John P. McGovern, M.D. Award Lecture
in the Medical Humanities

 Some Ethical and Policy Issues in Living Kidney Donation

Martha Gershun
Nonprofit Consultant,
Community Volunteer,
Living Kidney Donor

and

John D. Lantos, M.D.
Glasnapp Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Bioethics
Director, Children's Mercy Bioethics Center
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
UMKC School of Medicine

Thursday, February 10, 2022

12:00pm — 1:00pm

Martha Gershun donated a kidney to a stranger.  The evaluation process led her to 
question some policies and practices that are common at transplant centers.  She 
discussed these with John Lantos, a pediatrician and bioethicist.  Together, they wrote a 
book “Kidney to Share” that analyzed some of the quirks in the current system and 
suggested some practical changes.  They will discuss these issues and some of the 
policy proposals that are currently being considered at the national level.