Thomas Starzl
American physician and ResearcherWikipedia
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Sep 10, 2026
Vidit AgarwalHOST
is awesome.
Shiv RaoGUEST
Remember, there was a surgeon from UPMC, Starzl, who is known for incredible innovations around transplants.
Shiv RaoGUEST
And there are any number of mythologies around Starzl.
Shiv RaoGUEST
But there's one story about how he would pretty much like torture his trainees, his fellows, his cardiothoracic surgery fellows or whatever.
Shiv RaoGUEST
Sorry, the transplant surgery fellows.
Jerry ColemanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Willie Souslet, first base, and Joe Morgan grew up together in the Bay Area, in Oakland.
Jerry ColemanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When the Pirates signed Starzl, he tried to talk him into signing Morgan.
Jerry ColemanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They turned him down.
Jerry ColemanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The pitch to Morgan.
Joe NuxhallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The ground ball to Bennett at second.
Joe NuxhallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Going on to Starzl and that's the inning.
Joe NuxhallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Reds out here in the third.
Joe NuxhallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
No runs.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, back in, after chasing a couple of pitches, hung tough with two strikes, and just punched the ball right up the middle off Orlando Pena.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Those two runs charged to Steve Nagy, Parker scoring, and Starzl scoring.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Moving to second base, Richie Ebner.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He is still a responsibility of Mike Nagy, with a log not completed on him.
Carl KurlanderGUEST
And it got popular, but we didn't really.
Carl KurlanderGUEST
Then I did one on Tom Starzl, who pioneered transplants, and August Wilson.
Carl KurlanderGUEST
But these take years to make.
Carl KurlanderGUEST
And then as I showed it to some of the people who were partners, kind of like music, people are saying, as is evidence of this show and your own show, there's so many chapters here.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, back in after chasing a couple of pitches, hung tough with two strikes, and just punched the ball right up the middle off Orlando Pena.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Those two runs charged to Steve Nagy, Parker scoring, and Starzl scoring.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Moving to second base, Richie Hebner.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He is still a responsibility of Mike Nagy, so the log not completed on him.