Advisory Group:
The Advisory Group was established to assist the National Living Donor Assistance Center in:
- Development and management of the program
- Development of program policies and eligibility criteria
- Monitoring outcomes and performance
- Contributing relevant expertise to the program
The Advisory Group meets twice a year, holds periodic conference calls, and is comprised of a kidney donor, liver donor, transplant surgeons, transplant physicians, transplant nurse coordinator, transplant social worker, health economist, social scientist, financial administrator and a HRSA representative. Below is a list of current Advisory Group members.
| Name, Title, & Affiliation | Expertise & Affiliated Volunteer Organization |
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David H. Howard, PhD, Chair Associate Professor Rollins School of Public Health Emory University Atlanta, GA |
Health Economics
Medical Decision Making |
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Patricia L. Adams, MD Professor of Medicine Chief of Professional Services Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC |
Transplant Nephrology National Kidney Foundation (NKF) |
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Laura J. Aguiar, BS Transplant Financial Coordinator Mayo Clinic Phoenix Transplant Services Phoenix, AZ |
Transplant Finance & Management Transplant Financial Coordinators (TFCA) |
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Shirley Brown Living Kidney Donor Scottsdale, AZ |
Donor Representative - Kidney National Kidney Foundation (NKF) |
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Clive Callender, MD Professor of Surgery Chair, Department of Surgery Howard University Washington, DC |
Transplant Surgery Founder, MOTTEP |
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Cathy A. Garvey, RN, BA, CCTC Transplant Coordinator University of Minnesota/Fairview Minneapolis, MN |
Transplant Nursing NATCO, The Organization for Transplant Professionals |
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Gerald H. Grandbois, PhD Chair, Dept. of Social Work Creighton University Omaha, NE |
Social Welfare Policy |
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Beth A Grube, PhD Associate Professor Chair of Human Services Dept. Westchester Community College Valhalla, NY |
Donor Representative - Liver Social Welfare Policy |
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Maryl R. Johnson, MD Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplantation University of Wisconsin Madison, WI |
Cardiac Patients as Live Donors American Society of Transplantation (AST) |
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Nina M. Schroder, MSW, LCSW-C Social Worker Living Kidney Donor Program Univ. of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD |
Social Work Society of Transplant Social Workers (STSW) |
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Lewis W. Teperman, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Chief and Director of Transplantation New York Univ. Medical Center New York, NY |
Transplant Surgery Hepato-Biliary Surgery Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN) United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Living Donor Committee |
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Mesmin Germain, MBA, MPH (ex officio) Project Officer Division of Transplantation (DoT)/ Health Resources Services Admin (HRSA) |
Grant Management |