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Behind the Racial Disparities in the Organ Transplant System

Success rates for organ transplantation have grown, but racial disparities persist.

Aired 12/28/2020 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Behind the Racial Disparities in the Organ Transplant System

Clip: 12/28/2020 | 7m 6sVideo has Closed Captions

Success rates for organ transplantation have grown, but racial disparities persist.

Success rates for organ transplantation have grown through the years, but disparities impacting communities of color remain. Dr. Juan Carlos Caicedo, a transplant surgeon at Northwestern Medicine and the founder of the hospital’s Hispanic Transplant Program, joins us in discussion.

Aired 12/28/2020 | Rating NR

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