transplantethics.org

The web site of the Chicago Transplant Ethics Consortium

Current Members

Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA

J. Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Microbiology-Immunology

Chief, Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

mabecass@nmh.org

Patrice Al-Saden, RN, CCRC

Senior Clinical Research Associate

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

palsaden@northwestern.edu

Janet Aminoff, LCSW

Outpatient Transplant Social Worker

Kovler Organ Transplant Center

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

jaminoff@nmh.org

Peter Angelos, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Surgery and Chief, Endocrine Surgery

Associate Director, MacLean Center for Medical Ethics

The University of Chicago

pangelos@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Talia Baker, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

tabaker@nmh.org

Cynthia Barnard, MBA, MSJS, CPHQ

Director, Quality Strategies

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

cbarnard@nmh.org

Andres T. Blei, MD

Professor of Medicine

Division of Hepatology

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

a-blei@northwestern.edu

jane charette, RN, BSN, CCRC

Clinical Research Associate

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

jane-charette@northwestern.edu

Lori Clark, RN

Living Donor Liver Transplant Coordinator

Kovler Organ Transplantation Surgery

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

lclark@nmh.org

David C. Cronin, II, MD, PhD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Director, Liver Transplantation and Transplantation Intensive Care Unit

Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital

david.cronin@yale.edu

Jeanine Elkin, RN

Living Liver Transplant Coordinator

Section of Transplantation

University of Chicago Hospitals

jelkin@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Joel Frader, MD, MA

Professor of Pediatrics/Medical Humanities and Bioethics

Division Head, General Academic Pediatrics

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University and Children’s Memorial Hospital

j-frader@northwestern.edu

John Franklin, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Associate Dean of Minority and Cultural Affairs

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

jef@northwestern.edu

John J. Friedewald, MD

Assistant Professor of Nephrology and Surgery

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

jfriedew@nmh.org

Jonathan P. Fryer, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Clinical Practice Director, Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

jfryer@nmh.org

Aviva Goldberg, MD, FRCPC

Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba

Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Nephrology

Winnipeg Children’s Hospital

agoldberg@exchange.hsc.mb.ca

Gary Harding, MD, FRCPC

Medical Oncologist

Medical Ethics Fellow, MacLean Center for Clinical Ethics

University of Chicago

gary.harding@cancercaremanitoba.mb.ca

Bernie Keller

Living Kidney Donor

Chicago, Illinois

kellerbernie@sbcglobal.net

Alan J. Koffron, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

akoffron@nmh.org

Charles Leroux

Senior Correspondent, Chicago Tribune

Kidney Transplant Recipient

Chicago, IL

cleroux@nmh.org

Joseph R. Leventhal, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Organ Transplantation Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

jleventh@nmh.org

Gwen E. McNatt, MS, RN, CNN, CFNP

Director, Kovler Organ Transplant Center

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

gmcnatt@nmh.org

Douglas R. Penrod, RN

Transplant Outreach Liaison

Kovler Organ Transplant Center

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

dpenrod@nmh.org

Luke Preczewski

Division Administrator, Organ Transplantation Surgery

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

lpreczew@nmh.org

Michael Reed

Laura Scielzo, LCSW

Outpatient Transplant Social Worker

Kovler Transplant Center

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

lscielzo@nmh.org

Mary Simmerling, PhD

Assistant Professor (Medical Ethics)

Assistant Dean for Research Integrity

Weill Cornell Medical College

Laurence A. Sherman, MD, JD

Professor Emeritus of Pathology

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

l-sherman@northwestern.edu

Sara Taub, Mbe

Former Policy Analyst

American Medical Association Ethics Group

sara_taub@hotmail.com

Giuliano Testa, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Director, Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Section of Transplantation

University of Chicago Hospitals

gtesta@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

President, National Transplant Society

Liver Recipient

mreed@organdonor.org