Continuing Coverage of Temple Health Organ Donor, Recipient Meeting for First Time to Throw Out First Pitch on National Living Donor Day

MaryBeth Foster, of Crofton, Maryland, and Joe DeMayo, of Northeast Philadelphia, met for the first time at a Phillies game on April 11th to throw out the first pitch on National Living Donor Day. MaryBeth had Nutcracker syndrome, a rare vein compression disorder that led her to remove her kidney in January. Joe needed a second kidney transplant after acute kidney injury – he received MaryBeth’s kidney during a surgery at Temple University Hospital. The Northeast Times provided continuing coverage of their story. Julian Harmon, a Perioperative Services Assistant at Temple University Hospital and kidney transplant recipient, and Kenneth Chavin, MD, MBA, PhD, FACS, Director of the Abdominal Organ Transplant Program at TUH, also participated in a first pitch at the game.