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Heroic transplant team remembered
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Robin Schwartz
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Personal Connection
Few people have a closer connection
to the organ transplant team than Erik
Morganroth, 37, of Birmingham. The
Ann Arbor
U-M patient, who received two suc-
eartfelt expressions of grief, cessful heart transplants, also spoke at
the dedication ceremony.
admiration and gratitude
"Without their efforts and the
poured out during a dedica-
efforts of others like them I would not
tion ceremony for the new University
be here today:' Morganroth
of Michigan Cardiovascular
told the crowd.
Center in Ann Arbor.
Erik's story, featured in a
Speaker after speaker, at
Detroit Jewish News special
the June 7 unveiling of the
report in March, is truly a
$215 million, state-of-the-
miracle. He received his first
art facility, paid tribute
transplant 12 years ago at the
to the six members of the
age of 25, when his heart was
U-M Survival Flight team
attacked by a virus. Just three
killed in a jet crash three
days earlier. The team was
Eric Morq anroth months ago, the married father
of two young children, Emma,
transporting life-saving
speaking at the
6, and Max, 4, learned he need-
organs for a U-M patient
dedicatio n
ed a second transplant because
awaiting a double lung
ceremony
his first donor heart was fail-
transplant when the jet
ing. Again, the U-M team performed a
went down in Lake Michigan, killing
successful, life-saving operation.
everyone on board.
"After 65 days in the hospital, I
"They were exceptionally talented
received my third lease on life, anoth-
and committed team members and
er donor gift that allows me to watch
their presence is already greatly and
my children grow, see them gradu-
deeply missed," said Dr. Robert Kelch,
ate from high school and college'
CEO of U-M Health System.
Morganroth said.
"Those who died are six heroes;
"Will I now be able to walk down
they're six heroes in the war against
the aisle with my daughter? Maybe
disease," added Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
hold my son's first-born child?
chief medical correspondent for CNN.
Without my donor family and U-M,
Gupta, a graduate of U-M Medical
none of this would be possible'
School, served as the event's emcee.
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