Nominees chosen for 2024 Board of Directors election
Published on: Thursday, December 21, 2023
The OPTN Board of Directors approved the following nominees for the annual Board election. The ballot for the national Board of Directors election will be open in early 2024. Those elected to the Board will begin their terms on July 1, 2024. Biographical information and personal statements from the nominees are available here.
Designated voting representatives of members with voting privileges may cast a vote in the annual Board election. Voting representatives for each member organization, as well as individual members, will receive emailed instructions for casting their vote.
The Board slate is developed in alignment with the needs assessment created by the OPTN Nominating Committee, identifying the key skill sets, expertise, and perspectives most needed in the coming year. The Nominating Committee also ensures that Board composition is compliant with OPTN bylaws as well as regulatory requirements. Membership on the Board of Directors is open to transplant professionals and members of the general public.
See below for video interviews with the candidates for Vice President/President-Elect.
Nominees
| Board position | Candidate(s) |
|---|---|
| President (vote for one) |
Richard Formica, M.D. Yale New Haven Hospital |
| Vice President/President-Elect (vote for one) |
Adam Bingaman, M.D. Largo Medical Center Lloyd Ratner, M.D. NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia |
| Vice President for Patient and Donor Affairs (vote for one) |
James Sharrock, J.D. Retired Counsel Macey Levan, Ph.D., J.D. NYU Grossman School of Medicine NYU Langone Health Transplant Institute |
| Secretary (vote for one) |
Jennifer Muriett, RN, M.S.N., B.S.N., CPTC Donor Alliance Kyle Herber, M.P.A. Live On Nebraska |
| Immediate Past President (vote for one) |
Dianne LaPointe Rudow, APN-BC., DNP, FAAN Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital |
| Regional Councillors (vote for four) |
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| Region 3 | J. David Vega, M.D. Emory University Hospital |
| Region 5 | Robert Harland, M.D., FACS University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson |
| Region 6 | Catherine Kling, M.D., M.P.H. University of Washington |
| Region 9 | Nancy Metzler University of Rochester Medical Center |
| At Large Patient and Donor Affairs Representative (vote for one) |
Brittany Clayborne, M.S., Psy.D. Brittany Speaks Earl Stephen Lovell U.S. Navy Retired |
| At Large Patient and Donor Affairs Representative (vote for one) |
Glen Kelley The Mended Hearts, Inc. John Sperzel T2 Biosystems, Inc. |
| At Large Patient and Donor Affairs Representative (vote for one) |
Frankie McGinnis, M.S. University of Tennessee, Knoxville Joseph (Joe) Brownlee Independent Consultant/Enduring Hearts (Interim CEO) |
| At Large Patient and Donor Affairs Representative (vote for one) |
Bridget Dewees, Ph.D. Claflin University Denise Abbey, RN, M.H.A. Retired |
| At Large (vote for one) |
Adrian Christopher Lawrence, M.D., MACM University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center Deborah Levine, M.D., FAST, FCCP Stanford University |
| At Large (vote for one) |
Clark Andrew Bonham, M.D. Stanford Health Care Dev Desai, M.D., Ph.D., FACS Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
| At Large (vote for one) |
Allison Kwong, M.D. Stanford University Patrick Northup, M.D., M.H.S., FAASLD, FACG NYU Langone Health Transplant Institute |
| At Large (vote for one) |
Priya Verghese, M.D., M.P.H., FAST Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Sandra Amaral, M.D., M.H.S. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania |
| At Large (vote for one) |
Gaurav Gupta, M.D. Virginia Commonwealth University Marcus Anthony Urey, M.D. University of California San Diego Health |
| At Large (vote for one) |
Jason Hawksworth, M.D., FACS Columbia University Irving Medical Center Sara Rasmussen, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, FAAP Nationwide Children’s Hospital/The Ohio State University |
| Medical/Scientific Organization Representative (AOPO) (vote for one) |
Dorrie Dils, B.S.N., M.H.A. Gift of Life Michigan |
| Medical/Scientific Organization Representative (AST) (vote for one) |
Deborah B. Adey, M.D. University of California, San Francisco, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Service |
| Medical/Scientific Organization Representative (ASTS) (vote for one) |
Osama Gaber, M.D. Houston Methodist Physician Organization |
| Medical/Scientific Organization Histocompatibility Representative (CAP) (vote for one) |
Caroline Alquist, M.D., Ph.D. Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati |
| Medical/Scientific Organization Representative (NATCO) (vote for one) |
Jennifer Reese, R.N., M.S.N., ANP-BC, CCTC Cleveland Clinic |