World’s Liver Transplant Pioneer



Photo Title

World’s Liver Transplant Pioneer

Photographer/Creator

John Kaplan

Collection

Publisher

Pittsburgh Press

Caption/Description

Dr. Thomas Starzl is the world’s pioneer and foremost practitioner of liver transplant surgery. En route to North Carolina to pick up a donor liver, Starzl calls the O.R. in Pittsburgh instructing other doctors to begin surgery.

Citation

John Kaplan, "World’s Liver Transplant Pioneer," in POYi Archive, Item #13555, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/13555 (accessed May 10, 2025).

Date Added

07.04.2008