Understanding Policy and Regulation in Transplantation: Perspectives from Across the Community
Thursday, April 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm• EST
The regulatory landscape for organ donation and transplantation is rapidly evolving, with federal policy decisions increasingly shaping practice, operations, and patient access. During this session, panelists will provide practical guidance on how transplant professionals can stay informed about policymaking and public comment processes, share approaches for offering technical and operational input, and examine how coordination across programs and disciplines can support consistent interpretation and implementation of policy and promote equitable, patient-focused outcomes.
Describe the federal legislative and regulatory transplant policy landscape, including key levers where transplant professionals can meaningfully engage in policymaking and public comment processes.
Apply practical strategies for crafting effective, evidence-based public comments and advocacy messages that reflect clinical, operational, and patient-centered perspectives
Demonstrate how individual and organizational advocacy efforts, when aligned across disciplines and programs, can drive more sustainable, equitable, and patient-focused transplant policy outcomes
Speaker
Bruce Gelb
MD, FACS
Transplant Surgeon & Medical Director of Kimmel Pavilion 12
New York University Langone Health
40 Under 40 2025, Alliance Ambassador, National Transplant and Donation Quality Collaborative Steering Committee, Speaker, Transplant Quality Workgroup
Ashley Cardenas
MAS, MBA, FAST
Transplant Administrator
Renown Transplant Institute
Speaker
Peggy Tighe
J.D., Principal
Principal
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
Mentor, Moderator, Transplant Advancement Series Faculty
Alexis Wilkins
MPH
Quality and Patient Safety Advisor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Members of the donation and transplantation community serving diverse populations to include administrators, coordinators, physicians, nurses, surgeons, managers, quality improvement specialists, social workers, and other donation and transplantation center professionals and their colleagues.
