The Derek Janiak Hepatobiliary Forum
The liver is the largest internal organ in humans and the only one that will grow back if part of it is removed. It is responsible for over 500 different functions in collaboration with other organs. Pfft. Overachiever.
This year marked the fifth year in a row in which Derek and I have loaded up a big bag of goodies and hung out under a tent in Mansfield, MA to talk to the kiddos and their parents about organ donation. It's also the last year Kevin Lyman and his band of merry weirdos …
Want to donate to our team? We'd love to have your support! Click here for details! We take the Transplant Games pretty seriously, and also not very seriously. It's one of the many reasons neither of us is a professional athlete. But, we also want to do well in our respective events to honor donors …
Hello friends and family! It is hard to believe but we are just 64 days away from the 2018 Transplant Games. This year they're being held in Salt Lake City, UT and training is underway for our respective events. If you're a long time follower of the blog, you may remember we traveled to Cleveland …
I think it's pretty great that Donate Life Month is the same month Derek received his first transplant. Every April (so far) we've been asked to speak to an audience (often at a hospital) and share our transplant story and this year we'll be heading to Catholic Medical Center here in Manchester to speak to …
Today we spoke to some Freshmen and Sophomore Health and Biology students about livers and organ donation for a local high school's Science Week and they asked loads of good questions and several students knew about the myth of Prometheus and I was so happy I wanted to hug them, but gave them branded swag …
The Derek Janiak Hepatobiliary Forum 