Contact Us

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 to you to the appropriate staff member.

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, MSnPOD Core Research Specialist

Helmut Hiller, MSnPOD Core Research Specialist

Ellen Verney, BSnPOD Core Research Specialist

Casey Grubel, BSnPOD 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

nPOD Administrative Office contact information

University of Florida, College of Medicine
Phone: (352) 273-8277
1275 Center Drive, BMSB Room J586
Fax: (352) 273-9370
PO Box 100275
npod@pathology.ufl.edu

Gainesville, FL 32610-0275
www.jdrfnpod.org