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Twin Triumph Productions Presents:

THE POWER OF TWO

- A story of twin sisters, two cultures, and two new chances at life -

Directed & Produced by Marc SmolowitzUSA/Japan - 94 Minutes - Color - HD - Dolby 5.1

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THE POWER OF TWO - SYNOPSIS

A story of twin sisters, two cultures, and two new chances at life.

Inspired by their 2007 memoir, “The Power Of Two” offers an intimate portrayal of the bond between half-Japanese twin sisters Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, their battle with the fatal genetic disease cystic fibrosis (CF) and miraculous survival through double lung transplants. Defying all odds, Ana and Isa have emerged as authors, athletes and global advocates for organ donation, and their connection to the CF and transplant communities provides rare insight into the struggles — and overlooked joys — of chronic illness.

The twins' receiving new lungs would have been unlikely in their mother's native country, Japan, where organ donation rates are strikingly low. At the crux of a rising movement to change laws and stigmas, Ana and Isa embark on a tour of Japan to inspire change in the hearts and minds of a culture resistant to transplantation. Featuring archival footage and probing expert interviews, this poignant directorial debut of Academy Award nominated producer Marc Smolowitz (“The Weather Underground”, “Trembling Before G-d) presents a multi-faceted portrayal of a society at a tipping point around this triumph of modern medicine. Back in the U.S., the twins rejoice in their ability to breathe with healthy lungs, sharing their story, mentoring others, and experiencing unexpected life milestones.

Evocative without being sentimental, “The Power Of Two” reveals the twins not as heroines but as authentic women who share our fears about mortality and inspire us to make a difference.

Anabel “Ana” Stenzel (left) - Isabel “Isa” Stenzel Byrnes (right)






THE POWER OF TWO - DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

When I read "The Power Of Two - A Twin Triumph Over Cystic Fibrosis," I was moved by the way Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes write so eloquently about their experiences with chronic illness. My big take away from their memoir was that we all have a stake in global conversations about public health, organ donation, and transplant, and we can all find a space in our lives for community and advocacy of social causes. From there, it made perfect sense that a feature documentary inspired by their lives would be a natural evolution for this story. As I began the film making process, I quickly fell in love with Ana and Isa, both as people and as characters; and over time, we developed a powerful 3-way trust in all aspects of this story telling collaboration. All in all, I see Ana and Isa as both ordinary and extraordinary women, which reminds us that we often see such humbling and familiar contrasts in our own lives. As such, they are entirely approachable yet somehow also bigger than life. Ultimately, it is their twin bond that resonates on-screen with immense power -- the kind that transcends boundaries of culture, race and nation. In bringing their stories to screen, I have had the great pleasure of following them across two countries and 27 cities, and now, I look forward to sharing their stories of survival with the world. I am quite sure that audiences will embrace them with the same openness and excitement that they themselves bring to every day. For me, it truly has been an honor to make this film -- a highlight of my life and career -- and I have learned so much about what it means to opt in for being an advocate for something bigger than myself.

- Marc Smolowitz, Director/Producer, “The Power Of Two”

Marc Smolowitz






THE POWER OF TWO - PRODUCTION CREDITS

Directed & Produced by Marc Smolowitz

Produced by Andrew Byrnes

Executive Producer Chris Kelly

Director Of Photography Nickolas Rossi

Editors Matthew Sultan Thomas Eugene Green

Art Director Timothy Palmer

Music Supervisor Nicole Dionne, Primal Scream Music

Music by Kyle Moorman Tim Easton

Music Editor Joe Corcoran

Associate Producer Jennifer Schmidt

Associate Producers Naomi Takeuchi Dan Roth

Production Manager Matthew Rome

Assistant Editor &Second Camera Yasufumi Higuchi

Post Production Associate &Social Media Coordinator Kirsten Incorvaia

Assistant Editor Yuko Inatsuki

Audio Post Production Services Berke Sound, San Francisco

Sound Mixer Mark Escott

Color Finishing Gary Coates






Cinematographer, Toronto Aaron Szimanski

Additional Cinematographers Matthew Rome Carl Sturgess Dana Shaw Wilfred Galila

Assistant to the Director, Japan Ashley Ryan Arnwine

Production Assistant, Japan Chika Konishi

Production Assistants, Wilfred GalilaNorth America David McAdams Dana Shaw March Storm Carl Sturgess Nico Van den berg Ian Wolfley

