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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 Transplant Leadership Council

The Alliance Transplant Leadership Council will work to promote engagement of transplant centers by identifying issues and developing programs and resources relevant to transplant center performance and advancement. The council will support transplant center professionals’ efforts to end deaths on the national organ transplant waiting list, increase organ utilization and improve transplant patient outcomes.

Current Members

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Farjad Siddiqui
, MBBS
Emory University Hospital
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Jennifer Carapellucci
, RN, BSN
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
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Celeste Braly
, MSN, RN, CPHQ
University of Wisconsin Health
Brendan Kimball
Brendan Kimball
, MBA
Boston Children's Hospital
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Joel Adler
, MD, MPH
Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin
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Deann Fath
, CPA, MBA
Tulane Transplant Institute at EJGH
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Megan Bell
, RN, MSN, AGACNP-BC, CCTC
Cedars Sinai
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Carson Phillips
, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Senior Director, Transplant Clinical Operations |UAB Medicine
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Julie Anderson
, MSN, MPH, RN, CCTC
Clinical Process Coordinator |Medical University of South Carolina
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Lecia Snell Kinen
, MSN, RN, CCTC
Clinical Program Coordinator, Heart and Lung Tx |Keck Medical Center at USC
Relevant Information

These councils began operation in January 2015 with the main purpose of advancing the industry’s efforts to increase and improve the organ donation process, end deaths on the transplant waiting list and explore innovative practices for improving donation and transplantation outcomes.

If you are interested in learning more about these Councils or would like to become involved in the Councils, please contact The Alliance at info@odt-alliance.org or 786-866-8730.

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.