Francis L. Delmonico, MD, FACS is Professor of Surgery, Part-Time Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he is Emeritus Director of Renal Transplantation. He has been a member of the MGH Department of Surgery for nearly 35 years. He is Past-President of The Transplantation Society and appointed as an Advisor to the World Health Organization in matters of organ donation and transplantation since 2006. Dr. Delmonico is the Medical Director of the New England Organ Bank since 1995. Dr. Delmonico has been an invited lecturer and Visiting Professor in numerous cities and universities in more than 70 countries throughout the world. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Pan American University of Mexico City. He has authored or co-authored more than 300 publications, including in the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, the Journal of the American Medical Association and the New York Times. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs including Nightline, Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning America, Bloomberg News and NPR News.