Department of Surgery Grand Rounds "Impatient Optimism: Navigating the Intersection of Law Ethics & Innovation in Donation & Transplantation"

Alexandra K. Glazier is President & CEO of New England Donor Services (NEDS), formed in 2017 as an affiliation between two Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) that subsequently merged in 2021 resulting in the first successful OPO consolidation in decades. Under NEDS, the number of organ transplants doubled in the previously lower performing OPO service area and organ donors have increased by 35% overall in the past 5 years. NEDS has 280 employees serving over 200 hospitals, 14 transplant centers and a population of 14 million people in a six state service area. NEDS was named Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work 2018 and a Top 100 Female Led Business by the Boston Globe and The Commonwealth Institute in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.