This symposium is designed to promote an exchange of ideas on healthcare disparities and their impact on organ and tissue donation. National and local experts highlight ways to engage physicians, health professionals, and community leaders to become champions in saving lives.
This is a virtual event.
We invite you to join the Detroit MOTTEP Foundation for the 2026 Kountz Callender Drew Transplant Dialogue, "Where Compassion Meets Innovation". This powerful educational forum brings together leading experts, donor families, and community advocates to explore the life-saving impact of organ donation, advances in transplant research, and strategies to support mental health and wellness. Through inspiring personal stories and cutting-edge insights, this dialogue highlights how compassion, science, and community partnership work together to improve health outcomes and save lives in multicultural communities.
Credit Designation:
This training/event has been approved by the NASW-Michigan Chapter for 2.0 synchronous General social work CEs.
The provider of this educational event has designed the program so that it may be considered by participants for use as continuing education to enhance the professional knowledge and pastoral competency of chaplains certified through the Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc.® an affiliate of the Association of Professional Chaplains® ( 2.0 CE hours).
Schedule
Welcome & MOTTEPS’s Intersection of Compassion and Innovation in the Transplant Community
10:00-10:30 AM
Jason Denny, M.D., Surgical Director-Living Donor Kidney Transplant Program, Henry Ford Transplant Institute
Past Chair-Detroit MOTTEP (Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program) Foundation
Past President-OPAL (Organization of Physicians and Executive Leaders) HFH ERG
Senior Staff Surgeon-Henry Ford Transplant Institute, HFH Dept. of Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Wayne State School of Medicine
Silas P. Norman, M.D., Associate Transplant Center Director; Co-Medical Director, Kidney Transplant, Medical Director, Transplant Ambulatory Care Unit, University of Michigan Health; Board Chair, Detroit MOTTEP Foundation
Clive Callender, M.D., D SC, FAC, Founder, National MOTTEP; Professor of Surgery, Howard University
Connect to Purpose
10:30-10:45 AM
Priscilla Agnew-Hines, CEO/Founder, Serenity II Life Changing Skills and Dynamics; CEO/Founder Healthy2Connections
BREAK
10:45 -10:50 AM
From Brain Donation to Therapeutic Targets: The Role of Postmortem Human Brain Tissue in Neuropsychiatric Research
10:50 -11:30 AM
Thomas M. Hyde, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Questions & Answers
11:30-11:40 AM
Jason Denny, M.D., (Moderator)
Stress Management and Mental Health Wellness
11:40 AM 11:55 AM
Heather L. Farrow, PsyD, LP, Clinical Psychologist, Department of Veterans Affairs
Recap and Closing Comments
11:55 AM - 12:00 PM