Transplant Living: Organ Donation and Transplantation Information for Patients


About Us Sponsors Editorial Board Patient Profiles Minorities Support Groups State Listing News & Information Calendar of Events Add an Event Patient Resources Online Store Publications MELD/PELD Calculator LAS Calculator CPRA Calculator Member Directory Policies Bylaws Public Comment Links Glossary		Editorial Board Web site Mission Transplant Living is dedicated to being the most up-to-date comprehensive online resource for transplant patients and their families. The Web site seeks to educate visitors about a full range of medications, treatments, emerging trends and research available on the subject of transplantation. Developing High Quality Medical Content Content for the Transplant Living Web site is developed by the United Network of Organ Sharing. To help ensure that the Web site is accurate, unbiased and understandable, an editorial board of transplant candidates, recipients, living donors and healthcare professionals--from a wide variety of specialties affiliated with different hospitals, schools of medicine and organizations--review all content before it is posted. Editorial Board Members Clyde F. Barker, MD Chief of Surgery University of Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, PA Mark M. Boucek, MD Director of Cardiovascular Services Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital Hollywood, FL David Burgio Berea, KY Patient representative Barry S. Friedman, RN Administrative Director, Transplant Services Children's Medical Center of Dallas Solid Organ Transplant Program Dallas, TX John J. Fung, MD, PhD Chief of Transplantation Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA Shannon Temple Gingras UNOS Web Content Editor Robert Higgins, MD Chair, Div. of Cardiothoracic Surgery Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL John C. F. Hodges Living unrelated kidney donor, 2003 General Public Representative - Living Donor, OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors, 2008-2011 Discussion moderator, www.livingdonorsonline.org Susan Kelly, RN Clinical Coordinator Liver Program Children's Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL Donna Luebke, RN, CNP Cleveland, OH Paul Oldam Elm Grove, WI Patient representative and heart recipient Kristi J. Ross, RN, CCTC (Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator) Transplant Coordinator Swedish Medical Center Seattle, WA Nancy L. Senst, RN, CPTC (Certified Procurement Transplant Coordinator) Tissue Services Manager LifeSource St. Paul, MN Helen G. (Gigi) Spicer, RN Clinical Director, Kidney Transplant Program Henrico Doctors Hospital Richmond, VA Rita D. Suggs, RN, CPTC (Certified Procurement Transplant Coordinator) Transplant Coordinator Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN Debi Surlas, RN Naples, FL Patient representative and kidney/pancreas recipient Beverley Trinkle UNOS Patient Services Carlton J. Young, MD Assistant Professor Division of Transplantation University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL James B. Young, MD Cardiac Transplant Surgeon Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH		You may also want to learn about: Web site sponsors