IU Transplant Chief Elected To Organ Procurement Board
INDIANAPOLIS - Mark D. Pescovitz, M.D., director of the IU Division of Transplant Surgery, has been elected to the board of directors of the United Network for Organ Sharing as its Region 10 Councillor.
Dr. Pescovitz, who is professor of surgery and of microbiology and immunology at the Indiana University School of Medicine, specializes in liver, pancreas and kidney transplants, vascular access and experimental immunology. He currently serves on the membership and professional standards committee of the UNOS and Organ Procurement Transplantation Network, the latter of which is managed by UNOS under federal contract.
A graduate of Chicago's Northwestern University School of Medicine, Dr. Pescovitz has served on the bylaws committee of the American Society of Transplantation and the editorial board of Transplantation.
UNOS manages the nation's organ transplant system under contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Sevices. UNOS brings together medical professionals, transplant recipients and donor families to develop organ transplantation policy.
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