Makeup Kaitlyn Crump

Web Developers Justin Mahon, Mahon Media Marcy Rye, WireMedia Communications

Graphic Design Marcy Rye, WireMedia Communications Josh Bettenhausen, Megan Tingstrom

Fundraising Jill Shiraki& Event Consultants Don Spradlin

Music Clearances David Rich Janet Billig

Transcription Services Averbach Transcription

Legal Services Law Offices of Jamie Cooperstein

Accounting Ellis Brenner, C.P.A.

Fiscal Sponsorship San Francisco Film Society, Center for Media Change

With support from the San Francisco Film Society, San Francisco Film Commission & FilmHouse.






On-Screen Characters & Experts (in order of appearance)

Anabel “Ana” StenzelIsabel “Isa” Stenzel ByrnesHatsuko Stenzel, Mother of Ana & IsaReiner Stenzel, Father of Ana & IsaDr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health; Co-Discoverer of Cystic Fibrosis GeneDr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary of Health for the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human ServicesCarol Hutchison Wyatt (Archive), Television JournalistAndrew Byrnes, Husband of Isa; Brother-in-law of AnaAnna Modlin, CF Patient; Friend of Ana & IsaRobin Modlin, Mother of Anna ModlinKristin Dorn, Beth Martinson, & Janice Compton, Ana’s Donor Family Dr. Noreen Henig, CF & Transplant Doctor to Ana & IsaDr. Shaf Keshavjee, Thoracic Surgeon, Toronto General Hospital Chigusa Yamaguchi, Tokyo FM D.J.Taro Kono, Director General, Liberal Democratic Party, JapanDr. Tomoaki Kato, Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & SurgeonsDr. Juro Wada (Archive), Transplantation Pioneer, JapanDr. Kazutomo Minami, Professor, Nihon University School of MedicineDr. Satoshi Teraoka, Director, Japan Transplantation SocietyNamie Nakazawa, Transplant Advocate, JapanMichikata Ohkubo, Japan Transplant Recipient’s OrganizationKazuyuki Tanaka, Donor Family Representative, JapanTomoaki Adachi, Father of CF Patient, JapanMitsutoshi Ambe, Singer/SongwriterDr. Bruce Reitz, Transplant Surgeon to Ana & IsaDr. David Weill, CF & Transplant Doctor to Ana & IsaDoni Bell, Pancreas recipient of James Dorn






THE POWER OF TWO - KEY PERSONNEL

MARC SMOLOWITZ - DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

Marc Smolowitz is an Academy Award®-nominated film, television & new media producer (“The Weather Underground” 2003, “Trembling Before G-d” 2001), director and executive producer with over 20 years of management level experience across all aspects of the entertainment business. Most recently, he was the Producer at TellyTopia, a Silicon Valley new media start up specializing in IP-TV and VOD product functionality for cable companies. Currently, he is an Executive Producer/Consultant to a diverse range of media and technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, Adjunct Faculty in the Digital Film Making & Video Production program at the Art Institute of California, San Francisco, and Chair of the Board of Directors of SF Public Press, a nonprofit local news start up. Notably, he was the President/Founder of Turbulent Arts, Inc., a successful niche market film and television company based in San Francisco (1995-2001) that ranked, at its peak, as the 26th largest entertainment business in North America, 14th among independents (Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Aug. 1998.) In addition to “The Power Of Two,” he recently completed "Still Around," (Executive Producer/Director), a feature-length short film compilation that marks the 30th anniversary of the HIV/AIDS by bringing together leading Bay Area filmmakers to work in creative collaboration with people living with the disease. “Still Around” is an Outcast Films Release.

