{"id":42929,"date":"2013-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/04\/01\/transplant-voices\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:16:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:16:48","slug":"transplant-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/04\/01\/transplant-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Transplant voices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>To mark its 30-year anniversary, UNMC Today talked with doctors, patients and staff about the transplant program.<\/p>\n<p>We asked:<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;What have you learned from your patients about medicine and the field of transplantation?&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"150\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bier0401a.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Franco0401a.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\nPhilip Bierman, M.D.<br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\nTheresa Franco, M.S.N.<br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><\/p>\n<p><b>Philip Bierman, M.D. <\/b>&#8211; professor, Internal Medicine, answers:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard for me to express my admiration for the way our patients put their faith and trust in us. They are going through a bad period in their lives, but they are invariably kind and gracious. They are understanding even when they get bad news or when we answer their questions with, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know.&#8221; Our patients rarely complain, no matter how bad they feel or how serious their condition is. I know this is what makes me and my colleagues enjoy doing what we do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>What has it meant to you to be part of the transplant program?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Theresa Franco, <\/B> executive director Cancer Care Service Line, The Nebraska Medical Center, answers: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being a part of the transplant program has been the most rewarding experience of my career at the medical center. It has been an honor to be a part of a team that has made a commitment to patients to deliver state-of-the-art compassionate transplant care. I never imagined I would have the privilege of working with so many talented individuals who have made an impact on so many professional and personal lives. What an incredible journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"150\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Penry0401a.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em;line-height:150%\">Bill Penry<\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;What difference has having a transplant made in your life?&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Bill Penry<\/b> of Omaha answers: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After being told I had less than a month to live, and then successfully undergoing two separate bone marrow transplants,<br \/>\nit is easy to say what it means to me. It means life &#8211; and living it well.  And 20 years after the fact, the  UNMC program is extremely successful, and I am alive and  very well. Is there anything in this world more  important than that? Not to my wife of 45 years, nor to our two children, nor  to my employees,  nor even my cats. 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