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Transplant Community Advisory Council

The Transplant Community Advisory Council (TCAC) is a transplant community-led group that includes transplant candidates, recipients, donor family members, living donors, and caregivers. This group focuses on the Society's pillars of advocacy, education, organ donation, research, and service to the community through the lens of the patient. The Society strives to incorporate the patient voice into its advocacy efforts and meetings. If you are interested in being a part of the Transplant Community Advisory Council please complete the application.

Staff Liaison: Brooke Iarkowski

Meet the 2025-2026 Transplant Community Advisory Council

Madelyn Flickinger

Chair & Liver Transplant Recipient

Michael Sole

Co-Chair and Living Liver Transplant Recipient

Joseph Hillenburg

Past Chair & Caregiver to Heart Transplant Recipient

Valen Keefer

Kidney & Liver Transplant Recipient

Jennifer Ionno

Caregiver to Heart Transplant Recipient

Craig Smith

Heart Transplant Recipient

Bonnie Chakravorty

Single Lung Transplant Recipient

Tyler Chavez

Heart Transplant Recipient

Yosef Telsner

Living Kidney Donor

Swapna Kakani

Small Intestine Recipient

Dr. Darshana Dadhania

Transplant Nephrologist and Board Liaison

Lynn Carey

Double Lung Transplant Recipient

Elizabeth Goldman

Uterus Transplant Recipient

Joelle Weidenbaum

2x Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipient

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This content was developed independently by AST and supported by a financial contribution from Sanofi