ANABEL MARIKO STENZEL & ISABEL STENZEL BYRNES - CENTERPIECE CHARACTERS

Anabel Mariko Stenzel (”Ana”) and Isabel Yuriko Stenzel Byrnes (”Isa” – pronounced “ee-sah”) are identical twins who were born in Los Angeles in 1972 to Japanese and German immigrant parents. At three days old, Ana and Isa were diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a fatal genetic disease that impacts the lungs and pancreas; their doctor told their parents they would be lucky to live to reach 10 years of age. For decades, Ana and Isa struggled to maintain their health with rigorous daily respiratory and digestive treatments. Working together, they survived and thrived into adulthood, graduated from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, started careers as a genetic counselor (Ana) and social worker (Isa), and developed loving relationships. In their mid-20s, however, the twins’ health began to decline precipitously. Every breath was difficult. Many of the activities they loved, including hiking and traveling, tried the limits of their stamina. Their passion and will to live remained but CF was relentless. There is no cure for CF. But, in their darkest hour, when their ability to breathe was leaving them, Ana and Isa received the gift of new life and new breath in the form of






double lung transplants in 2000 and 2004, respectively. Because of the generosity of their organ donors James and Xavier, and their donors’ families, Ana and Isa have survived and are thriving with their new lungs. Their post-transplant activities have included running a half marathon, climbing a 10,000 foot mountain peak, swimming and running in the U.S. Transplant Games, traveling across three continents, and writing their memoir, The Power of Two: A Twin Triumph Over Cystic Fibrosis, which the University of Missouri Press published in late 2007, and which was translated into Japanese and published by Iwanami Shoten Publishers in 2009 as Mirakuru Tsuinz: Nanbyou wo norikoeta Futago no Kizuna.

ANDREW BYRNES - PRODUCER

Andrew Byrnes is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, a global full-service law firm, resident in the Silicon Valley office. His practice lies at the intersection of technology, law and politics. He has represented candidates, political committees, corporations and non-profit organizations in election and political law matters as well as numerous emerging and established companies, including technology companies in the software, semiconductor, telecommunications and Internet sectors, in patent and complex commercial disputes, and in intellectual property transactions. In addition, for over 15 years, Andrew has been a committed volunteer for cystic fibrosis education and patient support, and organ donation and transplantation awareness. Currently, he is Co-Chair of the Finance Committee of the California Democratic Party. Andrew received his B.A. with honors and distinction from Stanford University and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.

CHRIS KELLY - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Chris Kelly is a Silicon Valley based attorney who represents innovative companies on privacy, security, safety and regulatory affairs. Most recently, Chris was a Democratic candidate for Attorney General of California. As Facebook’s first Chief Privacy Officer, General Counsel, and Head of Global Public Policy, Chris helped build the company from its college roots to a service for everyone and worked with Attorneys General in all 50 states to develop effective safeguards protecting children from online sexual predators. Chris received his B.A. from Georgetown, a M.S. from Yale, and a J.D. from Harvard.

NICKOLAS ROSSI - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Nickolas Rossi was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Columbia College Chicago for fine art photography and graduated from Portland State University with a B.Sc in Sociology. Following university he lived and worked in Canada, Britain and the Czech Republic. As a cinematographer he has worked extensively across North America, Asia, Europe and Mexico. As a young adult, Nickolas was employed as a counselor for at-risk, runaway and homeless youth. His experiences as a social worker continue to motivate him in regards to the projects he chooses. His documentary film work includes the award winning Incest: A Family Tragedy and Adjust Your Color: The Truth of






Petey Greene. He spent this past summer nurturing future filmmakers by teaching documentary filmmaking for Film Action Oregon. Nickolas currently lives in Brooklyn, New York where he continues to shoot features and documentaries.

MATTHEW SULTAN - EDITOR

Matthew was born and raised in Los Angeles. He presently lives in San Francisco, CA. Before settling into documentary production, he held jobs as a primate researcher, veterinary technician, seminary school videographer, and dish washer. He spent several years at Current TV as the Supervising Producer / Editor of their user-generated content department. In 2008, his work at Current earned him an Emmy nomination. He is a founding member of Relevant Pictures, a boutique production house in the bay area. Most recently, he traveled to Colombia’s Pacific coast to produce a documentary on narcotrafficking. He is always interested in meaningful projects and doubly interested if the project involves travel.

