Science Driven.
Patient Focused.
Patient Focused.
Medical Conferences
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Aesthetic Extender Symposium
August 07 - 10, 2025
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Health Trust University Conference
August 18 - 20, 2025
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IDN Summit - Summer
August 25 - 27, 2025
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SAWC Fall
September 03 - 6, 2025
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Vizient Connections Summit
September 15 - 19, 2025
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Upholding the highest standards ensures the best possible patient experiences.
Headquartered in Edison, New Jersey, MTF Biologics has been saving and healing lives for more than 35 years by honoring donated gifts, serving patients, and advancing science. From orthopedics, to wound care, to plastic and reconstructive surgery, we are innovators of scientific progress and patient advocacy.
MTF Biologics at a Glance
As a global nonprofit organization that saves and heals lives by honoring donated gifts and serving patients, we collaborate with the medical, scientific, as well as organ and tissue donation communities. Our colleagues include:
- The International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine (IIAM): a division of MTF Biologics, honors donors of non-transplantable organs and tissue by providing their gifts to the medical research community to combat and cure disease.
- Statline: a division of MTF Biologics, provides specialized communications and technology expertise to organ, tissue, and eye procurement organizations, as well as the hospital and patients that they serve.
- The German Institute for Cell and Tissue Transplantation (DIZG): our sister organization, further expands our global reach to patients around the world.
Our goal is simple–do what's right for patients, surgeons, tissue donors, and their families through our guiding principles:
- We transform by providing safe, high-quality grafts from donated human tissues that are used in a growing array of clinical fields.
- We collaborate by forging relationships with experts in tissue and organ recovery, as well as leading physicians and scientists, to accelerate innovation and ensure the best possible experiences and outcomes for patients.
- We innovate by advancing the science of transplantation by supporting research within our own organization and among clinicians and researchers worldwide.
- We give back by reinvesting in research to positively affect lives across the globe.
Executive Officers
Joe Yaccarino
President and Chief Executive Officer
Michael J. Kawas
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
George Herrera
Executive Vice President, Donor Services
Marc Long
Executive Vice President, Research and Development
Michael Oleck
Executive Vice President, Processing
Jennifer Birmingham
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer
Brad Bailey
Vice President & General Manager, Orthopedics Franchise
Brian Leuthner
Vice President & General Manager, Soft Tissue, Aesthetics & Reconstruction Franchise
Board of Directors
Joseph A. Buckwalter, M.D.
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Gerald Finerman, M.D. (Emeritus)
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Jan Finn, RN, MSN
Midwest Transplant Network
Westwood, KS
Sharon Gabrielson (Vice-Chair)
SRG Associates, LLC
Rochester, MN
Allan Gross, M.D. (Emeritus)
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Canada
Donald Hackbarth, M.D. (Chair)
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
David Kulber, M.D.
Cedar Sinai Medical Center LA
Los Angeles, CA
David R. McAllister, M.D.
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Jeffrey P. Orlowski
LifeShare Tissue Services
Oklahoma City, OK
Mia Talmor, M.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
William W. Tomford, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Joseph D. Zuckerman, M.D.
NYU, Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, NY
Medical Board of Trustees Representatives
Representatives on the Medical Board of Trustees (MBOT) are either physicians appointed by MTF Biologic's Academic Members to represent their institution or appointed by the MBOT Chairperson to represent relevant surgical specialties.
Jennifer Barr, M.D.
Member Representative
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Craig Bottoni, M.D.
Member Representative
Tripler Army Medical Center
Brian Brigman, M.D.
Member Representative
Duke University Medical Center
Matthew Cable, M.D.
Member Representative
Louisiana State University
Alexandra Callan M.D.
Member Representative
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Emily Carmody, M.D.
Member Representative
University of Rochester Medical Center
Edward Chang, M.D.
Specialty Representative
MD Anderson
Edward Cheng, M.D.
Member Representative
University of Minnesota
James L. (Jimi) Cook, DVM, Ph.D.
Member Representative
University of Missouri
Cory Edgar, M.D.
Member Representative
University of Connecticut Health Center
Robert Esther, M.D.
Member Representative
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert Galiano, M.D.
Specialty Representative
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Charles Gatt, M.D.
Member Representative
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Patrick Getty, M.D.
