Walter Reed Hosts Transplant Summit to Foster Greater Collaboration Among Health Care Providers Domestically and Internationally
A renowed team of surgeons and researchers shared insights on improving the organ transplant system throughout the Department of Defense medical community during Walter Reed's annual Transplant Summit. From left to right: Dr. Jason Hawksworth - Chief of Adult Liver Transplants, Columbia University; Dr. Rodrigo Mateo, Senior Transplant Surgeon - USUHS; Shariff E. McGee, Program Dir. Organ Transplant Services Clinic; U.S. Army LTC (Dr.) Jamie Diaz, Walter Reed Chief of Organ Transplant Surgery; Dr. Sharon Weeks Groh, Walter Reed Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgical Dir.; Surgeon; Dr. Eric Elster, dean of USUHS Medical School; Dr. Michael A. Rees, Alliance for Paired Kidney Foundation; and Dr. Roberto S. Kalil, Dir. of Outpatient Nephrology, University of Maryland School Medicine.