THOMAS EUGENE GREEN - EDITOR

Thomas Eugene Green began his career at an early age in Louisville, Kentucky and has since found himself at the center of the growing new media and film industry. The unlikely link between Baryshnikov, Al Gore, Wu-Tang, and the Barbie Doll, Thomas’s work as a Producer, Editor and Cinematographer shares a distinctively intimate and intuitive style. In 2006 Thomas animated the award-winning short film The Tribe that was selected at Sundance and Tribeca film festivals. As a Producer and Editor of Original Programming at Current TV, Thomas earned an Emmy-nomination for his documentation of the Burning Man arts festival and won a Hugo for his coverage of The J.A.M. Awards featuring Snoop Dogg, Dead Prez, and L.L. Cool J. In 2009 Thomas was a field producer for MTV’s True Life and then went on to shoot and produce the first season of TLC’s Addicted. Thomas currently finds himself a happy and busy founding member of Relevant Pictures, a production company based in San Francisco.

TIMOTHY PALMER - ART DIRECTOR

Timothy Palmer is an independent designer, animator, and art director specializing in graphic design and animation for film, broadcast and the web. Timothy currently produces work for a wide variety of clients including The History Channel, Twitter, The Gap, and IFC in addition to working with advertising agencies such as DixonBaxi, RazorFish, and EVB. Prior to embarking on his own, Timothy spent three years working as the Senior Designer at Al Gore’s Current Television where he helped lead a team of 9 designers to yield the network numerous PromaxBDA awards and critical acclaim throughout the blogosphere. Tim currently resides in San Francisco, California where he, in addition to serving his own clientele, serves as a founder and the Creative Director of Relevant Pictures.






NICOLE DIONNE - MUSIC SUPERVISOR

Nicole Dionne is the founder and Creative Director of Primal Scream Music, Los Angeles. Dionne’s passion is to marry striking audio to picture to move the viewer. “They say a picture is worth a thousand words; well, I feel that music is worth a million”, claims Dionne. As Chris Morris of Billboard Magazine writes, “Nicole Dionne is someone who keeps her ear close to the ground. On any given night, you can count on running into her in an L.A. club, checking out what’s new, exciting, and up-to-the-minute in music.”

JENNIFER SCHMIDT - ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Jennifer grew up next door to the Stenzel twins and spent countless hours of childhood playing at each others’ houses. With extensive experience in the film business, her first job was at art-house distributor Strand Releasing, which was followed by several years in film and commercial production as a production coordinator, production assistant, and second assistant director on indie features such as Chuck and Buck. Following up on an undergraduate degree in environmental studies from UC Santa Cruz, Jennifer returned to graduate school at UCLA for a masters in urban planning where she also ran a prominent film series, which parlayed into programming positions with the California Film Institute. Now a resident of San Francisco, Jennifer has also worked at Active Voice and Katahdin productions on outreach and social action campaigns.






THE POWER OF TWO – EXPERT BIOS

Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. – Director, National Institutes of Health Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., studied at the University of Virginia, Yale University (Ph.D.), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (M.D.). Dr. Collins, a physician-geneticist noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes, including the cystic fibrosis gene in 1989, is also highly respected for his leadership of the Human Genome Project. He served as Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the NIH from 1993-2008. With Dr. Collins at the helm, the Human Genome Project culminated in April 2003 with the completion of a finished sequence of the human DNA instruction book. Dr. Collins has written two books: The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (Free Press, 2006 and The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine (HarperCollins, 2010). Dr. Collins is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Collins was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007. Dr. Collins received the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research in 2010. He declined his portion of the $500,000 prize.

