Clinical Consulting
OPO Medical Director On Call
As Chief OPO Medical Director, Dr. D’Alessandro has extensive experience in determining donor eligibility, organ suitability for transplantation and donor management techniques to help maintain the opportunity for donation during the organ evaluation period.
OPO & Transplant Center Leadership
As an adult and pediatric liver, kidney, pancreas and intestinal transplant surgeon, Dr, D’Alessandro is keenly aware of the transplant needs of potential recipients. In his role as the OPO Medical Director he has developed and trained non-surgeon organ recovery specialists.
Research Consulting
Dr. D’Alessandro has been an advocate for innovative organ preservation and perfusion techniques. He led the first normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) liver preservation in the United States and has trained countless staff to cannulate livers and kidneys for machine perfusion as well as set up and run the Organox Metra NMP device. Use of these devices is the future of OPOs and transplant centers and will make more organs available for transplantation.
Educational Consulting
Dr. D’Alessandro has decades of experience with presenting and speaking to large auditoriums and symposiums as well as to small groups in educational and clinical settings.