CHAIRPERSON
Lloyd E. Ratner, MD
Director of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia Presbyterian

VICE-CHAIRPERSON
Michael Goldstein, MD
Medical Director, New York Organ Donor Network
Associate Professor of Surgery/Director of Renal and
Pancreatic Transplantation, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Scott Ames, MD
Assistant Professor
Transplant Surgeon
Mount Sinai Medical Center

Kunjlata Ashar, MD 
Deputy Medical Examiner
Department of Labs & Research
Office of the Medical Examiner, Valhalla, NY

Madhu C. Bhaskaran, MD
Medical Director, Transplant Program
North Shore University Hospital

Henry C. Bodenheimer Jr., MD
Chairman, Department of Medicine
Beth Israel Medical Center

Wing Chu, MD
Ophthalmologist
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary/St. Luke’s-Roosevelt

Joseph Cooke, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Public Health
Chief Patient Safety Officer
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Kevin Dahill
President and CEO
Nassau Suffolk Hospital Council

Frank Darras, MD
Director, Clinical Transplant Services
Stony Brook University Hospital

Veronica Delaney, MD
Nephrologist
Westchester Medical Center

Thomas Diflo, MD
Director of Renal Transplantation
Assistant Professor of Surgery
New York University School of Medicine

Alan Gass, MD
Director, Advanced Cardiac Failure and Transplantation
Westchester Medical Center

Daniel Goldstein, MD, FACS, FACC
Vice Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Montefiore Medical Center

James Guarrera, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians

Betsy Herold, MD
Vice Chair for Research Development, Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology-Immunology, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Nirah Johnson, LMSW
Community Projects Specialist
Office of Viral Hepatitis Coordination - NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Milan Kinkhabwala, MD
Chief, Division of Transplantation
Montefiore Einstein Liver Center

Stephen G. Knapik, RN, BS, CPTC, CEBT 
Transplant Senior Specialist - Living Donor Program
University Hospital Medical Center Stony Brook

David B. Leeser, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
New York Weill Cornell Campus

Amy Lu, MD
Director of Kidney Transplantation
Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

William Lynch, MPA
Vice President, Regulatory and Professional Affairs
Medisys Health Network
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

Donna Mancini, MD
Director of the Center for Advanced Cardiac Care
Professor of Medicine
Sudhir Choudhrie Professor of Cardiology
Columbia University
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Allen J. Norin, PhD, D(ABHI)
Director, Transplant Immunology and Immunogenetics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Sean Pinney, MD, FACC
Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program
Mount Sinai Medical Center

Moro Salifu, MD
Assistant Professor and CME Activity Director
SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Thomas Schiano, MD, FACP
Director of Adult Liver and Intestinal Transplantation
The Mount Sinai Medical Center

David Serur, MD
Medical Director, Kidney/Pancreas Program
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Vaughn Whittaker, MD
Attending, Surgery
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center

James Zisfein, MD 
Chief, Section of Neurology
Lincoln Hospital

NEW YORK ORGAN DONOR NETWORK
PRESIDENT & CEO
Helen Irving

MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Michael Goldstein, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery/Director of Renal and
Pancreatic Transplantation, Mount Sinai Medical Center

ASSISTANT MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Dana Lustbader, MD
Chief of Palliative Medicine and Founding Director of the Palliative Care Unit North Shore University Hospital;
Program Director, Palliative Medicine Fellowship
North Shore LIJ Health System