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State Representative Jeff Currey is a longtime public servant. Now he’s asking the public to help him. The East Hartford lawmaker is in kidney failure, and he needs a transplant.

This hour, he joins us to talk about kidney donation. We often think of organ donation as something considered after someone’s death, but living donors can give a kidney to a person in need.

Coming up we hear from patients, donors, and medical professionals about this lifesaving transplant.

And we learn about a revolutionary system that pairs matching donors and patients--that allows for multiple kidney transplants. 

Have you considered becoming a kidney donor?

GUESTS:
Rep. Jeff Currey - State Representative serving East Hartford, Manchester, South Windsor. Learn more about Rep. Currey's search for a kidney donation.
CJ Zenzick - nurse manager for kidney transplant at Hartford Hospital
Dr. Peter Yoo - Associate Professor of Surgery, a Transplant Surgeon, and the Program Director of Yale Surgical Residency
Devon Greenwood - Kidney donor who participated in an 18-person exchange at Yale New Haven Hospital in 2017

State Representative Jeff Currey is a longtime public servant. Now he&rsquo;s asking the public to help him. The East Hartford lawmaker is in kidney failure, and he needs a transplant.
This hour, he joins us to talk about kidney donation. We often think of organ donation as something considered after someone&rsquo;s death, but living donors can give a kidney to a person in need.
Coming up we hear from patients, donors, and medical professionals about this lifesaving transplant.
And we learn about a revolutionary system that pairs matching donors and patients--that allows for multiple kidney transplants.&nbsp;
Have you considered becoming a kidney donor?
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Rep. Jeff Currey -&nbsp;State Representative serving East Hartford, Manchester, South Windsor.&nbsp;<a href="https://getjeffakidney.com/">Learn more about Rep. Currey's search for a kidney donation</a>.</li>
<li>CJ Zenzick -&nbsp;nurse manager for kidney transplant at Hartford Hospital</li>
<li>Dr. Peter Yoo -&nbsp;Associate Professor of Surgery, a Transplant Surgeon, and the Program Director of Yale Surgical Residency</li>
<li>Devon Greenwood -&nbsp;Kidney donor who participated in an 18-person exchange at Yale New Haven Hospital in 2017</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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