March 12, 2023 - Preventing & Treating Liver Disease Including Transplantation; ECMO Live-Saving Machine - Learn How It Works

Our liver is something we often don’t think much about - until there’s a problem. When faced with liver disease, whether from alcohol, obesity, hepatitis or even genetic, transplantation might be necessary.

Dr. Narayanan Menon, Medical Director of Medical City Liver and Digestive Disease Specialists & Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at Medical City Dallas Transplant Institute joins us for a comprehensive discussion about liver disease, including prevention.

There is a fairly new technology that became invaluable during the pandemic that is a tremendous life-saving technology. It is called ECMO and replaces both the heart and lung functions until the body can heal. Dr. Ramesh Subedi, Pulmonologist at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth tells us all about it.