As the surgical director of Memorial’s Living Donor and Pediatric Abdominal Transplant program, Dr. Linda Chen is in the difference-making business.
“Kidney transplants are inherently life-changing because we’re able to give patients a quality of life they may have never had,” said Dr. Chen, who has performed more than 2,000 transplants. “It frees them from the hardships of dialysis and enables them to participate in activities that would have been impossible before the surgery.”
Dr. Chen compares her role to that of a fireman who arrives with water to put out a fire. “It’s the greatest feeling.”
In addition to her surgical responsibilities, the Dr. Chen focuses on educating people about the opportunity to save multiple lives by being a living kidney donor. She says the extraction is very safe and delivers the greatest gifts of all, love and hope.
