Organ Procurement Surgeon

The Organ Procurement Surgeon is responsible for the surgical recovery of deceased donor organs for transplantation and/or research in the operative setting. This surgeon serves within the Organ Services department and is accountable for the surgical evaluation, dissection, recovery, preservation, packaging, and disposition of donor organs in accordance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and transplantation best practices.

The Organ Procurement Surgeon is primarily responsible for the recovery of abdominal organs from both Donation after Brain Death (DBD) and Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) donors and may also participate in the recovery of thoracic organs, tissues, heart valves, and research organs as applicable.