ANTHONY PETER "TONY" MONACO M.D. 1932 - 2022--performed first kidney exchange in the U.S.

The eminent transplant surgeon Dr. Tony Monaco has passed away.  Here's the Boston Globe obit:

ANTHONY PETER "TONY" MONACO M.D. 1932 - 2022

I wrote about Dr. Monaco  in connection with the first U.S. kidney exchange surgery, which he conducted with Dr. Paul Morrissey in 2000.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

The first kidney exchange in the U.S., and other accounts of early progress

The Student BMJ (a student run affiliate of the British Medical Journal) has an article interviewing the pioneering surgeons who conducted the first kidney exchange in the U.S., in 2000. (It's gated, but you can register for free.)

Anthony P Monaco and Paul E Morrissey: a pioneering paired kidney exchange
Transplant surgeons Anthony P Monaco and Paul E Morrissey performed the first paired kidney exchange in the United States
By: Prizzi Zarsadias
Published: 24 March 2010, Cite this as: Student BMJ 2010;18:c1562