Governing and Medical Advisory Boards
The following individuals and organizations play an essential role in providing guidance for Gift of Life Donor Program's services and programs.
Gift of Life Governing Board
Clyde F. Barker, MD - Chair
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Chairman Emeritus, Department of Surgery & Transplant Surgeon; Donald Guthrie Professor of Surgery
Glen D. Moffett, Esq. - Vice Chair
Wellspan Health, Vice President & General Counsel
Gerard J. Fulda, MD - Treasurer
Christiana Care Health Services, Chief of Trauma; Co-Chair, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Ethics Committee
Co-Chair, Ad Hoc Committee for Organ Donor Management
Meg McGoldrick - Immediate Past Chair
Abington Memorial Hospital, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Zakiyah Kadry, MD - Member
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Chief, Division of Transplantation
Cynthia London - Member
Donor Mother; Philadelphia Housing Authority
Francisco Badosa, MD - Member
The Lankenau Hospital, Transplant Surgeon Emeritus
Yoshiya Toyida, MD- Member
Temple University Hospital
Howard M. Nathan - Ex-officio voting member
Gift of Life Donor Program, President & CEO
Gift of Life Medical Advisory and Policy Board
Manish Gupta, MD, Chair
Peter Abt, MD, Vice Chair
Michael Moritz, MD, Medical Director
Transplant Surgeons from Each Transplant Center:
- A.I. duPont Hospital for Children – Stephen Dunn, M.D
- Albert Einstein Medical Center – Radi Zaki, M.D.
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia - Peter Abt, M.D.
- Christiana Care Health Services - S. John Swanson, M.D.
- Geisinger Medical Center – Chintalapati Varma, M.D.
- Geisinger Wyoming Valley - Manish Gupta, M.D.
- Hahnemann University Hospital – David J. Reich, M.D.
- Harrisburg Hospital – Harold Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
- Lehigh Valley Hospital – Lynsey Biondi, M.D.
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center – Tadahiro Uemura, MD.
- St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children – Marshall Schwartz, M.D.
- Temple University Medical Center – John A. Daller, M.D., Ph.D
- The Lankenau Hospital – James W. Lim, M.D.
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital – Cataldo Doria, M.D. Ph.D.
- University of Pennsylvania Medical Center – Edward Cantu III, M.D.
Hospital Administrators
Sue Chodoff, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Penn Presbyterian Medial Center
Barbara Wadsworth, RN, MSN, Chief Nursing Officer, Abington Memorial Hospital
Tissue/Eye Banks
Martha Anderson, Executive Vice President, Donor Services, MTF
ICUs OR Emergency Room
Jennifer Axelband, DO, Critical Care/Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's Hospital & Healthcare Network
Voluntary Health Organization
Laurene Cianfrani, Director of Operations, American Red Cross
Neuroscience Field
Michael M. Moussouttas, MD, Neuro-Critical Care Intensivist/Vascular Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University/Neuroscience
Histocompatibility Field
Malek Kamoun, MD, PhD, Director of Histocompatibility, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Public Members
Rev. Kenneth Dupree, Funeral Director & Minister, Dupree Funeral Home
Sam P. Gulino, MD, Chief Medical Examiner, City of Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office
Organ donor family member or living donor
Sue McVey Dillon, Donor Mom, Educator and Faculty, Organ Donor Breakthrough Collaborative
Transplant Recipient, Transplant Candidate or Family Member
Gabe Archangelo, Father of Liver Recipient; Husband of Kidney/Pancreas Recipient; and IS Specialist at Christiana Care Health System
Sean Dukes, Heart Recipient, Engineer, Lockheed Martin
Giving Life a Second Chance
Since 1974, Gift of Life Donor Program has helped hundreds of thousands of patients through organ and tissue donation.
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Gift of Life Family House
Lodging and Support
Thousands of patients come to Philadelphia hospitals every year needing life-saving organ transplants. Family House will provide critically needed support programs and temporary lodging for organ transplant patients and their families.
