Medical Advisory Board
Purpose: The purpose of the Medical Advisory Board is to offer expertise on scientific developments, to provide insights on the needs of the Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplant population, and to assure that Transplant Unwrapped’s policies, research, grants, marketing, communications, and publications meet the highest standards of scientific rigor and accuracy.
The Transplant Unwrapped Medical Advisory Board has two components:
1. Core Medical Advisory Board: A smaller group of healthcare professionals (no more than 7) who work closely with the Transplant Unwrapped Board of Directors, guiding content development and ensuring scientific accuracy and rigor.
2. Medical Advisory Board Members-at-Large: A larger group of healthcare professionals, ideally with representation from all intestinal transplant centers within the United States, which provide insight and guidance to the organization on an ad hoc basis.
Current Members of Transplant Unwrapped's Core Medical Advisory Board
Dr. Kareem M. Abu-Elmagd, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University
Director, Gut Rehabilitation & Transplantation Center
Cleveland Clinic
Alyssa P. Burnham, RPA-C, MS
Intestinal Transplant & Rehabilitation Coordinator
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute
Mary Brosnan, LCSW
Social Work Manager
Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute
Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Jennifer Garcia, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Medical Director, Pediatric Transplant Service
Medical Director, Adult and Pediatric Intestinal Transplant
Medical Director, Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation at University of Miami-JMH
Dr. Syed-Mohammed Jafri, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Intestinal and Liver Transplant
Henry Ford Health System
Dr. M. Cristina Segovia, MD
Hepatologist, Liver Transplant Specialist, and
Small Intestine Transplant Specialist
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Duke University Hospital
Current Medical Advisory Board
Members-at-Large
Dr. Geoffrey J. Bond, MD, FRACS
Pediatric Transplant Surgery, General and Thoracic Pediatric Surgeon
Surgical Co-Director, Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation Center
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Tracy Burch, RD, LD, CNSC, CCTD
Clinical Dietitian Specialist
Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant
Indiana University Health University Hospital
Terri Cobb, BSN, RN, CWOCN
Certified Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse
Cleveland Clinic
Dr. Cal S. Matsumoto, MD,FACS
Director, Intestinal Care and Transplantation
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute
Dr. David F Mercer, MD, PhD, FRCS (C), FACS
Professor of Surgery, Transplant
Transplant Surgeon
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dr. Ajai Khanna, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS
Professor of Surgery
Pediatric Transplant Surgery
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Dr. Samuel Kocoshis, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Medical Director Intestinal Care Center and Small Intestinal Transplantation
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Beverly Kosmach-Park DNP, RN, FAAN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Department of Transplant Surgery
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Alisha Mavis MD
Liver & Intestinal Transplant
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Duke University Hospital
Dr. Jorge D. Reyes, MD, F.A.C.S.
Roger K. Gieseck Distinguished Chair
Professor and Pathology
Chief Division of Transplant Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Washington School of Medicine
Director of Transplant Services, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Dr. Rodrigo Vianna, MD, PhD
Director of Transplant Services
Chief of Liver/GI Transplantation
Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of Miami-JMH
We are still in the process of forming both components of our Medical Advisory Board. We are building it with various members of the intestinal and multivisceral transplant community. If you have interest in joining our organization, please contact us.