About the Author

Sujit Vijay Sakpal, MD, FACS, FICS

Transplant Surgeon & Intensivist

Dr. Sujit Sakpal is a Multi-organ Abdominal Transplant Surgeon & Intensivist at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center.  Also, he is the Surgical Director of the Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Program at Avera and an Assistant Professor with the Departments of Surgery and Internal Medicine at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. 

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Visual learning aids

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