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SID&T Advisory Board

Science in Donation & Transplant (SID&T), a leading national advocacy and policy group dedicated to scientific research and innovation in organ donation and transplantation oversight and governance, has announced the creation of a new Advisory Board and the appointment of initial members. The SID&T Advisory Board is intended to provide counsel and guidance on donation and transplantation performance measurement, policy development, and messaging to ensure public trust essential to organ donation. The advisory board members bring experience in clinical transplantation, transplant and donation ethics, governmental oversight, and public policy to SID&T.

The advisory board members bring experience in clinical transplantation, transplant and donation ethics, governmental oversight, and public policy to SID&T.

Our Advisory Board Answers “Why SID&T”?

See and hear from some of the nation’s leading transplant surgeons, researchers, ethicists, and organ donation experts about the importance of the mission of Science in Donation & Transplant.

SID&T Advisory Board

  • Anthony Watkins, MD

    The Surgical Director of the Center for Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program at Tampa General Hospital. Prior, Dr. Watkins was an attending transplant surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at NYU Langone Health.

    Watch Anthony speak on the issues and about SID&T →

  • Matthew Cooper, MD

    Chief of Transplantation, Director of Solid Organ Transplant and a Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Mark B. Adams Distinguished Professor of Surgery.

    Watch Matthew speak about the issues and why SID&T →

  • Brendan Parent, JD

    Director of transplant ethics and policy research, and assistant professor of bioethics in the division of medical ethics and surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

    Watch Brendan answer WHY SID&T →

  • Anne Murphy, MBA, FACHE

    Consultant and former Chief Administrative Officer, Department of Learning Health Sciences University of Michigan Medical School, and Transplant Center Administrative Director – University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers.

    Watch Anne speak on the issues and about SID&T →

  • J. Thomas Rosenthal, MD

    Retired Chief Medical Officer, UCLA Medical Center, Associate Vice Chancellor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Director of the Kidney Transplant Program at UCLA.

    Watch J. Thomas speak on the issues and about SID&T →

  • Herb Conaway, Jr., MD, JD

    United States House of Representatives, NJ-3, Captain, US Air Force Physician, Director of Health, Burlington County.

    Watch Herb speak about the issues and the need for SID&T →

  • "It is now well understood, based on abundant scientific evidence, that the methodology in the 2020 OPO rule is fatally flawed and that CMS is going to have to revise the rule. The whole OPO accreditation process needs to be modernized in accordance with long-standing and well-established principles of measurement for quality and accreditation and as proposed in the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine landmark 2022 study Realizing the Promise of Equity in the Organ Transplantation System.”

    – J. Thomas Rosenthal, MD

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