Medical Board

The National Kidney Registry's Medical Board is comprised of leaders representing the most innovative and highest volume KPD centers in the United States as well as living donors and transplant recipients. All NKR medical and ethical decisions are governed by policies set by the Medical Board.

Medical Board Members

Robert Montgomery, MD, PhD

Heart Transplant Recipient
Chair, Department of Surgery NYU Langone Health
Director, Transplant Institute NYU Langone Health

Matthew Cooper, MD

NKR Surgical Director

Chief of Transplantation Medical College of Wisconsin
Director of Solid Organ Transplant Medical College of Wisconsin
Past President United Network of Organ Sharing

Caroline Jadlowiec, MD

Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Mayo Clinic Arizona

Raja Kandaswamy, MD, MBA

Vice-Chair, Transplantation Division University of Minnesota
Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant University of Minnesota
World leader in engineered transplant matching

Amy Waterman, PhD

NKR Research Director

Chair for Clinical Research in Transplant Medicine Houston Methodist Hospital

Michael Cecka, PhD

NKR Lab Director

Professor Emeritus UCLA
Former Director UCLA Immunogenetics Center

Margaret Voges, RN

Chair, NKR Operations Committee

Lead Transplant Coordinator University of Minnesota Medical Center

Karen Miller, RN

Past Chair, NKR Operations Committee

Lead Kidney Transplant Coordinator University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dean Pomerleau, PhD

Living Kidney and Liver Donor
Senior Research Scientist (adjunct) Carnegie Mellon University
Accomplished Entrepreneur

Amanda Leonberg-Yoo, MD

Medical Director, Kidney Transplant University of Pennsylvania Health
Medical Director University of Pennsylvania Dialysis Unit

Robert Redfield, MD

Division Chief, Abdominal Transplant University of California, Irvine
Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant University of California, Irvine

Cody Maynard

Living Kidney Donor
Director, Strategy Evergreen Nephrology
2X Donor Games Champion Donor Games

Jeffrey Veale, MD

Director, Kidney Exchange Program University of California, Los Angeles
2X recipient of the Terasaki Medical Innovation Award

Clark Kensinger, MD

Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Piedmont Healthcare

Jennifer Verbesey, MD

Director, Kidney Transplant MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute

Jessica Coleman, RN

Lead Kidney Paired Exchange Coordinator AdventHealth Transplant Institute at Porter

Chris Freise, MD

Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant University of California, San Francisco

Kari Rancourt

Living Kidney Donor
Lead Kidney Paired Exchange Coordinator Hartford Hospital

Mikel Prieto, MD

Kidney Donor and Recipient Surgeon Mayo Clinic Rochester
Past Director, Kidney Transplant Mayo Clinic Rochester

Massimo Mangiola, PhD

Director, Transplant Immunology NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Sandip Kapur, MD

Chief, Kidney Transplant NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Matt Freund

Kidney Transplant Recipient
Professional & Test Pilot Jets, Helicopters and Prop Aircraft
Aviation & Flight Instructor

Stuart Flechner, MD

Professor Emeritus Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine