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APRIL 2023 • ISSUE 280
ORGAN DONATION
WHY ARE WE SO FAR BEHIND? Despite ranking as one of the highest states for donor need, only 49% of New Yorkers eligible to donate have enrolled in the Donate Life Registry. Plus: How to become a donor today P. 18
Kidney was the most common organ transplanted in the U.S. in 2021: 24,670. Total number of people waiting for a kidney in the US: 90,483. Story on p. 18
PRIMARY CARE
St. Joe’s primary care physician Abigail Tillmas: To successfully treat patients ‘you really have to take into account the whole person’ P. 4
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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A-FIB
NEW CEO
‘CROUSE IS HERE TO STAY’
Physician Seth Kronenberg, who served as Crouse’s chief medical officer and chief operating officer, has been appointed as president and chief executive officer. P. 12