Awards

Terasaki Medical Innovation Award

  • 2023: Dr. Jeffrey Veale, UCLA
  • 2019: Matt Everly, Terasaki Research Institute
  • 2019: Emory Transplant Center, Intermountain Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Medical University of South Carolina, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Tampa General Hospital, UCSF Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, UCHealth Living Donor Program, UW Health Transplant Program, Vidant Medical Center, Virginia Transplant Center (2019)
  • 2018: UCSF Medical Center
  • 2017: GE Healthcare, VasoHealthcare IT, AMBRA Health & RackSpace
  • 2016: Andrea Tietjen, Saint Barnabas Medical Center
  • 2015: Annette Jackson, PhD, Johns Hopkins
  • 2015: Saint Barnabas Medical Center
  • 2015: UCLA
  • 2014: Janet Hiller, Johns Hopkins Transplant Center
  • 2014: Suzanne Mcguire, UCLA Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
  • 2013: University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • 2013: Dr. Robert Montgomery (Johns Hopkins Hospital) (2013)
  • 2012: Alvin Roth & Itai Ashlagi
  • 2011: Dr. Michael Rees
  • 2010: Dr. Paul Terasaki (Given as the Medical Innovation Award)

Grace Under Pressure Award

  • 2019: Valerie Chipman, UCSF
  • 2019: Maile Reddy, The Queen’s Medical Center
  • 2018: Kay Kosberg, Kristen Pelletier, Annemarie Dunn Morgan, Karen Miller, Donna Collins, and Tammy Wright (Mayo, Brigham, Madison, Penn and Sharp)
  • 2017: Karen Miller, Nikki Lawson, Janet Hiller, Laurie Thompson, Melissa Van Syckle & Jessica Vucci (Madison, Hopkins, Maryland, VAHD & Georgetown) (2017)
  • 2017: Valerie McBride, Jeff Klister, Karen Miller, Bobbi Peterson, Suzanne McGuire & Kelly Coffey (UCSF, ASL, Madison, OSU, UCLA & Indiana)
  • 2016: Sharon Mathews, RN & Karen Miller, RN (Emory & Madison)
  • 2015: Donna Collins, Penn
  • 2015: Valerie McBride, UCSF
  • 2015: Suzanne McGuire, UCLA
  • 2014: Cami Meunier, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
  • 2014: Tammy Wright (Sharp Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
  • 2013: Jennifer Makely & Nanci Flores, UCLA Medical Center
  • 2012: Tammy Wright, RN
  • 2011: Suzanne McGuire RN BSN, CCTC
  • 2010: Marian Charlton RN, CCTC
  • 2009: Marie Morgievich, Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Excellence in Physician Leadership Award

  • 2023: Raja Kandaswamy, MD
  • 2019: Nicole Turgeon, MD
  • 2018: Matt Cooper, MD

Excellence in Teamwork Award

2019: 7-way swap, chain 1448:

  • Augusta University Medical Center, Emory Transplant Center, Maine Medical Center Transplant Program, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, UCSF Medical Center, UC San Diego Medical, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, UW Health Transplant Program

2018: 9-way swap, chain 1060/1075:

  • Hartford Hospital Transplant Center, Indiana University Health Transplant, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York – Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, UCSF Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical Center

2017: 17-way swap, chain 981:

  • Allegheny General Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Florida, Emory Transplant Center, Houston Methodist, J.C. Walter Transplant, Indiana University Health Transplant, Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Pinnacle Health System, Rush University Medical Center, Stanford University Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Virginia Transplant Center, University of Washington Medical Center, Virginia Transplant Center

2016: 28-way swap, chain 459:

