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Dr. Daniel Brennan advances kidney transplantation with Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation support.

A sudden illness leads a liver transplant patient to make a gift to help those in need overcome obstacles to liver transplantation.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation has established funds to support clinical research that leads to transplant breakthroughs and better outcomes at Barnes-Jewish.

A mother-daughter pair make the ultimate gift by completing a pioneering multi-organ transplant chain at Barnes-Jewish, while Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation funding helps their surgeon achieve breakthroughs.

Waterman's program, "Explore Transplant," starts with having nurses or social workers sit down with patients to talk about what's important to them in their lives — rather than the medical research on transplantation, she said. The idea is to determine what motivates patients and how ready they are to consider surgery.