On this episode of Innovatively Speaking, we interview Prabhakar Baliga, M.D., the Chair of the MUSC department of Surgery. We discuss with Dr. Baliga the growth and history of organ transplantation and what innovative techniques are being done today to eliminate inequities in the organ transplantation system such as bioprinting tissues and virtual cross-matching.

00:00 The start of the show

01:42 Dr. Baliga joins the show

06:51 Explaining Antirejection Medications after transplant surgery  

08:59 The barriers for increasing organ donor pool

12:07 Innovation through Xenografts and Bioprinting

14:34 Virtual Crossmatching to improve rejection rates

19:44 Engineering tissues and regenerative medicine

27:30 South Carolina’s history in transplantation

This show is a production of the MUSC Office of Innovation and the Office of Communications and Marketing. Learn more about innovation at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) by visiting: https://web.musc.edu/innovation