Cohosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with transplant surgeon Bonnie E. Lonze MD, PhD...her background: an Associate Professor of Surgery and the Transplant Institute Vice Chair for Research at the NYU Langone Health....she received both her Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine...Bonnie trained in general surgery and abdominal transplant surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and since 2016 has worked as an abdominal transplant surgeon at NYU Langone Health in New York...In additional to clinical practice, Dr. Lonze conducts research including clinical trials focused on donor-recipient compatibility and matching.

We chat with Bonnie about, duh, TV shows (lol) and then how she chose her line of work and expertise...we dive into kidney transplant surgery and why it's one of the most successful transplants...why the kidney is one of her favorite organs...the importance of being an organ donor and letting people know you are up for this...how far cancer treatment and chemo have come...Jason shares stories about his late Mom...Bonnie's involvement with xenotransplants...the use of pigs and transplants...the use of AI in the medical world...the stability of the kidney over other organs...how long organ wait lists are nowadays...other countries where it is legal to sell organs for transplants...the legacy of leaving your organ/organs for others...

IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE...find out whether Bonnie is more likely to bungee jump, sky dive, parasail, or squash a bug...her level of "hot girl" shoes...the most surprising thing to her about NYC...where Bonnie plans to retire...her like or dislike of bacon after having done research on pigs...and the biggest thing that drives her passions.

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- jULIE AND jASON