171.5 Surgeons Are Apprehensive to Use DCD Lungs Compared to DCD and DBD Abdominal Organs Despite Similar Post-Transplant Outcomes: A 20-Year UNOS Retrospective Analysis

Marcelo Cypel MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC

Surgical Director Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN​

Surgical Director UHN ECLS Program

Canada Research Chair in Lung Transplantation
Professor of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Toronto, University Health Network

Senior-Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute

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​J. Sam Meyer is a research fellow in the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the Rabin Medical Center under the guidance of Prof. Yaron Barac, focusing on heart and lung transplantation. He is currently pursuing his Medical Degree at Tel Aviv University as well as a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Ben Gurion University and working full time as a consultant at the WHO for the Regional European Director. He holds BA from Columbia University and Masters of Economics from the London School of Economics. He is working with Prof. Barac and Prof. Dan Aravot to implement a 3D printing workflow for organ procurement and size matching in heart and lung transplantation and conducting large scale data analyses on the United Network of Organ Sharing registry to identify donor characteristics and increase donor pools in DCD, and intracranial bleeding donors in conjunction with Duke University Medical Center. He continues to maintain his commitment to military reserve duty as a team leader in Unit 669.