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
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
William W. Tomford, M.D. — (Chairman)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Donald Hackbarth, M.D. — (Vice-Chair)
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Joseph A. Buckwalter, M.D.
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Jan Finn, RN, MSN
Midwest Transplant Network
Westwood, KS
Sharon Gabrielson
SRG Associates, LLC
Rochester, MN
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
Joseph D. Zuckerman, M.D.
NYU, Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, NY
Gerald Finerman, M.D. — (Emeritus)
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Allan Gross, M.D. - (Emeritus)
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Canada
Medical Board of Trustees
Joseph Alderete, M.D.
Brooke Army Medical Center
Jennifer Barr, M.D.
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
Danielle Bumarch
HonorBridge
Matthew Cable, M.D.
Louisiana State University
Alexandra Callan M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Emily Carmody, M.D.
University of Rochester Medical Center
Edward Cheng, M.D.
University of Minnesota
James L. (Jimi) Cook, DVM, Ph.D.
University of Missouri
Olumide Danisa, M.D.
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Cory Edgar, M.D.
University of Connecticut Health Center
Robert Esther, M.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Charles Gatt, M.D.
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Patrick Getty, M.D.
Case Western Reserve University
John Healey, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Haideh Hirmand, M.D., FACS
Cornell-Weill Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Kelly Homlar, M.D.
Georgia Regents University
Grant Jones, M.D.
The Ohio State University
Deryk Jones, M.D.
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Michael Joyce, M.D.
The Cleveland Clinic
Jarrod Kaufman, M.D., FACS
Premier Surgical Associates
Thorsten Kirsch, Ph.D
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
Aaron Krych, M.D.
Mayo Foundation
David Kulber, M.D.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
James Lawrence, M.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Francis Lee, M.D., 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. (Chair)
University of California - Los Angeles
Sean McGarry, M.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Morris Mitsunaga, M.D.
The Queens Medical Center
David Mohler, M.D.
Stanford University Hospital
Corey Montgomery, M.D., M.S.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Kevin Morrill, M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Michael Mott, M.D.
Henry Ford Hospital
Gavin Pereira, MBBS, FRCS
University of California - Davis
Joseph Roth
New Jersey Sharing Network
Douglas Rowles, M.D.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Daniel Saris M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Foundation
Herbert Schwartz, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Richard Sharp, PhD.
Mayo Clinic
Frank Shen, M.D.
University of Virginia Health System
Mia Talmor, M.D., FACS (Vice-Chair)
Weill Cornell Imaging at New York-Presbyterian
Wakenda Tyler, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center
Thomas P. Vail, M.D.
University of California - San Francisco
Brian Waterman, M.D.
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Adam Wooldridge, M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Vacant
University of Utah School of Medicine
Vacant
Albany Medical College
Vacant
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Vacant
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Vacant
Baylor College of Medicine
Vacant
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Vacant
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Vacant
University of Pittsburgh
Vacant
Tulane University School of Medicine
Vacant
Mount Sinai Medical Center School of Medicine
Donation Board of Trustees
Dominic Adorno
DonorConnect
Charlie Alexander
Infinite Legacy
Tim Brown
Donor Network of Arizona
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
Jeffrey Orlowski (Vice Chair)
LifeShare Tissue Services
Mia Talmor, M.D., FACS
Cornell Weill Medical College
Michelle Tomiuk
Tissue Bank Manitoba
Jeff Trageser
Lifesharing
Mark Tudor
Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency
Carolyn Welsh
New Jersey Sharing Network
Janice Whaley
Donor Network West
Kelly White
LifeSource
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MTF Biologics is a registered trademark of the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation.