Dr. David Mulligan and Dr. Matthew Cooper

David Mulligan, MD, FACS, FAST, FAASLD, is an abdominal organ transplant surgeon performing both living and deceased donor liver, kidney, and pancreas transplants. He currently serves as Professor of Surgery, Transplantation, and Immunology in the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine/Yale New Haven Health System. His clinical and academic focus surrounds living donor liver transplantation, expanding donation, and working on ways to utilize ex-vivo organ perfusion systems. Dr. Mulligan has performed over 250 living donor transplants and authored over 180 publications. He also has served on numerous international editorial review boards and contributed to the oversight and recommendations regarding the impacts of Covid-19 on solid organ transplantation in the United States. Dr. Mulligan is the past president of UNOS/OPTN as well as Director of Transplant Innovation and Technology at Yale University. 

Matthew Cooper, MD, FACS, FAST is the Chief of Transplantation, Director of Solid Organ Transplant, and a Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is the Mark B. Adams Distinguished Professor of Surgery. His clinical interests include kidney and pancreas transplantation in both children and adults; particularly the use of marginal organs and has chaired several national taskforces. He has authored over 280 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 300 abstracts and 12 book chapters. Dr. Cooper is involved in organ transplantation activities both nationally and internationally. He is an UNOS/OPTN Past President and a member of the Board of Directors for several national organizations