For organ donation and issues of donor suitability please call us Toll Free at 866-731-6585. We are available 24hr/day and will refer you to the appropriate staff member.
nPOD Administrative Office contact information
University of Florida, College of Medicine
1275 Center Drive, BMSB Room J586
PO Box 100275
Gainesville, FL 32610-0275
For general information, please contact our Administrative Staff
Mark Atkinson, Ph.D.
nPOD Executive Director
Carmella Evans-Molina, MD, Ph.D.
nPOD Co-Executive Director
Alberto Pugliese, MD
nPOD Co-Executive Director
Administrative Core Staff
Mingder Yang, Ph.D.
nPOD Director
Robert O’Flynn, BA HDS-C
nPOD OPO Liaison and Organ Donor Development Coordinator
Lisa Turk, MS
nPOD Investigator Coordinator
Alice Zhang
nPOD Program Assistant
Organ Processing and Pathology Core Staff
Irina Kusmartseva, PhD
nPOD OPPC Director
Maria Beery, MS
nPOD Core Research Specialist
Helmut Hiller, MS
nPOD Core Research Specialist
Ellen Verney, BS
nPOD Core Research Specialist
Casey Grubel, BS
nPOD Core Research Technician
Robin Foss, BA, BHS, PS (ASCP)
nPOD Core Pathology Assistant
Amanda Ramella, BS
nPOD Laboratory Technician – Histology
Kacie Geelhoed, BS
nPOD Core Research Technician
Alexis Meier, BA
nPOD Core Research Technician