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Patient Success Story: Ed Behn

Playlists: transplant surgery   patient stories   kidney transplant   kidney exchange   kidney   four-way kidney exchange   ed behn   


Overview:

Ed Behn wanted to change the life of someone who needed a kidney by donating one of his. His selfless act of donating a kidney to person of great need who he did not know changed the lives of four people and made UMMC's four-way kidney exchange possible. Behn, who's from just outside of Boston, explains why he choose UMMC, the care he received, what it's like to be called a hero and offers advice for others contemplating kidney donation in this interview.

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