Michael Bousamra, II, M.D., is UNOS Surgical Director of the Lung Transplant Program and Chair Elect in the Department of Surgery at Jewish Hospital, Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville and is President of Drive Out Cancer, Inc.

Dr. Bousamra received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University of Michigan in Dearborn and his medical degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He interned in general surgery, served his general surgery residencies and completed his Cardiovascular Surgical Research Fellowship at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. He also served his Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Bousamra is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Dr. Bousamra is a member of several professional societies, including the American College of Surgeons (fellow), International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. At Jewish Hospital, he serves on the Lung Cancer Steering Committee, Lung Cancer Committee, Lung Cancer Research Subcommittee (chairman) and Surgical Services Advisor Committee. Bousamra II is the Medical Student Faculty Advisor to multiple students and Faculty Advisor of the Surgery Club at the University of Louisville.

Mary Eng, M.D. is a kidney/liver/pancreas transplant surgeon with The Transplant Center at Jewish Hospital. She is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville.

Dr. Eng received her Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry and Biological Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago and her medical degree from Rush Medical College, also in Chicago, Illinois. She interned at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois and Detroit Medical Center Sinai Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. She served her general surgery residencies at Detroit Medical Center Sinai Hospital and Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Eng completed her Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and her Transplant Surgery Fellowship at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. Dr. Eng is Board Certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care by the American Board of Surgery.

Dr .Eng is a member of several professional societies, including the American College of Surgeons (associate fellow), Society of Critical Care Medicine (candidate), Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (candidate) and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Dr. Mark Slaughter is Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Louisville. In addition he serves as the Director of the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Assist Device program at Jewish Hospital and the University of Louisville and is the Associate Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute.

Dr. Slaughter has published over 50 articles, has written a book as well as multiple book chapters. He serves on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO), Board of Trustees for the International Society of Rotary Blood Pumps, the Editorial Board of ASAIO and a journal reviewer for the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Circulation and the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Dr. Slaughter currently serves as a consultant to the FDA Medical Device Review Panel, National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR grant reviewer and previously served two terms for the Health and Human Services Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee.

Dr. Slaughter received his under graduate degree from Purdue University, his medical degree at Indiana University, general surgery training at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and cardiothoracic training at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Luis Santiago Marsano-Obando is a hepatologist on the Liver Transplant Team at Jewish Hospital, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Louisville, and Director of Clinical Hepatology at the Carlo H. Tamburro Liver Research Center at U of L. He is certified by the American Board of Gastroenterology and the American Board of Internal Medicine.

He completed his Gastroenterology Fellowship at Washington University (St. Louis), his Hepatology Fellowship at the University of Miami and his Internal Medicine training at the University of Miami. He grew up in Lima, Peru, and attended the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia where he received his M.D. degree in 1980.

Dr. Marsano-Obando came to Louisville and joined The Transplant Center in 2000. His research interests include nutrition and alcoholic hepatitis as well as Hepatitis B and C.

Dr. Anthony E. Martin is a hepatologist on the Liver Transplant Team and an Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Gastroenterology and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He completed his Gastroenterology Fellowship at Vanderbilt University.

He grew up in Louisville and received his M.D. degree from the University of Louisville in 1983. In addition to his academic training, he served as a surgeon in the Persian Gulf War and currently serves as a Major in the U.S. Army Reserves.

Dr. Martin's research interests include treatment of viral Hepatitis B and C.

Michael R. Marvin, M.D. is Director of Transplantation at Jewish Hospital and Professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville. He is a kidney/liver/pancreas transplant surgeon with The Transplant Center at Jewish Hospital. He is the Director of Liver Transplant program and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville. In addition, Dr. Marvin is as a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) and is a member on the Quality Assessment and Improvement (QA&I) Committee for Jewish Hospital.

Dr. Marvin received his Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Science from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania and his medical degree from Columbia Universityís College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York City. Dr. Marvin interned in general surgery and served his general surgery residency at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital where he was Chief Resident.

Dr. Marvin completed his Research Fellowship at Columbia Universityís College of Physicians & Surgeons and his Renal and Liver Transplantation Surgery Fellowships at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is Board Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. He is also a diplomat with the National Board of Examiners and the American Board of Surgery.

Dr. Marvin has been a member of several professional societies, including the American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons (associate member and fellow), International Pediatric Transplantation Society, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Society of Transplantation, The Transplantation Society, Southeastern Surgical Congress and the Association for Academic Surgeons.

Craig J. McClain, M.D.,is a hepatologist on the Liver Transplant Team at Jewish Hospital as well as a Professor of Medicine and Vice Chairman for Research, Dept. of Internal Medicine, at the University of Louisville. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at University of Pittsburgh Hospital and Hepatology Fellowship at University of Minnesota Hospital.

Dr. McClain comes to Louisville from Lexington, with experience in gastroenterology, nutrition, toxicology, and aging with the University of Kentucky through various positions, including the Director of Gastroenterology at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and as Professor of Clinical Nutrition in the UK School of Allied Health.

He is board certified in Internal Medicine with a subspecialty in Gastroenterology. As an expert on liver disease, Dr. McClain has been invited to speak at over 130 national and international conferences. He has authored or co-authored more than 230 articles in professional journals and books, and has participated or led many federally funded research projects to study aspects of liver dysfunction.

Currently, Dr. McClain's research focus includes alcoholic hepatitis, nutrition and liver disease, and drug trials in peptic ulcer disease and IBD.