| Candidate's Permanent State of Residence at Listing | Desired Organ | |||||||||||||||
| Heart | Intestine | Kidney | Kidney-Pancreas | Liver | Lung | Pancreas | Total | |||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| New Mexico | 15 | 2.3 | 528 | 83.9 | 14 | 2.2 | 68 | 10.8 | 5 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.6 | 629 | 100 | ||
Thomas Starzl, M.D., PhD "The Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant Surgeon"
Given the tensions and demands of medicine, highly successful physicians and surgeons rarely achieve equal success as prose writers. It is truly extraordinary that a major, international pioneer in the controversial field of transplant surgery should have written a spellbinding, and heart-wrenching, autobiography.
https://www.amazon.com/Puzzle-People-Memoirs-Transplant-Surgeon/dp/0822958368
Patient assistance programs for prescribed immunosuppressive medications are available by contacting:
Roche Patient Assistance Program (Cellcept)
(800) 772-5790
Novartis Patient Assistance Program (Cyclosporine)
(888) 455-6655
Novartis Transplant Reimbursement Information (Neoral)
(877) 952-1000
Astellas Patient Assistance Program (Prograf)
(800) 477-6472
Abbott Patient Assistance Program (Gengraf)
(800) 633-9110