Member Representative
Case Western Reserve University
Justin Gillenwater, M.D.
Specialty Representative
University of Southern California
Geoffrey Gurtner, M.D.
Specialty Representative
University of Arizona College of Medicine
John Healey, M.D.
Member Representative
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Haideh Hirmand, M.D., FACS
Specialty Representative
Weill Cornell Medical College
Grant Jones, M.D.
Member Representative
The Ohio State University
Deryk Jones, M.D.
Member Representative
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Michael Joyce, M.D.
Member Representative
The Cleveland Clinic
David Kulber, M.D.
Member Representative
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
James Lawrence, M.D.
Member Representative
Medical University of South Carolina
Francis Lee, M.D., PhD
Member Representative
Yale School of Medicine
Charles K. Lee, M.D.
Specialty Representative
University of California - San Francisco
Edward Lee, M.D.
Specialty Representative
Rutgers New Jersey Medial School
Jay Lieberman, M.D.
Member Representative
Keck Hospital of the University of Southern California
Patrick Lin, M.D.
Member Representative
University of Texas (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
David R. McAllister, M.D. (Chair)
Member Representative
University of California - Los Angeles
Sean McGarry, M.D.
Member Representative
University of Nebraska Medical Center
David Mohler, M.D.
Member Representative
Stanford University Hospital
Corey Montgomery, M.D., M.S.
Member Representative
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Michael Mott, M.D.
Member Representative
Henry Ford Hospital
Rahim Nazerali, M.D.
Specialty Representative
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dennis Orgill, M.D.
Specialty Representative
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Alan Reynolds, M.D.
Member Representative
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Daniel Saris M.D., Ph.D.
Member Representative
Mayo Foundation
Herbert Schwartz, M.D.
Member Representative
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Frank Shen, M.D.
Member Representative
University of Virginia Health System
Mia Talmor, M.D., FACS (Vice-Chair)
Specialty Representative
Cornell Weill Medical College
Wakenda Tyler, M.D.
Member Representative
Columbia University Medical Center
Adam Wooldridge, M.D.
Member Representative
Medical College of Wisconsin
Academic Institutions
Albany Medical College
Augusta University
Baylor College of Medicine
Brooke Army Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, The
Columbia University Medical Center
Duke University Medical Center
Henry Ford Hospital
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
Keck Hospital of the University of Southern California
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Louisiana State University
Mayo Foundation
Medical College of Wisconsin
Medical University of South Carolina
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Mount Sinai Medical Center School of Medicine
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Queen's Medical Center, The
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Stanford University Hospital
The Ohio State University
Tripler Army Medical Center
Tulane University School of Medicine
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
University of California - Davis
University of California - Los Angeles
University of California - San Francisco
University of Connecticut Health Center
University of Minnesota
University of Mississippi Medical Center
University of Missouri - Columbia
University of Nebraska Medical Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Rochester Medical School
University of Texas (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
University of Utah School of Medicine
University of Virginia Health System
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Yale University
Donation Board of Trustees
Dominic Adorno
DonorConnect
Charlie Alexander
Infinite Legacy
Danielle Bumarch
HonorBridge
Kim A. Collins, M.D.
Medical Examiner Representative
Dave DeStefano
Sharing Hope SC
Dorrie Dils
Gift of Life Michigan
Donna Drury
Transplant Services Center - Dallas
Jan Finn (Chair)
Midwest Transplant Network
Santokh Gill
LifeCenter Northwest
Aaron Goldenberg, PhD.
Case Western Reserve University
Rick Hasz
Gift of Life Donor Program
Kyle Herber
Live On Nebraska
Patty Jo Herndon
Donor Family Representative
Sarah Krowicki
Funeral Director Representative
Leonard Licina
Legacy of Life Hawaii
Ginny McBride
OurLegacy
Colleen McCarthy
Versiti
Sam Messina
Donor Family Representative
Kathy Mills
Donor Network of Arizona
Jeffrey Orlowski (Vice Chair)
LifeShare Tissue Services
Katie Payne
Lifebanc
Mia Talmor, M.D., FACS
Cornell Weill Medical College
Jeff Trageser
Lifesharing
Mark Tudor
Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency
Carolyn Welsh
New Jersey Sharing Network
Janice Whaley
Donor Network West
Kelly White
LifeSource
