#29: A Second Chance to Live

White Coats, Real Talk by Atharva Anand, Akshara Anand

Episode notes

In the twenty-ninth episode of White Coats, Real Talk, Atharva and Akshara Anand sit down with Dr. Marc L. Melcher, Chief of the Division of Abdominal Transplantation at Stanford University and former Program Director of the Stanford Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship. With a career spanning adult and pediatric liver and kidney transplantation, Dr. Melcher is known for advancing donor-recipient matching, improving the long-term success of transplants, and expanding access through living donation and cutting-edge technology. In this conversation, Dr. Melcher shares insights on innovation, and the hope that drives both patients and surgeons toward a second chance at life.