NORFOLK, VA--(Marketwire - March 23, 2009) - See for yourself the intricate coordination of a living donor kidney transplantation shown from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital over the internet Wednesday, March 25 at 6 p.m. This webcast will feature the living kidney donor surgery from Anna Parks and the recipient surgery to her sister Sarah Shultz.

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital transplant surgeon Dr. John O. Colonna, II and urologist Dr. Edwin L. Robey, both associate professors at Eastern Virginia Medical School, will moderate the event, sharing the details of the donor and recipient surgeries. Dr. Harlan Rust, a nephrologist at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, who cares for kidney transplant recipients before and after surgery, will also share his perspective about living kidney donation.

Other participants include sisters Sarah Shultz and Anna Parks, joined by Mitzi Nichols, who donated a kidney in 2001, to share their stories over the webcast.

Since 1972, more than 1,800 kidney transplants have been performed by surgeons at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, which is ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the nation's top 50 hospitals for the care of patients with kidney disease. The transplant program is vital to that recognition.

As of March 6, exactly 2,127 people are awaiting kidneys in Virginia. In 2007, 168 living donor transplants were performed in the Commonwealth. Since 1988, Sentara has performed 441 living donations. Living donation offers an alternative for individuals awaiting transplantation. For more information on living kidney donation, please visit http://www.unos.org.

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