On September 28, 2018 Martha Gershun donated a kidney to Deb Gill, a woman she met after reading about her need for a new kidney in the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle. Gershun’s newest book, Kidney to Share, co-written with medical ethicist John Lantos, MD, chronicles this journey and explores the medical, scientific, and ethical issues surrounding organ transplantation. It was released in May 2021 by Cornell University Press and is available from most independent bookstores and the publisher. Here’s the link to order the hardcover, e-book, or audiobook on Amazon.
Here’s a link to Gershun’s synagogue newsletter, featuring a column she wrote about this adventure. And links to Author Events about the book:
Iowa State University Lecture Series // Moderated by Clark Wolf, Director of the Iowa State University Bioethics Program // April 22, 1021
Up to Date on KCUR 89.3 FM // Interview with Steve Kraske, April 27, 2021
Author Event at Left Bank Books // Moderated by Jeffrey Bishop, Director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University, May 18, 2021
Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics // With remarks by Nobel Laureate and Stanford Economics Professor Alvin Roth, May 19, 2021
Author Event at the Kansas City Public Library // Moderated by Terry Rosell, Rosemary Flanigan Chair, Center for Practical Bioethics, May 26, 2021
B’Yachad Together: Spirited by American Jewish University (AJU) // “Saving a Life: Judaism’s View of Organ Donation,” a conversation with AJU’s Rabbi Elliot Dorff and Dr. Ron Wolfson, June 1, 2021
University of Pennsylvania Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy // June 15, 2021
University of Buffalo, Romanell Center for Clinical Ethics and the Philosophy of Medicine // July 16, 2021
University of Pittsburgh, Center for Bioethics and Health Law // September 14, 2021
University of North Carolina Center for Bioethics, co-hosted with the Department of Surgery // September 29, 2021
Wednesday Morning Group // October 6, 2021
Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College // October 7, 2021
Bioethics for the People // Podcast hosted by bioethicists Devan Stahl and Tyler Gibb, October 14, 2021
University of Colorado, Center for Bioethics and Humanities // October 14, 2021
Media coverage:
Organ Donors: The Ethics of Living Organ Donation // Cornell University Press blog, April 20, 2021
New book focuses on kidney match prompted by Chronicle story // Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, April 22, 2021
Inspired by Omaha Friends // The Jewish Press, April 30, 2021
Book Review // Jim Gleason, National President of TRIO (Transplant Recipients International Orgnanization), May 1, 2021
Market Design blog // Nobel Laureate and Stanford Economics Professor Alvin Roth, May 18, 2021
A kidney donor and an ethicist discuss living organ donation, The Hofstra Chronicle, October 20, 2021