  • Aurora Saint Lukes’s Medical Center, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Centura Porter Adventist Hospital, Georgia Regents Health System, Houston Methodist, J.C. Walter Transplant, Indiana University Health Transplant, Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina, Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, Memphis, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Ohio State University Medical Center, Pinnacle Health System, Sharp Memorial Hospital Kidney Transplant, Starzl Transplant Institute (UPMC), UCLA Medical Center, University of Chicago Medicine, University of Cincinnati Hospital, University of Minnesota Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Tommy D’Alessandro – National Kidney Registry

2015: 35-way swap, chain 357:

  • Allegheny General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Transplant Surgery, Christiana Care Health System Kidney Transplant Program, Cleveland Clinic, New York – Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Transplant, California Pacific Medical Center, Fort Worth Transplant Institute at Plaza Medical Center, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Hartford Hospital Transplant Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, University of Maryland Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Ohio State University Medical Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pinnacle Health System, Centura Porter Adventist Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina, Sharp Memorial Hospital Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Center, UCLA Medical Center, UCSF Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical Center, University of Virginia Transplant Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center

2014, 28-way swap, chain 221:

  • Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Living Donor Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center Transplant Services, Cleveland Clinic Kidney Transplant Program, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, NY Presbyterian Weill-Cornell, California Pacific Medical Center Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, Emory Transplant Center, The Kidney Transplant Program at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, The UW Health Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Transplant Center, Methodist University Transplant Institute, Houston Methodist, J.C. Walter Transplant Center, Mount Sinai Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, NJ Sharing Network, University of Pennsylvania, Tampa General Hospital Transplant, UCLA Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, University of Utah Transplant, Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Yale-New Haven Transplantation

2013: 12-way swap, chain 187:

  • UW Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Transplant Center, University of Maryland Medical, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, New York – Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Porter Transplant Center

2012: 30-way swap, chain 124:

  • Riverside Community Transplant Center, Saint Barnabas Medical Center Living Donor Institute, UW Health, Allegheny General Center Transplant Services, Sharp Memorial Kidney Transplant, UCLA Transplant Program, NY Presbyterian Weill Cornell, Ohio State University Medical Center, Loyola University Medical Center, Loma linda University Medical Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Transplant, Tampa General Hospital Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center, University of California, San Francisco

Corporate Social Responsibility Award

  • 2012: Microsoft Corporation
  • 2011: Optumhealth
  • 2010: Cigna Lifesource Transplant Network®
  • 2010: Dr. Stephen Crawford
  • 2009: Aetna Inc

Excellence in Logistics Support Award

  • 2011: New Jersey Sharing Network

Non-Profit of the Year Award

  • 2011: National Transplant Assistance Fund

Leadership in Altruism Award

  • 2011: Dr. Sandip Kapur
  • 2010: Dr. John Milner, MD, Loyola University Medical Center
  • 2009: Marian Charlton, Cornell Medical Center

Excellence in Laboratory Support Award

  • 2011: Onelegacy
  • 2011: Southwest Immunodiagnostics Lab
  • 2010: Dr. Elaine Reed, Director, UCLA Immunogenetics Center
  • 2009: California Pacific Medical Center

Political Action Award

  • 2011: Pennsylvania Representative Robert W. Godshall
  • 2010: The Honorable Senator Elaine Alquist

Humanitarian Award

  • 2011, Ira Brody
  • 2010, The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger

Financial Development

  • 2010, Google
  • 2009, Anthony Rossi

Patient Advocacy

  • 2010: Lori Hartwell, Founder/President, Renal Support Network

Excellence in Organ Procurement Support

  • 2010: Kent Holloway, Lifeline of Ohio
  • 2009: New Jersey Sharing Network & One Legacy

Outreach & Education

  • 2010: Rebecca Brown, Transplant Coordinator, Pinnacle Health Systems

Most Transplant Exchanges Completed

  • 2009: New York – Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Most Transplant Exchange Enrollments

  • 2009: CPMC and UCSF

Medical Innovation Transplant Surgery

  • 2009: Jeffrey Veale, MD, UCLA Medical Center

Lifetime Achievement Award

  • 2023: Ned Brooks, NKDO