NATIONAL TRANSPLANT SOCIETY

About Us

The National Transplant Society is a federally designated 501 (c)(3) not for profit, tax-exempt organization. All contributions are tax deductible.

Our Mission
Our mission is to maximize the availability of lifesaving organs, and to serve as the advocate and representative of the American people on issues relating to organ donation and transplantation.

Mission Objectives

1. Maintain the only online 24 x 365 National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.

2. Register all Americans as organ donors.

3. Provide research funding for the scientific development of artificial organs and lifesaving bridge technology.

4. Aggressively advocate for the enactment of nationwide 1st Person Consent Legislation

Founding Board

John C. Alexander, Jr., M.D.
Chief, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Evanston Hospital

Lisa N. Alexoff
Organ Recipient Daughter

Karen Barge, R.N.
Regional Organ Bank of Illinois

William R. Donaldson
President, Donaldson Consulting

Casimir Firlit, M.D.
Head, Division of Urology
Children's Memorial Medical Center

Berni Harrison
Organ Recipient Wife
President, Harrison Advertising

Donald M. Jensen, M.D.
Director, Section of Hepatology
Rush Presbyterian-St.Lukes Medical Center

Diane Kingwill
Organ Recipient

Vassyl Lonchnya, M.D.
Director, Lung Transplant Program
Loyola Medical Center

James Luke Lyons
Director, Mayor Daley's Leadership 2000 Scholarship Program

Kathy Mast, R.N.
Cardiac Transplant Coordinator
Evanston Hospital

Constantine Mavroudis, M.D.
Head, Division of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Children's Memorial Medical Center

Lawrence P. McChesney, M.D.
Director, Pancreas Transplant Program
Rush Presbyterian-St.Lukes Medical Center

Donald D. Osborn
Organ Recipient Father

Lee Scott Perres
Organ Recipient
Founder of NACTA Governor's Task Force on Transplantation

Michael R. Reed
Organ Recipient
President/Founder National Transplant Society

Robert D. Russell
Scout Executive/CEO
Boy Scouts of America
Northeast Illinois Council

Michael H. Salinger, M.D.
Director of Interventional and Transplant Cardiology
Evanston Hospital

Frank Stuart, M.D.
Chief of Transplant Surgery
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Deborah C. Surlas, R.N.
Recipient - President
Organ Transplant Support Group

J. Richard Thistlethwaite, M.D.
Professor, Chief, Section of Transplantation
University of Chicago Hospitals

Timothy V. Votapka, M.D.
Director, Heart Transplantation
Evanston Hospital

James W. Williams, M.D.
Director, Section of Transplantation
Rush Presbyterian-St.Lukes Medical Center

Richard S. Williamson
Partner, Mayer, Brown and Platt
Former United States Ambassador

Wayne C. Williamson, M.D.
Primary Care Physician, Internal Medicine
Rush Presbyterian-St.Lukes Medical Center E.

Steve Woodle, M.D.
Director of Renal Transplantation
University of Chicago Hospitals