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Friday, June 29, 2012

Methodist sees dwindling transplant organs

Memphis Biz Journal | Cole Epley


JOSEPH MARTIN | COURTESY METHODIST LE BONHEUR HEALTHCARE
James Eason (center), director of Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, performs transplant surgery.

Federal regulations aimed to establish parity among Tennessee organ procurement organizations and organ transplant centers have sparked contentious debate within the Memphis medical community — and have pitted two seemingly disparate, yet mutually reliant, organizations at opposite ends of the dispute.

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