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 30 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
Martha Anderson
Executive Vice President, Donor Services
Michael J. Kawas
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Marc Long
Executive Vice President, Research and Development
Michael Oleck
Executive Vice President, Processing
Thomas Shaffer
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
Jennifer Birmingham
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer
Brad Bailey
Vice President & General Manager, Orthopedics Franchise
Heather Brennan
Vice President & General Manager, PRS Franchise
Kim Rounds
Vice President & General Manager, Wound Care Franchise
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
Jan Finn, RN, MSN
Midwest Transplant Network
Westwood, KS
Victor Frankel, M.D., Ph.D. — (Emeritus)
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
New York, NY
Allan Gross, M.D. (Emeritus)
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Canada
Donald Hackbarth, M.D. — (Vice-Chair)
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
David Kulber, M.D.
Cedar Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
David R. McAllister, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Los Angeles, CA
Joseph Roth
New Jersey Sharing Network
New Providence, NJ
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. (Chair - Membership and Nominations Committee)
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Joseph Benevenia
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
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 Center
Edward Cheng, M.D.
University of Minnesota
Mark Clemens, M.D.
MD Anderson
James L. Cook, DVM, Ph.D.
University of Missouri
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
Cynthia Emory, M.D.
Wake Forest University
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
Hirmand Haideh, MD, FACS
Cornell-Weill Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
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 - Executive Committee)
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Michael Joyce, M.D.
The Cleveland Clinic
Jarrod Kaufman, MD, FACS
Premier Surgical Associates
Thorsten Kirsch, Ph.D
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
Aaron Krych, M.D.
Mayo Foundation
David Kulber, M.D. (Vice-Chair - Executive Committee)
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
David Kulber, M.D. (Chair - Tissue Procedures and Protocols Committee)
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
James Lawrence, M.D.
Albany Medical College
Francis Lee, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
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.
The Queens Medical Center
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 (Chair - Ethics Committee)
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
University of Pittsburgh
Vacant
Mount Sinai Medical Center School of Medicine
Thomas P. Vail, M.D.
University of California - San Francisco
Shane Woolf, M.D. (Chair - Education Committee)
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
Dave DeStefano
Sharing Hope SC
Dorrie Dils
Gift of Life Michigan
Kimberly Dodds
Tissue Bank Manitoba
Donna Drury
Transplant Services Center - Dallas
Jan Finn
Midwest Transplant Network
Susan Gunderson
LifeSource
Kyle Herber
Live On Nebraska
Patty Jo Herndon
Donor Family Representative
Ed Huppman
Life Alaska Donor Services
Sarah Krowicki
Funeral Director Representative
David Kulber, MD
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Sandi Lemons
Southwest Transplant Alliance
Leonard Licina
Legacy of Life Hawaii
Ginny McBride
OurLegacy
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
Joseph Roth — (Chair)
New Jersey Sharing Network
Tracy Schmidt
DonorConnect
Lisa Stocks
Lifesharing
Janice Whaley
Donor Network West
Stuart Youngner, MD
Case Western Reserve University
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MTF Biologics is a registered trademark of the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation.