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After 7 years of waiting, reporter’s father receives kidney from UTMB

After 7 years of waiting, reporter’s father receives kidney from UTMB

KPRC, May 18, 2022

Haley Hernandez discovered that Dr. Trine Engebretsen, a transplant surgeon at UTMB, is also a liver recipient. “This whole miracle of transplant is made possible because of donor families and the decisions they make in a very tragic time,” Engebretsen said. She suggests having the conversation about organ donation with your family now instead of leaving them with that decision in the event of an untimely death.