Dr. Fiona Zwald and MOHS Fellow Dr. Luu run 5k Donor Dash race
Donor Dash 5k Race 2024
Jackie Sizemore | Dermatology Jul 22, 2024
On July 21, 2024, MOHS Fellowship director Dr. Fiona Zwald and new MOHS fellow, Dr. Lydia Luu joined other Coloradans for the 25th Annual Donor Dash. The 5k walk at Washington Park in Denver aimed to Honor, Celebrate and Recognize those touched by organ, eye and tissue donation. The day began at 8 am, followed by inspirational speakers and a ribbon ceremony. Ali Walker, the administrator for Fiona Zwald’s transplant dermatology clinic at CU Anschutz, also joined the race with her friendly dog. The Donor Dash is a wonderful opportunity to connect with the real-world impact of transplants, and the unique gratitude shared between recipients and donors’ families.
Learn more about the Donor Dash event. https://www.donoralliance.org/donor-dash/
From Donate Dash’s Facts and Statistics
Just one donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation and save or heal more than 75 lives through eye and tissue donation. Approximately 500,000 Americans are saved by organ and tissue donation each year.
In Colorado and Wyoming alone nearly 1,300 people are on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant. Nearly 115,000 people are waiting nationwide. Every 10 minutes another name is added to the national transplant waiting list. Thousands more patients could benefit from lifesaving and healing eye and tissue donations.
Residents can register their decision to be organ, eye and tissue donors at the time of their deaths by saying Yes each time they obtain or renew a driver’s license or state ID, or at www.DonateLifeColorado.org or www.DonateLifeWyoming.org anytime.