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[MUSIC] >> My
name is Robert Montgomery and I'm a, a transplant
surgeon at John Hopkins Hospital and I'm the
director of the comprehensive Transplant Center.
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Transplantation is dramatic.
You take a person who's extremely ill.
In many cases, someone who is going to die.
In some cases very soon.
And you Put a healthy organ into them, and it just transforms them.
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So I've a brother who had a heart transplant, so
transplantation has personally effected me and my family.
And I think that's given me a different perspective,
cuz I went through this whole process as a family member who
was dealing with a strong possibility that, you know,
my brother wasn't going to receive a heart in time.
He was extremely ill by the time he had his transplant.
Now he's 12 years out from his transplant, doing beautifully.
And he's been able to, you know, see his children graduate from college.
And next week, I'm going to his oldest son's wedding.
All these things that he wouldn't have experienced and so I've
seen the miracle of transplantation from both sides as a family
member, and of course every day as, as a transplant surgeon.
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As a transplant surgeon, I get to follow
my patients over a very long period of time.
And I get to be very involved in their lives.
Generally speaking, before the transplant they're very
ill, they're lives are can be very chaotic.
I get to know their families, I get to know them.
And then, I get to see that transformation, and I become
a part of that process and oftentimes a part of that family.
I have a a folder of hundreds
of photographs from christenings and
from weddings and of grandchildren, and all of these
mile, life milestones that these people never thought they would see.
And they share them with me And we develop
a very close bond and it's really an extraordinary thing.
It's a great privilege to do what I do.
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