Xenotransplantation: Past, Present, Future | Andrew Cameron | TEDxJHU

NOTE FROM TED: Ethical and safety implications of xenotransplantation are in ongoing debate among scientists. For more, see here: www.ted.com/talks/luhan_yang_...
Drawing on his experiences as a transplant surgeon at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Andrew Cameron discusses organ transplantation as a public health crisis. He also gives us an insight into a possible solution that is coming sooner than we might think. Dr. Cameron was born at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and raised in Baltimore. He received his bachelor's degree from Harvard College and his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and his PhD from the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. He returned to Johns Hopkins in 2006 and is now leading the Department of Surgery as the director and surgeon-in-chief. As a Professor of Surgery, he has an active surgical practice in treating alcohol associated liver disease and hepatocellular cancer at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and maintains an NIH-funded research laboratory studying severe alcoholic hepatitis, as well as efforts to increase organ donation using social media.
Dr. Cameron's talk will discuss the science of transplantation surgery with some discussion on xenotransplantation. He will also discuss an app he created to tackle the organ donation crisis. His app matches organ donors with individuals in need of organ donations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx