Starzl-Studded Event

Spring 2016

A Starzl soiree to remember.

In March, Heinz Field hosted a fête fit for a father of organ transplantation as Thomas Starzl celebrated his big 9-0. Pitt’s Arthur S. Levine (the John and Gertrude Petersen Dean of the School of Medicine and senior vice chancellor for the health sciences) and Abhinav Humar (chief of transplantation) presided over the festivities. Among the attendees for the bash were Jake Wheatley, Pennsylvania state representative; Rich Fitzgerald, chief executive of Allegheny County; Mark Nordenberg, Pitt chancellor emeritus; and a whole flock of family and friends. More than 200 fellows came from all over the world, including Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, India, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and Taiwan, to attend.

 

The guest of honor and his wife, Joy Starzl, put their best Facebook forward.