Alonzo Mourning Honored
Hillie & Judith Meyers with Dr. Andreas Tzakis, UM Chief Division of Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplant, and Joan & Jim Teper
Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D. Chief Executive Officer, University of Miami Health System
Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami
Alonzo Mourning reading the inscription on the MTI Humanitarian Award presented to him
Linda Corey, Dinner Co-Chair, Dr. Eneida Roldan, President & CEO of Jackson Health Systems, Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami, Alonzo Mourning, Phil Corey, Dinner Co-Chair and Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, University of Miami Health System
Phil & Linda Corey, Dinner Co-chairs
Debra & Allan Kolsky with Monica Adams
Francia & Mayor Raul J. Valdes-Fauli with Dr. Tzakis
Dr. Sam Leder and Dr. George Burke, UM Chief Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Dr. Gene Schiff, Francia Valdes-Fauli, Dana Schiff, Raul Valdes-Fauli
Lisa Littlehale & Terry Boyd
Commissioner Sally A. Heyman & Allan Kolsky
Harvey Kaye & Norman Millstein
Dr. George Burke, UM Chief Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Dr. Si Pham UM Surgical Director of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Patricia & Dr. Alan Livingstone, Chairman, UM Department of Surgery, and Dr. Andreas Tzakis, UM Chief Division of Liver and Gastro-Intestinal Transplantation
When the man of the moment, Miami Heat all star and philanthropist Alonzo Mourning, walked on stage to accept the inaugural Miami Transplant Institute Humanitarian Award, a crowd of nearly 400 stood up and applauded thunderously. Mourning, with customary humility, thanked the presenter, UM President Donna E. Shalala, and the audience, which included several of his fellow organ transplant recipients. Mourning, who underwent a kidney transplant in 2003, became spokesman for the Transplant Institute in 2008 and has been spreading the word about the skilled surgical teams that perform more than 500 life-saving adult and pediatric transplants each year, making the institute one of the busiest in the nation.