The largest tissue bank in the world, MTF Biologics is nonprofit and physician-led.
Headquartered in Edison, New Jersey, MTF Biologics has spent more than 30 years honoring donated gifts by developing innovative, effective allograft solutions to help people heal. From orthopedics to wound care to plastic and reconstructive surgery, we have become a force in scientific progress and patient advocacy.
MTF Biologics at a Glance
MTF Biologics is a non-profit service organization dedicated to providing clinically sound, safe allograft tissue. We’re comprised of a national consortium of academic medical institutions, organ procurement organizations and tissue recovery organizations. MTF Biologics also has two subsidiaries, Statline and IIAM.
Our goal is simple—do what’s right for patients, surgeons, tissue donors and their families through our three guiding principles:
- Make more safe tissue available to patients by building strong relationships with leading organ, eye and tissue recovery organizations.
- Provide the highest quality tissue by having the most stringent standards in the industry.
- Advance the science of tissue transplantation through our commitment to research and development.
Executive Officers
Joe Yaccarino
President and Chief Executive Officer
Martha Anderson
Executive Vice President, Donor Services
Michael J. Kawas
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Shaffer
Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing
Michael Oleck
Executive Vice President, Processing
Jennifer Birmingham
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer
Kim Rounds
Vice President, Wound Care
Marc Long
Vice President, Research and Development
Board of Directors
Mark Bolander, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Joseph A. Buckwalter, M.D.
University of Iowa, Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, IA
Gerald Finerman, M.D. — (Emeritus)
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Victor Frankel, M.D., Ph.D. — (Emeritus)
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
New York, NY
Allan Gross, M.D.
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Canada
Donald Hackbarth, M.D. — (Vice-Chair)
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Deryk Jones, M.D.
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Jefferson, LA
David Kulber, M.D.
Cedar Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Joseph Roth
New Jersey Sharing Network
New Providence, NJ
Tracy Schmidt
Intermountain Donor Services
Salt Lake City, UT
Dan M. Spengler, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
William W. Tomford, M.D. — (Chair)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Joseph D. Zuckerman, M.D.
NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, NY
Medical Board of Trustees
Joseph Alderete, M.D.
Brooke Army Medical Center
Jennifer Barr, M.D.
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Craig Bottoni, M.D.
Tripler Army Medical Center
Brian Brigman, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Matthew Cable, M.D.
Louisiana State University
Emily Carmody, M.D.
University of Rochester Medical School
Edward Cheng, M.D.
University of Minnesota
James L. Cook, DVM, Ph.D.
University of Missouri- Columbia
Olumide Danisa, M.D.
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Michael Dohm, M.D.
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Corey Edgar, M.D.
University of Connecticut Health Center
Robert Esther, M.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cristin Ferguson, M.D.
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Charles Gatt, M.D.
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Patrick Getty, M.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Christopher Harner, M.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
John Healey, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Kelly Homlar, M.D.
Georgia Regents University
Grant Jones, M.D.
Ohio State University
Deryk Jones, M.D. (Chair)
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Michael Joyce, M.D.
The Cleveland Clinic
Thorsten Kirsch, Ph.D
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
Aaron Krych, M.D.
Mayo Foundation
David Kulber, M.D. (Vice-Chair)
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
James Lawrence, M.D.
Albany Medical College
Jay Lieberman, M.D.
Keck Hospital of the University of Southern California
Patrick Lin, M.D.
University of Texas (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
David R. McAllister, M.D.
University of California - Los Angeles
Christopher McCrum, M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Sean McGarry, M.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Morris Mitsunaga, M.D.
Queens Medical Center, The
David Mohler, M.D.
Stanford University Hospital
Kevin Morrill, M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Michael Mott, M.D.
Henry Ford Hospital
John Neilson, M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Richard W. Nicholas, M.D.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Danielle Niedfeldt
Carolina Donor Services
Kevin O'Connor
Lifecenter Northwest
Gavin Pereira, MBBS, FRCS
University of California - Davis
Ramon Rodriquez, M.D.
Tulane University School of Medicine
Joseph Roth
New Jersey Sharing Network
Douglas Rowles, M.D.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Herbert Schwartz, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Frank Shen, M.D.
University of Virginia Health System
Mia Talmor, M.D., F.A.C.S
Weill Cornell Imaging at New York-Presbyterian
Wakenda Tyler, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center
Vacant
University of Utah School of Medicine
Vacant
Mount Sinai Medical Center School of Medicine
Thomas P. Vail, M.D.
University of California - San Francisco
Shane Woolf, M.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Stuart Youngner, M.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Vacant
Baylor College of Medicine
Vacant
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Donation Board of Trustees
Charlie Alexander
The Living Legacy Foundation
Tim Brown
Donor Network of Arizona
Alan Cochran
Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency
Kim A. Collins, MD
Medical Examiner Representative
Dorrie Dils
Gift of Life Michigan
Kimberly Dodds
Tissue Bank Manitoba
Donna Drury
Transplant Services Center
Gerry Estrella, MD (Interim Rep)
Legacy of Life Hawaii
Jan Finn
Midwest Transplant Network
Susan Gunderson
LifeSource
Kyle Herber
Live On Nebraska
Ed Huppman
Life Alaska Donor Services
Sarah Krowicki
Funeral Director Representative
David Kulber, MD
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Sandi Lemons
Southwest Transplant Alliance
Colleen McCarthy
Versiti
Heather Mekesa
Lifebanc
Sam Messina
Donor Family Representative
Howard Nathan
Gift of Life Donor Program
Danielle Niedfeldt
Carolina Donor Services
Kevin O’Connor
LifeCenter Northwest
Jeffrey Orlowski
LifeShare of Oklahoma
Lisa Paolillo
New England Donor Services
Joseph Roth — (Vice-Chair)
New Jersey Sharing Network
Tracy Schmidt — (Chair)
DonorConnect
Lisa Stocks
Lifesharing
Kevin Stump
Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency
Jeff Thomas
Sharing Hope SC
Janice Whaley
Donor Network West
Stuart Youngner, MD
Case Western Reserve University
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