,” Goggins said.
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"At one point, he recalled, he performed 365 transplants over two years, each one taking two to three hours. That adds up to every other day for two years straight.
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"patients over 60 are the fastest-growing group of kidney transplant patients, Goggins says. Studies have shown that people in this age range with a life expectancy of five to 10 years will do better with a kidney transplant than they would staying on dialysis.
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1 doctor, 2,000+ kidney transplants. If surgeons kept stats, he’d be LeBron James
"Goggins stands out, having notched more kidney transplants than some transplant programs as a whole. Last year Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne did 13 transplants, St. Vincent Hospital about 50. Goggins might do 10 to 12 in a week.
...
"To Goggins, there's nothing more interesting than kidney transplants. And the more complicated the surgery, the better.
...
"A typical kidney transplant will take Goggins from two to three hours, although more complicated procedures may go longer. It's demanding, physical work that requires bending over, delving deep into a patient's abdominal cavity, and doing the painstaking job of sewing the donor kidney into the recipient.
...
"[Patient 2000's] kidney came earlier this year, as part of what's known as a paired kidney exchange. How that worked: A friend of hers donated a kidney on her behalf; the organ went to another donor who was a match. Then, Brophy was matched with a kidney from a different donor.
...
“You put in a good kidney, you do a nice operation, and they get healthy very quickly and they’re like a new person within 24, 48 hours and it’s just, an awesome experience,” Goggins said.
...
"At one point, he recalled, he performed 365 transplants over two years, each one taking two to three hours. That adds up to every other day for two years straight.
...
"patients over 60 are the fastest-growing group of kidney transplant patients, Goggins says. Studies have shown that people in this age range with a life expectancy of five to 10 years will do better with a kidney transplant than they would staying on dialysis.
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