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The former director of the Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program at Stanford Medicine shares stories of triumph and failure in the high-stakes world of lung transplantation.
In this episode, Dr. Weill shares his experiences working with lung transplant patients
An interview with Lung Transport Doctor and author of “Exhale: Hope, Healing & a Life in Transplant”
Dr. David Weill shares his transformative journey from control to authenticity in the face of life and death decisions.
AMA members outline some of their favorite memoirs that will give medical students and physicians a broader glim
Over 106,000 men, women and children are on the national transplant waiting list. 17 people die each day
Keynote Presentation by David Weill at Kern Institute’s 2022 Well-Being Summit.
In this 2-part series, Psychiatrist and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at SUNY-Downstate Health Sciences
Organ transplant surgeon Dr. David Weill shares that transplant programs are all about success
Hear David Weill and Allen Cardoza in conversation about David’s memoir.
Event hosted on Thursday, August 12 via Zoom. Dr. David Weill reads and discusses his new book, “Exhale: Hope
Dr. David Weill spent 20 years as the director of numerous transplant programs, most notably 11 years
People don’t often think of organ donation and transplants as a public health issue, but it is.
David Weill, MD, on the Journey from Medicine to Writing.
Dr. David Weill on restoring that work-life balance after a career in transplant.
Mikhaila and Dr. David Weill discuss logistical problems specific to organ transplant healthcare.
Read a selected excerpt as chosen by social media’s leading physician voice.
A former transplant surgeon said more people could get the lifesaving organs they need if hospital programs
Hospitals grapple with a growing group of patients whose organs — most often hearts and lungs.
The crowning achievement of Weill’s memoir is that its deepest messages are truly universal.
Sometimes I judge a book by how long it takes to read it, and by that measure, this is one of my all-time favorites…
Aristotle said, “In order to avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, and be nothing.” It takes courage to speak your mind
‘Exhale’ author Dr. David Weill joins ‘FOX News Live’ to discuss how COVID affects the lungs
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A battlefield is not the place to attempt to expand the transplant donor pool and professionals in the field have never suggested it.
Why is there such a lack of qualified people to staff these programs?
US NURSING STRIKES MEAN BURNOUT, SHORTAGE ABOUT TO GET WORSE
About 250,000 deaths occur in the U.S. each year due to medical error. That number won’t get better with extra strain on nurses – and may get worse.
PHYSICIANS AT WORK: HOW DOCTOR MISBEHAVIOR IMPACTS PATIENT CARE
The pop culture portrayal of physician arrogance is pervasive, but how closely does art reflect reality?
Last week, President Biden signed into law the Dr. Lorna Breen Healthcare Provider Protection Act. Breen’s death by suicide
OPINION: OF COURSE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE SHOULD BE BARRED FROM RECEIVING TRANSPLANT ORGANS
A Colorado health system recently sparked outrage by deciding that potential transplant
THE LANGUAGE POLICE ARE DOING MAJOR HARM TO THEIR OWN GOAL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
“Times have changed.” The person telling me this over Zoom was, like me, a middle-aged white doctor
I grew up without any clear religious identity, but a surprising family revelation about the past has changed everything
To the medical school graduating class of 2021: As I write this, I imagine a younger version of myself sitting next to you, not knowing, like you, what will come next.
LUNG TRANSPLANTS AFTER COVID-19 RAISE DIFFICULT ISSUES
When the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States in the spring, I wrote that some people with severe Covid-19-related lung injury would never recover
UNEQUAL TREATMENT: BLACK DOCTOR'S COVID-19 DEATH SHOWS RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE
It’s an open secret in the medical profession that Black people often receive substandard care because of the color of their skin.
I intently studied the names of the Biden-Harris COVID-19 advisory board, and it was hard not to be impressed: a former FDA head and Surgeon Genera
Like most physicians, I considered March the starting line of a race, a race to learn
BURNOUT MADE ME QUIT MY TRANSPLANT PRACTICE. FRONT-LINE WORKERS NEED HELP, TOO.
I lost sight of the good outcomes and obsessed about the deaths.
VENTILATORS DON'T CURE COVID-19. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE COME OFF THEM?
As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds in sections, it appears that the question of whether there will be enough ventilators
Each morning during these most unusual of times, I find an inbox filled with messages from both my medical
COVID-19 has made me ask myself if I would “make the call” to get a loved one treatment. I’ve considered it before.
SUPPLY ISN’T THE PROBLEM WITH ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
There are plenty of donors to meet the need, but the system is so inefficient that available organs often don’t reach
AS THE NEED FOR ORGAN TRANSPLANTS GROWS, THE NUMBER OF TRANSPLANT PHYSICIANS DWINDLES
During the 25 years I’ve been a transplant doctor, I’ve cared for hundreds of patients who received lung transplants.