Dianne LaPointe Rudow
Dianne LaPointe Rudow DNP, ANP-BC, FAANDianne LaPointe Rudow is Professor of Population, Health Science and Policy, and Director of the Zweig Family Center for Living Donation at the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital. She leads a comprehensive care team for living kidney and liver donors that provides innovative expertise in medical, surgical, and psychological health before and after live organ transplantation.
Dr. LaPointe Rudow received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. She was one of the first to graduate with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (Columbia University, 2005).
Dr. LaPointe Rudow began her career as a transplant coordinator at NYU Medical Center in 1992. In 1998 she helped start the liver transplant program at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University. She joined Mount Sinai Hospital in 2010 as Director of the Living Donor Program.
Dr. LaPointe Rudow has held many leadership roles in the field including President of NATCO in 2004. She also served as the first non-physician member on the Board of Directors of the AST (2009-2012) where she made a lasting impact on the diversity of the society’s leadership and its position on live donor advocacy. She led the Best Practices in Live Organ Donation Consensus Conference, jointly sponsored by 11 transplant-related organizations, whose recommendations addressed transplant program efficiency, education, research, and policy, resulting in 8 publications. In recognition of her exemplary work, she received the AST Clinician of Distinction Award in 2013.
Dr. LaPointe Rudow has also been deeply involved in the OPTN, and is a past president of the OPTN Board of Directors. Since beginning her first term on the Board of Directors (2004), she has served on the Policy Oversight, Living Donor, Membership and Professional Standards, DTAC, Finance, and Executive Committees. Throughout, she has been instrumental in bringing groups with differing opinions together to develop educational programs and policies that directly impact the field.
Speaker Disclosure:
- I am the Director of the Zweig Family Center for Living Donation at the Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital
- I am a past president of the OPTN Board of Directors
- Opinions are my own
- No financial disclosures
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