VCU news

By Leha Byrd

VCU Health is hosting a Twitter chat about organ donation from noon to 1 p.m. on April 26 in recognition of National Donate Life Month.

Marlon Levy, M.D., director of the Hume-Lee Transplant Center at VCU, will pose and answer questions on Twitter using the hashtag #VCUHealthChat with @VCUHealth. Questions can be submitted in advance using this Twitter information.

Donate Life America established National Donate Life Month in an effort to spearhead local, regional and national activities that encourage Americans to register as organ donors. The month is also an opportunity to celebrate the lives of those who have provided the gift of organ donation. According to Donate Life America, nearly 124,000 men, women and children are awaiting organ transplants in the United States, including 3,200 Virginians.

On April 1, VCU Health hosted a ceremony that marked the raising of a Donate Life flag outside VCU Medical Center. The white, blue and green flag, which is adorned with the Donate Life logo, will fly throughout the month. After April, the flag will be raised whenever an organ donation occurs at VCU Health and the Hume-Lee Transplant Center, from a living or deceased donor.

For more information about the VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center, call 804-628-5334.