Talking Transplant

Welcome to Talking Transplant! 


Throughout this podcast our expert host and guests will discuss topics in transplant that go beyond the every-day. 


Listen to the first episode where Dr Annemarie Weißenbacher (Austria) and Dr Mark Harber (UK) discuss the principles of sustainable healthcare for transplants and explore improvement opportunities in long-term sustainability of transplant care and empower the medical community to take action. 


Listen to the second episode where Dr Annemarie Weißenbacher and Dr Deepali Kumar (Canada) raise awareness of infectious complications throughout the transplant journey, and the risks that they may pose to patients undergoing both solid organ and haematopoietic stem cell procedures.


All information is accurate as of September 2024. This podcast is intended for HCPs outside of the USA. This podcast is initiated, organised and funded by Takeda. Speakers were paid an honorarium by Takeda for their participation. Copyright 2024 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. All rights reserved. Takeda and the Takeda logo are registered trademarks of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.
Episode 1: Date of prep: September 2024; VV-MEDMAT-72907; VV-MEDAT-73823.Episode 2: Date of prep: July 2024; VV-MEDMAT-105917.

Annemarie Weißenbacher

Dr Annemarie Weißenbacher is an Assistant Professor and Consultant Surgeon in the Department for Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery at Innsbruck Medical University. She is also a Clinical Research Fellow in Transplant Surgery working on normothermic kidney perfusion. She is currently the Vice-Chair of the Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation programme as part of the European Society for Solid Organ Transplantation.

Mark Harber

Dr Mark Harber is an Associate Professor and Consultant Nephrologist Department of Renal Medicine UCL, in the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, with a particular interest in transplantation. He is also a member of the UKKA Sustainable Kidney Care Committee acting as lead of their action, learning, and education workstream.

Deepali Kumar

Dr Deepali Kumar is a Transplant Infectious Diseases Specialist, working at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Canada​.