Noreen R. Henig, MD, Director of Medical Affairs, Respiratory Therapeutics, Gilead Sciences, Inc.Dr. Noreen Henig received her training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York, followed by the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Washington, in Seattle. She began her career as an Attending in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Internal






Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center and was the first Adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Care Physician starting in 2000. In this capacity, Dr. Henig began to care for Ana and Isa Stenzel among many other CF adult and lung transplant patients. Dr. Henig covered Lung Transplant Clinic and CF Clinic until 2004, when she transitioned to serve as Director of the CF Clinic at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, California. In 2008, Dr. Henig left clinical care to serve as Director of Medical Affairs in Respiratory Therapeutics at Gilead Sciences, Inc. in Foster City, California, specifically for the launch of Gilead’s cystic fibrosis drug, Cayston.

Tomoaki Kato, M.D. –Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Dr. Tomoaki Kato is Surgical Director of Adult and Pediatric Liver and Intestinal Transplantation at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and is a faculty member in the department of surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Kato is known for unique and innovative surgeries for adults and children, including a six-organ transplant; a procedure called APOLT (auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation) that resuscitates a failing liver by attaching a partial donor liver, making immunosuppressant drugs unnecessary; and the first successful human partial bladder transplantation. Recently, he led the first reported removal and re-implantation, or auto-transplantation, of six organs to excise a hard-to-reach abdominal tumor. Previously the director of pediatric liver and gastrointestinal transplant and professor of clinical surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Dr. Kato received his medical degree from the Osaka University Medical School and received his residency training in surgery at Osaka University Hospital and Itami City Hospital in Hyogo, Japan. Kato is a member of numerous professional and honorary organizations, and the author or co-author of more than 180 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Kato is a strong advocate of organ donation in Japan.

Shaf Keshavjee, M.D. – Surgeon-in-Chief, Program Medical Director Surgical Services and Critical Care, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto General HospitalDr. Shaf Keshavjee is the Surgeon-in-Chief at University Health Network. He is the Director of the Toronto Lung Transplant Program, a university program spanning UHN and the Hospital for Sick Children. He is a






Professor in the Division of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Toronto. He is also Head of the Joint Division of Thoracic Surgery of UHN and St Joseph’s Hospital, McMaster University. Dr Keshavjee completed his medical training at the University of Toronto in 1985. He subsequently trained in General Surgery, Cardiac Surgery and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Toronto followed by fellowship training at Harvard University and the University of London for airway surgery and heart-lung transplantation, respectively. He joined the faculty at the University of Toronto in 1994. Dr Keshavjee’s specific research interest is in lung injury related to transplantation. His current work involves the study of molecular diagnostics and gene therapeutic strategies to engineer better organs for lung transplantation.

Howard Koh, M.D. – Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesDr. Howard K. Koh serves as the 14th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and was appointed in 2009. As the Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Koh is dedicated to the mission of creating better public health systems for prevention and care so that all people can reach their highest attainable standard of health. Dr. Koh previously served as Professor and Associate Dean for the Harvard School of Public Health. He has published more than 200 articles in the medical literature in areas such as disparities, cancer control, oncology, tobacco control, disaster preparedness, disease prevention and health promotion. Dr. Koh served as Commissioner of Public Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1997-2003). Dr. Koh led an effective campaign for organ donation registration among Asian Pacific Islander American communities- a matter close to his heart. Dr. Koh has earned numerous awards and honors in medicine and public health, and received numerous appointments to national advisory boards. Dr. Koh graduated from Yale College and Yale University School of Medicine. He completed postgraduate training at Boston City Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. He has earned board certification in four medical fields as well as a Master of Public Health degree from Boston University.

Taro Kono – Member, House of Representatives, Diet (Japanese Parliament)






Kono Taro, 47, is a fifth-term Member of Japan’s House of Representatives. Kono currently represents the 15th District of Kanagawa Prefecture, which includes Yokohama. He is currently serving as Director General of the Liberal Democratic Party's International Bureau. Representing the younger, more progressive generation of politicians, Kono is well known as the LDP’s most popular, albeit outspoken and revolutionary, politician. After high school in Japan, Kono graduated from the Suffield Academy in Connecticut and attended Georgetown University. He later worked in business management for various Japanese companies before embarking on his political career. Kono was first elected to the House of Representatives as a Liberal Democratic Member in October 1996, at age 33, and has been re-elected without fail since. In the 2005 General Election Kono received the second largest number of votes in Japan's electoral history. When Kono’s father, Yōhei Kōno, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, was ill from a 30 year old hepatitis C infection, Kono offered a part of his liver. This led to a public argument as his father refused the offer. Eventually, his father accepted, and in April 2002, Kono donated part of his liver in a 15 hour operation. Since then, Kono has led the passage through Parliament of the Organ Transplant Law of 2009.

