Northwestern Medicine debuts new treatment to make liver transplants more accessible

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Published Mar 23, 2025

Colorectal cancer can spread to the liver, and once it does, patients are often at the bottom of the list to receive a liver transplant. But Northwestern Medicine is now offering a new transplant option for select patients that involves splitting a deceased donor liver in two parts.

Reset hears from the first patient to undergo this treatment, and one of the surgeons.

GUESTS: Barclay Missen, liver transplant recipient

Dr. Zachary Dietch, transplant surgeon Northwestern Medicine
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