Overview

• ESPN’s Father’s Day documentary Heart of Pearl offers unprecedented access to Pollard’s February 2024 heart transplant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
• Doctors warned that anti-rejection drugs can cause kidney damage, leading Pollard to modify his medication regimen based on regular blood work.
• He publicly shares the heavy guilt he feels for benefiting from Casey Angell’s donation and describes meeting the donor’s family as a step toward healing.
• The documentary also explores Pollard’s personal history, including his father’s death awaiting a transplant when Pollard was 16 and his 11-season NBA career.
• He spoke at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and received a standing ovation at a Celtics playoff game to promote organ donor registration.