Architecting Your Dreams [Letter From the Editor]

November 6, 2025 by Karen Panetta

I recently opened a fortune cookie that said, “Lucky coincidences will shape your destiny.” I am not sure whether I fully agree with this statement based on the amount of effort, resilience, and energy that I have expended in my life so far.

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Madelyn Flickinger: Creating connections in medicine

Last summer, as 21-year-old Madelyn Flickinger and her fellow panelists prepared to share their experiences as transplant recipients, donors, and caregivers at the American Transplant Congress, they wondered whether medical professionals would take the time to sit in on a patient-led panel. By the time the presentation started, though, there were nearly a hundred people in the audience. Every seat was taken. People lined the back walls.

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