Dianne LaPointe-Rudow ANP-BC, DNP, FAAN is Professor of Population, Health Science and Policy, and Director of the Zweig Family Center for Living Donation at the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital. She leads a comprehensive care team for live kidney and liver donors that provides innovative expertise in medical, surgical, and psychological health before and after live organ transplantation.
Dr. LaPointe-Rudow received her Bachelors and Masters degrees at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. She was one of the first to graduate with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (Columbia University, 2005).
Dr. LaPointe-Rudow has held many leadership roles in the field. She was President of NATCO (2004); the first non-physician member on the Board of Directors of the AST (2009-2012); founded and served as first president of NY Kidney, a statewide non-profit consortium of transplant programs dedicated to collaboration, data sharing and peer-to-peer assistance; and is the current Past President of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).
Dr. LaPointe-Rudow has devoted her career towards education and advocacy for improved care of organ donors and transplant recipients. In addition to her committee work and leadership roles, she has published extensively and has participated in many pivotal consensus conferences in the field.
