| News From Transplant Week of April 21, 2002 / Vol. 3 No. 16 |
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Olympian Chris Klug to Join Secretary Thompson in Kicking Off NOTDAW |
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Snowboarder and liver transplant recipient Chris Klug, a bronze medalist in the recent Winter Olympic Games, will join Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson in kicking off National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week (NOTDAW) on April 22. Klug, who eight years ago was diagnosed with the rare degenerative liver disease primary sclerosing cholangitis, underwent a liver transplant in July 2000 and just over a year later reemerged as one of the world's top Alpine racers. Thompson will also be marking the first anniversary of his 'Gift of Life Donation Initiative,' which focuses on making Americans aware of the benefits of organ, tissue, marrow, and blood donation. He will be
joined by Arthur Mayer Jr., national president of the ELKS, a
Workplace Partnership for Life partner; Dr. Clive Callender, founder
of the National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program
(MOTTEP); and Karen Garcia, chairperson of the Coalition on Donation's
Hispanic Campaign Committee. Other sources: DHHS |
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