Featuring Clive Callender, MD, Founder and CEO of National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP), Transplant Surgeon 

MODERATOR: 

Paula K. Davis, MA, CDE, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Office of Health Science Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, University of Pittsburgh

PANELISTS

Clive Callender, MD, National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) Founder& CEO, Transplant Surgeon and Professor, Howard University College of Medicine

Naudia L. Jonassaint, MD, MBA, MHS, Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Department of Medicine, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Suzanna Masartis, CEO, Community Liver Alliance

Clayton Ruley, MSS, MLSP, Program Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Community Liver Alliance

Katelynn Metz, BA, Marketing and Communication Coordinator, Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE)

National Minority Donor Awareness Month is a collaborative initiative of the National (Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation) Multicultural Action Group (NMAG) to save and improve the quality of life of diverse communities by creating a positive culture for organ, eye, and tissue donation. National Minority Donor Awareness Month* stems from National Minority Donor Awareness Week, founded in 1996 by MOTTEP, to bring heightened awareness to donation and transplantation in multicultural communities – focusing primarily on African American, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and Native American communities.

This is a time to raise awareness about health disparities that continue to affect people from racial and ethnic minority groups and encourage action through health education, early detection and control of disease complications. Education is so important, especially among communities of color, where myths and misconceptions are more prevalent.