Professor Mario Macis of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School was named to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine panel of experts examining issues related to human organ donation, a topic he has investigated in numerous research studies during the past decade.
The organization explained in a recent statement that the panel’s goal, in advance of an eventual final report, is “to conduct a study to examine the economic (costs), ethical, policy, regulatory, and operational issues relevant to organ allocation policy decisions involving deceased donor organs (e.g., heart, lung, liver, kidney, kidney-pancreas, intestinal, vascular composite allografts, dual and/or multi-organ organ transplants).”
In addition, the experts “will examine the gaps, barriers, and opportunities for improving deceased donor organ procurement, allocation, and organ distribution to waiting recipients at transplant centers with a keen eye towards optimizing the quality and quantity of donated organs available for transplantation – in a cost effective and efficient, fair and equitable manner.”
Macis (PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago) is one of 17 panel members including academic researchers and healthcare professionals from leading institutions across the United States. Kenneth Kizer, chief healthcare transformation officer and senior executive vice president for Atlas Research, serves as panel chair.