Kazutomo Minami, M.D., Ph.D. – Director of the Cardiovascular Hospital of Central Japan in Gunma PrefectureA native of Osaka, Dr. Minami completed his medical and surgical training at Kyoto University, during which he received a scholarship to study at the University of Dusseldorf in Germany. After completing his training in general, thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Dusseldorf, Dr. Minami became a Staff Surgeon at the University of Dusseldorf, and then at the Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westfalia in Bad Oeynhausen, University of Bochum, Germany. In this capacity, Dr. Minami started to perform heart transplants and became a surgical expert in the field. In 1989, he became Vice Director of the Heart Center, while occasionally returning to Japan to serve as Associate Professor and Visiting Professor at Kyoto University, Saitama Medical School, Nikon University and Yokohama University. In 2004, Dr. Minami became a Professor at the University of Bochum. In 2005, Dr. Minami returned to Japan permanently and served as Professor at Nihon University School of Medicine, focusing on clinical cardiovascular medicine. Since 2010, Dr. Minami now serves as Director of the Cardiovascular Hospital of Central Japan in Gunma Prefecture. He has published numerous articles on cardiovascular surgery. While he has limited opportunity to perform heart transplants in Japan, he remains a strong advocate for organ donation in Japan.






Bruce Reitz, M.D. – Norman E. Shumway Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine (performed Stenzel twins’ transplants)Bruce Reitz is one of the foremost cardiac surgeons in the world and, during his term as chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, he played a major role in keeping Stanford at the forefront of education, research and patient care in cardiac surgery. He obtained an undergraduate degree at Stanford University, a medical degree at Yale Medical School, and completed an internship at Johns Hopkins Hospital and residencies and fellowships at Stanford University Hospital. He joined the surgical faculty at Stanford University. In 1981, Reitz and his team performed the first successful heart-lung transplant, which also was the first time a lung had ever been transplanted. In 1995, he conducted another pioneering operation: he performed the first Heartport procedure, using a device that allows minimally invasive coronary bypass and valve operations. Dr. Reitz became Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Johns Hopkins University from 1982-1992 and returned to Stanford as Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford in 1992. His focus at Stanford remained lung and heart transplantation, heart valve repair and replacement, and congenital heart disease repair in adults. He retired from surgery at Stanford in 2010 and now serves as Professor Emeritus in Cardiothoracic Surgery. In 2000, 2004, and 2007, Dr. Reitz performed Ana’s, Isa’s and Ana’s, double lung transplants, respectively. Dr. Reitz has published numerous articles on areas of research including cardiothoracic organ rejection, immunosuppressive protocols and factors contributing to chronic rejection.

Dr. David Weill: Director of Stanford Hospital’s Lung Transplant Program and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center.Dr. Weill is a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician who directs the Stanford Hospital Lung Transplant Center and Cystic Fibrosis Center. He received his medical training at Tulane University and University of Texas, and completed his fellowship at the University of Colorado, Denver. He served as the Director of the Lung Transplant Program at the University of Colorado, Denver from 1996 to 2006, when he transferred to Stanford to serve as the Director of the Lung Transplant Program. He has successfully expanded the Stanford program and increased the number of lung transplants performed dramatically, and helped to advocate for larger administrative support from the hospital. In 2008, Dr. Weill took over the






Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, after successfully expanding administrative funding and support. He has numerous publications in the area of lung transplant clinical research. Dr. Weill enjoys long-distance biking through the Rockies. He cares for Ana and Isa at the Stanford Lung Transplant Clinic.






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