Retired airline pilot gives Children's Healthcare of Atlanta $25 million for transplant services

Transplant News,  April, 2008  

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A retired Delta airline pilot has given Children's Healthcare of Atlanta a gift of $25 million designated for transplant services. The donation by Joseph H. Moss, the largest in the hospital's history, was prompted by an article published more than four years ago regarding a young teenager in need of a kidney transplant.

In 2004, Moss was flying from Atlanta to his second home in New York when he read an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article about a 13-year old boy named Edgar who was in need of a kidney transplant. It inspired Moss, a godfather of five, to donate to the boy's family for his medical care, Children's said in a press release announcing the gift.

"Helping Edgar was a God-given opportunity to provide a child with care he so desperately needed," Moss said. "Following Edgar and his family throughout their medical journey allowed me and my family to understand the importance of the overall mission at Children's. We realized the impact we could make by supporting the transplant program at Children's, and ultimately help other children."

The hospital said the donation will be used provide the transplant team with resources for clinical care and research initiatives to meet the rapidly growing needs of the region's pediatric population.

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