Transplant Advocacy Award
The Transplant Advocacy award recognizes an individual's contribution and advocacy to important areas.
The following areas include but are not limited to:
- Transplant Recipient Quality of Life
- Organ Donation
- Transplant Education
- Recipient and Donor Rights
- Transplant Research Funding
Eligibility Criteria
- Nominee must be a transplant recipient, candidate, live donor, donor family and/or community advocate who has championed a transplant donation cause.
- Nominator may be an AST member or the transplant community at large.
- AST members are not eligible to receive this award.
Award
The award recipient is recognized during the American Transplant Congress, receives a commemorative crystal award, and is provided some reimbursement for their family to attend the recognition ceremony.
Past Award Recipients
AST has recognized hundreds of the leading contributors to the field of transplantation. View all the recipients.
SearchNominations open in November and close in January.
Application Requirements
- Nominee's contact details
- Nominee's bio or resume
- Letter of recommendation written by the nominator
Amy Silverstein
This award is named in memory of an important community member, Amy Silverstein. Ms. Silverstein was one of the founding members of the AST Transplant Community Advisory Council, a two-time heart recipient, and staunch advocate for transplant patient rights.
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