Kidney transplant recipient Oscar Jimenez is about to enjoy his first Christmas with a new kidney thanks to a generous co-worker, Lisa Delgado, and to the Living Donor Kidney Transplant Program at Texas Transplant Institute.
Dr. Francis Wright, Jr., Director of the Abdominal Organ Transplant Program and a kidney and pancreas transplant surgeon with Texas Transplant Physician Group performed Mr. Jimenez's surgery. "Oscar's kidney transplant is another example of how our team will bend over backwards to turn no into yes for patients in need of a kidney transplant. All potential donors--whether family members, friends, church congregants, or, in this case--near strangers--are rigorously screened and evaluated and we can help them make informed decisions about kidney donation and give the gift of life," says Dr. Wright.