April is National Donate Life Month — an awareness month that encourages Americans to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors and that honors those who have saved lives through the gift of donation.
To highlight this month, we interviewed two liver transplant specialists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine to learn the basics of donation and the latest news in transplants. Megan Adams, MD, associate fellowship director of surgery, primarily works with pediatric patients, while James Burton, MD, professor of medicine and medical director of liver transplantation mainly serves adult patients. Here’s what they had to say.