Allison M. Shapira

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Friend Needs Kidney Donor

I received this email from a colleague about a mutual friend who desperately needs a kidney transplant. Albie is a wonderful man whom I have known for many years. Please pass this along so that we can find a potential donor to save his life.

Allison

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Dear Friends, Family and Colleagues,

Albie Sherman a dear friend and Jewish communal leader who is a Vice President at University of Massachusetts Medical Center, is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. He has many candidates go through the process and has recently had someone who was turned down at the last minute.

If anyone is willing to be, or knows of, a potential donor, please call or e-mail the Massachusetts General Hospital transplant coordinator set forth below.
Please send this message out to your friends and colleagues far and wide.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call or e-mail me. Many thanks for your consideration.

HERE ARE THE OPTIONS IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE:

1. Albert can receive a kidney from a person with blood type "A", positive or negative, or blood type "O", positive or negative.

2. In NEPKE (New England Program for Kidney Exchange) he can use type "B" in a swap. This is a program where incompatible pairs are matched by computer once a month. For instance, Albert needs type A or O. If he has a willing type B donor, the computer matches him with someone who needs a kidney from a B donor and has an A donor for Albert, so they do a 4-way swap.

Any willing donor, whether or not he/she knows his/her blood type, should call our transplant coordinator, Jayne Reilley at Mass General Hospital, at 617-724-8633 or email her at JGALLEYREILLEY@PARTNERS.ORG

Again, please distribute this far and wide.

Thanks!

AR
Alan Ronkin
Deputy Director
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston
aronkin@jcrcboston.org