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Liver Transplant Support Group Meetings

Date

Topic

Speaker

June 15, 2011
6:30-8:00pm
Mid-America Transplant Services (MTS) Tour of MTS
1110 Highlands Plaza Drive East, Suite 100, St. Louis, MO 63110
www.mts-stl.org
July 20, 2011
6:30-8:00pm
Traditional Support Group No Speaker
August 17, 2011
6:30-8:00pm
Potluck with Transplant Coordinators Bring a side dish to share!
September 21, 2011
6:30-8:00pm
Hepatology

Jeffery Crippin, MD

October 19, 2011
6:30-8:00pm
Preparing for 2011
Medicare Enrollment
CLAIM Representative-
Medicare Counseling Agency


Meeting Locations
Meetings are held at the Center for Advanced Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Unless otherwise noted, the group will meet on the 3rd floor in Farrell Conference Room #1. Free parking passes will be provided for the North Garage.

To learn more about the Liver Transplant Support Group, contact:
Kathleen Walton, MSW
Outpatient Liver Transplant
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
314-362-1956 / kmw2091@bjc.org

Amanda Watermeir

Amanda Watermeier had never heard of Wilson's disease. She'd never known anyone who'd had an organ transplant. So to say Amanda was surprised when Wilson's disease lead to a dramatic emergency liver transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital is putting it mildly.

Amanda Watermeier had never heard of Wilson s disease. She d never known anyone who d had an organ transplant. So to say Amanda was surprised when Wilson s disease lead to a dramatic emergency liver transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital is putting it mildly.
An overview of liver transplant services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Cholangiocarcinoma is a cancerous growth in one of the ducts that carries bile from the liver to the small intestine.  Surgeons at Barnes-Jewish and Washington University are advancing treatment of the disease, transplanting the livers of some patients.