Autor/-in: Thomas Starzl

Thomas E. Starzl. is Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Among his numerous international awards and honors, Starzl is the recipient of the 2012 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his pioneering work in the field of liver transplantation. He has presided over both the International Transplant Society and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. In 1987 Starzl founded the Transplant Recipients International Organization, and is donating the royalties from the sale of The Puzzle People. to this and other charities.