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Thomas P. Beresford, MD
Physician
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Professor of Psychiatry School of Medicine
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado

James R. Burton, Jr., MD
Medical Director of Liver Transplantation Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, Colorado

Mary J. Douglas, MSN, RN, CCTC
Planning Committee Member
Senior Clinical Transplant Coordinator
Division of Transplantation
Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin

Philippe Gauthier, MD
Director of Transplant Medicine
Transplant Services
Centura Porter Adventist Hospital
Denver, Colorado

Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD
Chief, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor of Surgery
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Igal Kam, MD
Chief of Transplant Surgery
Professor of Surgery
School of Medicine
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, Colorado

Marilyn E. Levi, MD
Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, Colorado

Mary Beth Flynn Makic, PhD, RN, CNS, CCNS
Research Nurse Scientist, Critical Care
University of Colorado Hospital
Assistant Professor, Adjoint School of Nursing
University of Colorado, Denver
Aurora, Colorado

Brad Marder, MD
Director of Transplant Research
Denver Nephrology, PC
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center
Denver, Colorado

Jaime L. Myers, MSN, RN, CCTC
Senior Clinical Transplant Coordinator
Division of Transplantation
Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin

Marian O’Rourke, RN, CCTC
Director, Transplant Administration
Abdominal Transplant at Tulane Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Linda Ohler, MSN, RN, CCTC, FAAN
Planning Committee Member
Editor: Progress in Transplantation
Program Manager
CHF and Heart/Lung Transplant
Pauley Heart Center
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Marymount University
Arlington, Virginia

Theresa R. Pacheco, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Dermatology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, Colorado

John D. Pirsch, MD
Program Consultant
Director of Medical Transplantation Service
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin

Milagros D. Samaniego, MD
Associate Chief - Section of Nephrology
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

Michael Shomaker, MD
Physician
Denver Nephrology
Denver, Colorado

Arjun Srinivasan, MD
Lieutenant Commander
United States Public Health Service
Team Lead, Response Team
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Tracy Steinberg, MS, RN, CNS, CCTC
Planning Committee Member
Liver Transplant Coordinator/Clinical Nurse Specialist
Department of Liver Transplantation
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, Colorado

James Ford Trotter, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, Colorado

Sony Tuteja, PharmD
Associate
Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy
University of Iowa
Iowa City , Iowa

Connie White-Williams, MSN, RN, FAAN Cardiothoracic Transplant Coordinator Transplant Services
University of Alabama Medical Center at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Alexander Wiseman, MD
Director, Renal Transplant Clinic Transplant Center
Associate Professor, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, Colorado

Linda Wright, MHSC, MSW, RSW
Senior Bioethicist
University Health Network & Joint Centre for Bioethics
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada