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Dr. Hatem Amer, Mayo’s medical director of reconstructive transplantation, told the AP, “He wasn’t rushing us, and we weren’t rushing him.” Sandness had to undergo social work and psychiatric evaluation, which determined he was a viable candidate. So, in January 2016, he went on the United Network for Organ Sharing’s waiting list. Now all Sandness and the doctors had to do was wait.