Mid-America Transplant is governed by a voluntary, community-based Board of Directors composed of Donor Family members, hospital executives, physicians, and other disciplines, including ethics, religion, and law.
Mid-America Transplant Board of Directors
Joan Magruder
Mid-America Transplant Chair
Group President
BJC Healthcare
Arindam Kar
Mid-America Transplant Vice-Chair
Shareholder
Polsinelli
Jay Guffey
Mid-America Transplant Secretary/Treasurer
Retired Hospital Administrator
Richard Bucholz, MD
Mid-America Transplant Immediate Past Chair
KR Smith Professor of Neurological Surgery
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Matt Broom, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs
SSM Saint Louis University Hospital
Tonia Burke
Donor Family Member
Bon Secours Mercy
William Chapman, MD
Professor and Chief, Section of Transplantation
Surgical Director, Transplant Center
Executive Vice-Chair, Dept. of Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
Alison Gildehaus, MD
Regional Trauma Medical Director
Mercy St. Louis
Sean Hogan
President
Mercy Hospital South
John Lynch, MD
President
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Marie Moore
Chief Nursing Officer
Mercy, Springfield
Angelleen Peters-Lewis
Vice-President COO/CNE
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Ron Prenger
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
CoxHealth
Henry Randall, MD
Professor of Surgery
Executive Director, Division Chief-Abdominal Transplant
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Harry Ratliff
Vice President and Wealth Management Advisor
Merrill Lynch
Jacque Richmond
Vice President/Deputy Counsel
Mercy
Steven Scott
President
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Lori Sturgill
Community Member
Lori Weatherspoon
Vice-President/CNO
Christian Hospital
Tessa Woods, MD
Trauma/Critical Care Surgeon
CoxHealth
Mid-America Transplant Foundation Board of Directors
Ellen Barnidge, PhD
Mid-America Transplant Foundation Chair
Interim Dean and Assistant Professor
Saint Louis University College for Public Health & Social Justice
Gene Ridolfi
Mid-America Transplant Foundation Vice-Chair
Executive Director, Heath and Vascular Service
Barnes-Jewish Transplant Center
Jorge Riopedre
Mid-America Transplant Foundation Secretary/Treasurer
Executive Director
Delmar Divine
Jennifer Davis
Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Superintendent of Learning
Webster Groves School District
Emily Givens
Investment and Development Specialist
Bryan Properties
Dwayne Ingram
Patient Advocacy Coordinator
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Rev. Gabrielle Kennedy
Director
Faith & For the Sake of All
Kevin Lee
President & CEO
Mid-America Transplant
Robert Ream, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Physician
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
John Reed
Senior Director
Property Tax for Charter Communications
Ron Young
Founding Pastor
Impact Church of St. Louis
