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  • Special to SID&T

    SID&T Endorses a True Experts Pushback to the New York Times

    After reading Brian Rosenthal’s New York Times front page article, “A Push for More Organ Donations is Putting Donors at Risk”. Donation and transplant expert Tom Mone, retired OPO and Hospital CEO submitted the following response:

    Rosenthal’s article has a fundamental flaw: Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) do not determine if a patient has a terminal neurological injury, OPOs do not communicate the terminal nature of the injury and futility of continued care to the family, OPOs do not declare death prior to … Read more →

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    Latest Published Research Confirms Major Flaws in CMS Governing Rule

    The authors (Schold, Lopez et.al) analyzed yearly performance variability, compared data sources, and examined the impact of CALC versus CALC-adjusted, which excludes donors with potential contraindications. There was significant year-to-year variability in CDC CALC tiers with 36%-41% of OPOs changing tiers year-over-year, making reliance on 1 year problematic.

    “It is challenging to confidently de-certify OPOs based on one of the two without knowing which data source is more accurate.” … Read more →

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    SID&T RFI Submission to House Ways and Means Committee Misguided Questions

    The United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means recently requested information on Organ Procurement Organizations. Again in this critical area of healthcare a Congressional committee parrots political special interest and not science. SID&T takes them on. The coming chaos in the donation and transplant system is not due to the so-called issues enumerated in the Request for Information. The issue for Congress and America is … Read more →

  • Special to SID&T

    Federal OMB Rule Recision

    Filing by SID&T

    Responsible medical and scientific research voices in the organ donation and transplant field have long recognized the failure of CMS’s governing rule. The agency’s documented history of failure and overreach can now be highlighted as a potential precursor to its necessary repeal. Recently the Office of Management and Budget requested information on regulations that should be rescinded. SID&T delivered an irrefutable argument for rescission ... Read more →

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    A Wrong Fix for Tampa and the Nation’s Organ Transplant System

    by Anthony Watkins, MD SID&T Advisory Board
    Tampa Bay Times April 18, 2025

    Few lifesaving medical procedures rely as deeply on partnership and coordination as organ transplantation. The moment a patient receives the call for a potential organ is only possible because a grieving family, during an incredibly vulnerable time, agrees to give the gift of life. A dedicated Organ Procurement Organization then works with hospitals to make that miracle possible ... Read more →

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    The Repetitive History of CMS Failing Patients and Donors with Flawed Metrics for OPOs

    Over the fifty plus year history of Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) in the United States, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has empirically and repeatedly failed to develop and adopt a reliable and comprehensive assessment of their relative performance. Charged by Congress with this responsibility in 1984, it took CMS until 1998 to adopt its first measure ... Read more →

Hear From the SID&T Advisory Board

Hear From the SID&T Advisory Board

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Hear From the Experts That Support Reform

  • Anthony Watkins, MD

    The Surgical Director of the Center for Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program at Tampa General Hospital. Prior, Dr. Watkins was an attending transplant surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at NYU Langone Health.

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  • Matthew Cooper, MD

    Chief of Transplantation, Director of Solid Organ Transplant and a Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Mark B. Adams Distinguished Professor of Surgery.

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  • Dr. J. Thomas Rosenthal

    Dr. J. Thomas Rosenthal, a recognized donation and transplant expert joins SID&T’s call for legitimate reform. In our interview with one of America’s most trusted and experienced experts in organ donation and transplant calls for …

    Watch the interview with Thomas →

  • Anne Murphy, MBA, FACHE

    Consultant and former Chief Administrative Officer, Department of Learning Health Sciences University of Michigan Medical School, and Transplant Center Administrative Director – University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers.

    Watch the interview with Anne →

  • Herb Conaway, MD

    Dr. Conaway Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the New Jersey General Assembly Health Committee joins SID&T call for legitimate reform and the need for health care equity.

    Watch the interview with Herb →

  • Dr. Gerald Wilson

    The Surgical Director of the Center for Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program at Tampa General Hospital. Prior, Dr. Watkins was an attending transplant surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at NYU Langone Health.

    Watch the interview with Gerald →
  • Michael J. Goldstein, MD, FACS

    Michael J. Goldstein, MD, FACS

    Dr. Goldstein serves as the Director of the Division of Organ Transplantation at Hackensack University Medical Center OPTN/UNOS surgical program director for adult and pediatric kidney transplantation, and pancreas transplantation.

    Watch the interview with Michael →