Stony Brook鈥檚 Department of Kidney Transplant recently participated in a real-life documentary to help shed light on living kidney donation. The documentary, titled can be viewed on the .
This documentary is the story of a young woman with lupus who was on the kidney transplant wait list. It takes you through the struggles with her illness to finding a living kidney donor, to the transplant workup process, and living donor surgery itself. Her kidney transplant has restored her quality of life. Featured in the film are Dr. Wayne Waltzer, Dr. Frank Darras, the Kidney Transplant Team, and other healthcare staff members at Stony Brook University Hospital as they take part in this journey.
To read the full story click the following links:
Dr. Frank Darras and Dr. Wayne Waltzer Alana and Lori
The documentary has been showing at various film festivals throughout the country and has won multiple awards:
Hamptons Take 2 Film Festival, Sag Harbor, NY (December 2017)
Big Apple FilmFestival, New York, NY (November 2017)鈥
- "Best Feature Documentary鈥 winner
鈥High Falls Film Festival, Rochester, NY (November 2017)鈥嬧赌
鈥嬧赌Woodstock Film Festival, Woodstock, NY (October 2017)鈥嬧赌
鈥First Glance Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA鈥 (October 2017)鈥嬧赌嬧
- 鈥淏est of the Fest鈥 and 鈥淏est Documentary鈥 winner
- 鈥淏est Feature Length Director鈥 nominee
鈥Out Here Now Film Festival, Kansas City, MO (June 2017)鈥嬧赌嬧
鈥AmDocs Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA - World Premiere (April 2017)鈥嬧赌嬧
- 鈥淏est of the Fest鈥 official selection鈥嬧赌嬧