Scottish Donation and Transplant Group

Overview

The Scottish Donation and Transplant Group (SDTG) (formerly the Scottish Transplant Group) was formed in 2001 to provide a regular forum for representatives of the donation and transplant communities in Scotland.

The group provides expert advice and makes recommendations to the Scottish Government on matters relating to organ and tissue donation and transplantation. It also oversees the implementation in Scotland of the recommendations from the first report of the UK Organ Donation Taskforce.

The SDTG meets three times a year. View meeting minutes prior to 2018 in the archive.

Members

• Mr John Casey, Joint Chair and Clinical Advisor for Transplantation in Scotland, NHS Lothian
• Dr Iain Macleod, Joint Chair and Clinical Advisor for Organ Donation in Scotland, NHS Grampian
• Mr John Asher, Consultant Renal Transplant Surgeon, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Dr Pauline Auston, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
• Mrs Lynne Ayton, Head of Operations, Golden Jubilee National Hospital 
• Ms Sam Baker, Donation Policy Branch Head, Scottish Government
• Dr Andrew Bathgate, Consultant Hepatologist, NHS Lothian 
• Dr Colin Church,  Consultant Pulmonologist and Pulmonary Vascular Physician, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Mr Anthony Clarkson, Director of Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant
• Mr Peter Croan, Associate Director Quality and Performance, NSD
• Dr Jonathan Dalzell, Consultant Cardiologist, Golden Jubilee National Hospital
• Mr Adam Duncan-Rusk, Business Manager, Renal, Transplant and Dermatology, NHS Lothian
• Dr Jo Farrar, Chief Executive, NHSBT
• Dr Colin Geddes, Consultant Nephrologist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Mr George Gordon, Lothian ODC Chair/Scotland Regional ODC Chair 
• Mrs Susan Hannah, Regional Manager, Scotland, NHS Blood and Transplant
• Mr Neil Healy, Lead Nurse for Tissues, Cells and Advanced Therapeutics, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
• Mr James How, Team lead for Organ and Tissue Donation Policy
• Dr Martin Johnson, Consultant Physician, Golden Jubilee National Hospital
• Chris Johnston, Consultant Transplant Surgeon/NORS representative
• Dr Ann-Margaret Little, Consultant Clinical Scientist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Ms Jen Lumsdaine, Living Donor Co-ordinator/Living Donor Board, NHS Lothian
• Professor Derek Manas, OTST Medical Team: Associate Medical Director
• Mr Krishna Menon, President of British Transplantation Society
• Dr Shona Methven, Consultant Nephrologist and Renal Service Clinical Director, NHS Grampian
• Dr Neal Padmanabhan, Consultant Nephrologist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Ms Jessica Porter, Head of Regulation, Human Tissue Authority
• Mr Mark Print, patient representative
• Dr Ben Reynolds, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Dr Lesley Ross, patient representative
• John Stirling, Head of Operations, NHSBT
• Moira Straiton, Associate Director – Specialist Services and National Planning, NSD
• Dr Radha Sundaram, ICU Consultant and CLOD 
• Dr David Turner, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
• Dr Helen Tyler, Consultant in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine and Regional CLOD
• Dr David Walbaum, Consultant Nephrologist, NHS Grampian
• Peter Wyman, Chair, NHSBT
• Dr Sharon Zahra, Clinical Lead, Tissues, Cells and Advanced Therapeutics, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service

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