The Alliance

Directory

The Alliance is proud of its dedicated “A-Team” of more than 175 professional volunteers, including healthcare, organ donation and transplantation professionals from diverse disciplines and levels of leadership. Together, they give their time, service and expertise to equip a modern profession of lifesavers.

National Donor Management Summit Planning Committee

Current Members

Gries Cynthia
Cynthia Gries
, MD, MSc
Medical Director of Lung Transplant |AdventHealth Orlando
S. Kirchner
Sandy Kirchner
, MSN, APRN, CCRN, TCRN, AGACNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Trauma Advanced Practice Provider Team Lead |Bryan Medical Center - Bryan Trauma
Thomas Tommy
Tommy Thomas
, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery |Emory University
Adam Schiavi
Adam Schiavi
, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroanesthesia/Neurocritical Care |Johns Hopkins Hospital
Smith Sophia
Sophia Smith
, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Intensivist |Children's National Hospital
McKee, Katie Mayo Clinic
Katie McKee
, MPH
Hospital Partnership, Donor Family Aftercare |Mayo Clinic
Kelly Ranum
Kelly Ranum
CEO |
Matthew Kirschen
Matthew Kirschen
, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, and Neurology, and the Associate Director of Pediatric Neurocritical Care |University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Lifelong Networks

Our partners are the heart and soul of our organization. For more than 15 years, they have played a vital role providing quality education and programs to advance a shared mission.