Michael Goldstein

Michael J. Goldstein MD FACS Dr. Goldstein is Director of the Division of Organ Transplantation at Hackensack University Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian Health. He is Professor of Surgery at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and the OPTN Surgical Program Director for adult and pediatric kidney transplantation, and pancreas transplantation. Prior to joining Hackensack Meridian Health, he served as Chief of Kidney Transplantation at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Executive Director, Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency. With surgical, academic, and executive experience in both organ donation and transplantation, Dr. Goldstein focuses his career on improving patient access to organ transplantation with the goal of maximizing the utilization of living and deceased donor organs for transplantation. Dr. Goldstein is an advisor for the OPTN Expeditious Task Force, faculty member of the ESRD Treatment Choices Learning Collaborative, and active participant of the OPTN Transplant Center Growth Collaborative. In prior years, he served nationally with HRSA to improve transplant center quality on the Transplant Center Task Force and Co-Chaired the National Learning Congress for the Organ Donation and Transplantation Community of Practice. He also served as Vice-Chair of the UNOS Organ Availability Committee and the Medical Directors Council of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations. Board-certified by the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Goldstein is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, member of the American Society for Transplant Surgeons, and American Society for Transplantation. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania and his Doctor of Medicine degree at Temple University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in General Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center and transplantation fellowship at the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center.