Dr. Merion is Professor of Surgery in the Division of Transplantation at the University of Michigan, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1986. He has more than 20 years’ experience as a transplant surgeon and has served as project director on a variety of important federally funded organ transplantation research projects. He is internationally renowned for his seminal research initiatives in both therapeutic and public policy aspects of transplantation. Dr. Merion is widely published in peer-reviewed publications. He is an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Transplantation, Chair of the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study Steering Committee, Clinical Transplant Director of the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and Secretary of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Dr. Merion will serve as the NLDAC Program Deputy Director. In this capacity he will deputize for all the duties and responsibilities of the Program Director as necessary. Dr. Merion will serve as the lead research scientist responsible for directing the operations of the research/statistical analysis core. He will also serve as the key liaison between the National Living Donor Assistance Center and the SRTR in any collaborative effort that HRSA may direct the two projects to undertake.