Media Center
In the news
- Hero organ donor remembered for final act of service (Waukesha County The Freeman)
- Madison drummer grateful for gift of life (Spectrum News)
- ‘I thank your mom every day’: Liver transplant recipient forms friendship with donor’s family (WKOW.com)
- ‘I feel like I have another family’: Organ donation brings two strangers together (WKOW.com)
- Health experts respond to mass exodus from Wisconsin donor registry
Media contact
If you are a member of the media and need some information or if you would like to engage one of our media experts, UW Organ and Tissue Donation is happy to help. We can answer questions from the media about organ and tissue donation and facilitate interviews with a representative from UW Organ and Tissue Donation. We can also provide personal testimonies from families who have been touched by donation. Please direct press inquiries to:
Jessie Geraci-Perez, Media strategist
jgeraci-perez@uwhealth.org
(608) 220-1514
Our media experts
Nikole Neidlinger, MD
Medical director
Dr. Nikole Neidlinger, UW OTD Medical Director, is a UW Health transplant surgeon and an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Her areas of expertise include kidney and pancreas transplantation and living and deceased donor recovery with research interests in pre-procurement conversations.
Matthew McCauley, MD
Associate medical director
Dr. Matthew McCauley, UW OTD Associate Medical Director, is a UW Health emergency medicine and critical care physician and an assistant professor in the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. His areas of expertise include emergency medicine, respiratory support, mechanical circulatory support, critical care echocardiography, organ recovery and donor care.
Jennifer Philip, MD
Associate medical director
Dr. Jennifer Philip, UW OTD Associate Medical Director, is a UW Health transplant surgeon and as assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Her areas of expertise include kidney and liver transplantation, deceased and living donor procedures, renal auto transplantation and abdominal organ failure with research interests in improving organ assessment and preservation techniques.