Q&A with Barry Schlansky, MD, from Oregon Health & Science University: Taking a New Look at Liver Transplants for Obese Patients

In the past, patients deemed obese (especially those who were morbidly obese) may have been passed over for a life-saving liver transplant. A recent study showed they may be just as viable candidates for the procedure as others in the patient population.

Barry Schlansky, MD, MPH, from Oregon Health & Science University discussed the results of a study which could help make the procedure available to a much larger number of patients despite the limited number of organz available for donation and transplantation during the Liver Meeting in San Francisco.