Jose Vazquez

Pulmonary Fibrosis, Ethnicity, and the Need for Organ Donation

This year marks the 25th anniversary of National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month, created to educate multiethnic communities about organ, eye, and tissue donation and transplantation, and encourage donor registration and family conversations about donation. People from communities of color make up nearly 60% of people who are waiting for lifesaving organs in the U.S., but only a third are registered donors.