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Listen "Episode 18: Meryl and husband Stewart chat with kidney donor and author Martha Gershun"
Episode Synopsis
Meryl and her husband Stewart Ain, a veteran journalist and recent kidney recipient, chat with Martha Gershun about her book, Kidney to Share (2021), which she co-authored with John Lantos, MD. The book chronicles Martha’s experience as an altruistic kidney donor and provides a medical perspective about kidney transplants.
In 2018 Martha Gershun donated a kidney at the Mayo Clinic to a woman she read about in a Jewish newspaper. She then co-authored a book, Kidney to Share, published by Cornell University Press in 2021. She was later named Special Advisor to the Kidney Transplant Collaborative and serves on the regional board of the National Kidney Foundation.
Martha is a retired Executive Director of Jackson County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and now provides executive coaching, board development, and strategy consulting services to non-profit clients. Martha lives in Fairway, Kansas with her husband Don Goldman, who is executive director and CEO of Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City.
Martha’s website:
marthagershun.com
Twitter: @mgershun
People of the Book is a copyrighted work © of Meryl Ain and Authors on The Air Global Radio Network.
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In 2018 Martha Gershun donated a kidney at the Mayo Clinic to a woman she read about in a Jewish newspaper. She then co-authored a book, Kidney to Share, published by Cornell University Press in 2021. She was later named Special Advisor to the Kidney Transplant Collaborative and serves on the regional board of the National Kidney Foundation.
Martha is a retired Executive Director of Jackson County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and now provides executive coaching, board development, and strategy consulting services to non-profit clients. Martha lives in Fairway, Kansas with her husband Don Goldman, who is executive director and CEO of Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City.
Martha’s website:
marthagershun.com
Twitter: @mgershun
People of the Book is a copyrighted work © of Meryl Ain and Authors on The Air Global Radio Network.
#AuthorsOnTheAir #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork #AOTA #PeopleOfTheBook #PeopleOfTheBookPodcast #Podcast #MarthaGershun #OrganDonor #LivingDonor #JohnLantosMD #KidneyToShare #AltruisticKidneyDonor #AltruisticOrganDonor #KidneyTransplant #OrganTransplant #MayoClinic #Renewal #Bioethics #KidneyDonor #KidneyRecipient #KidneyDonation #LivingOrganDonor #CornellWeillTransplantTeam #StewartAin #MerylAin #TheTakeawayMen #ShadowsWeCarry #LetsTalkJewishBooks #JewsLoveToRead
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