Transplant doctor says job is rewarding, but emotional
We re already seeing an up tick in lung transplant activity among people that are acutely ill with COVID-19 pneumonia.” Author: Meg Farris (WWL) Updated: 6:23 PM CDT May 6, 2021
NEW ORLEANS A former transplant surgeon said more people could get the lifesaving organs they need if hospital programs and surgical teams were set up differently.
He said organ shortages are not always the problem. He explains that, and a very personal story about physician burnout in a new book, “Exhale: Hope, Healing, and a Life in Transplant.“
After growing up in New Orleans, going to Tulane Medical School, followed by seven more years of training, Dr. David Weill became a lung transplant surgeon when the field was in its infancy.