Dr. Jason Wellen, surgical director of the kidney and pancreas program, and Jane Hughes, transplant coordinator at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, speak about the process used to go through the records of 318 Black patients to see if a race-neutral calculation of past lab results would help them move up the waiting list for kidney transplants on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Video by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.comAs featured on Black patients move up waitlist for kidney transplants as biased formulas end After a racially biased organ test is scrapped, transplant centers scramble to remedy past wrongs.
