Opportunities for Students Transplant Beeper

Beep! That page is for you: you're about to travel with the transplant surgery team to recover a live organ.

P&S students take turns carrying one of two beepers operated by the Whipple Surgical Society (for liver-kidney and heart-lung recoveries). Students travel by ambulance or plane with a transplant fellow or thoracic surgical resident to a donor site, scrub in, and assist in the operation. In addition to offering hands-on operating room experience, the recovery run provides students with early exposure to emotional issues surrounding organ donation and to the lifestyle of transplant surgeons.

All P&S students are welcome, and first-year students are especially encouraged to participate.

To sign up for a beeper, add your name to the list here:

• Liver-Kidney
• Heart-Lung

Learn About the Procedures

• Kidney transplantation
• Liver transplantation
• Lung transplantation
• ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice, "Organ Procurement"

Additional up-to-date details regarding the organ recovery experience are provided to participants in advance of assignment to a beeper. Any questions can be addressed to the Whipple Surgical Society via e-mail here.