COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP ROSTER

HHS Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation
Health Resources and Services Administration

ACOT Voting Members—(Expiration of Appointment)

Chairperson
Mark L. Barr, M.D. – (November 2009 - January 2013)
Co-Director of Cardiothoracic Transplantation
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA   90033-4612

Sandy Shih Andrada – (June 2011 - July 2013)
Community Development Project Manager
California Transplant Donor Network
Oakland, CA  94607-4099

Raymond Benza, M.D. – (January 2010 - July 2013)
Section Head and Director
Heart Failure, Transplant, Mechanical,
 Circulatory Support & Pulmonary
 Hypertension Programs
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA  15212

Thomas Beyersdorf, M.B.A. – (November 2009 - January 2013)
Northville, MI   48167

Bernice Coleman, Ph.D., R.N. – (January 2010 - January 2013)
Nurse Practitioner, Heart Transplant/VAD Programs
Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA  90048

Danielle Cornell, R.N., B.S.N., CPTC – (January 2010 - July 2013)
Executive Director
LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services
Gainesville, FL  32601

Stephen W. Crawford, M.D. – (June 2011 - January 2015)
Medical Senior Director
CIGNA Healthcare LifeSOURCE Transplant Network
Pittsburgh, PA  15275

James D. Eason, M.D. – (June 2011 - January 2015)
Program Director
Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute
Memphis, TN  38104

Jan Finn, M.S.N., CPTC, CCRN – (November 2009 - January 2013)
Chief Operations Officer
Midwest Transplant Network, Inc.
Lee’s Summit, MO  64081

John Fung, M.D., Ph.D. – (January 2010 - July 2013)
Chair, Department of General Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH  44195

David A. Gerber, M.D. – (January 2010 - July 2013)
Chief, Division of Transplantation
Department of Surgery
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-7211

Alexandra K. Glazier, J.D., M.P.H. – (November 2009 - January 2013)
Vice President and General Counsel
New England Organ Bank, Inc.
Newton, MA  02458

Reg Green – (November 2009 - January 2013)
President
The Nicholas Green Foundation
La Canada, CA  91011

Wanda H. Jones, R.N., B.S.N., M.J., CPTC, CETC – (January 2010 - July 2013)
Long Beach, CA  90802

Eduardo Lara, B.A., M.H.A. – (January 2010 - July 2013)
Transplant Program Director
Scott & White Healthcare
Temple, TX  76508
07/26/2013

Jamie Marie Avolio McDonald, M.S.W., LISW – (June 2011 - July 2015)
Oncology Coordinator
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Albuquerque, NM  87111

Thomas A. Nakagawa, M.D. – (June 2011 - January 2015)
Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Brenner Children’s Hospital/Wake Forest University
Baptist Medical Center
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC  27157-1009

Cynthia P. Puryear – (June 2011 - July 2013)
Senior Strategist, Mitchell Communications
Glen Allen, VA  23060

Andrew J. Schaefer, Ph.D. – (June 2011 - July 2015)
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA  15261

Non-Voting Members (Ex Officio Members)

Nancy D. Bridges, M.D.
Chief, Clinical Transplantation Immunology Section
Transplant Immunology Branch
Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Diane H. Corning, Esq.
Health Insurance Specialist
Office of Clinical Standards and Quality/Clinical Standards Group
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Matthew J. Kuehnert, M.D.
CDR, U.S. Public Health Service
Assistant Director for Blood Safety
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Laura St. Martin, M.D.
Medical Officer
Division of Human Tissues
Office of Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration

Wendy Perry
Senior Program Analyst
AHRQ Senior Clinical Advisor on Tobacco Use
 Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Executive Secretary

Patricia Stroup, M.B.A., M.P.A.
Senior Advisor for Special Initiatives
Healthcare Systems Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration

General Counsel Staff

Emily Marcus Levine, J.D.
Senior Attorney
Office of General Counsel
Department of Health and Human Services