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 The Ethics of Living Organ Donation” // 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 // “A living kidney donor’s experience and lessons learned about barriers and opportunities in kidney donation” // 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 // “The Ethics of Living Organ Donation,” June 15, 2021
Media coverage:
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
