Your participation will ensure that TransWeb continues to grow.

This requires a level of commitment and involvement (varying from an hour a week to ????????). Pages generated by the topic editors are reviewed by the board; the webmaster will facilitate as necessary. Topic editors may want to pair up with HTML wizards or other people from the auxiliary in order to handle their pages independently.

Topic editors come from all segments of the transplant community (transplant patients and their family members and friends, health care providers, organ procurement specialists, donor families, and interested members of the general public). Let us know if you want to volunteer! Current prospective (these people haven't actually been asked yet) topic editors are:

Jim Jewell and/or Beverly Kirkpatrick (insurance?)
Dave Sykes and/or Mary Pierce (athletics)
Lisa Carroccio (biliary atresia, pediatric liver txp, or support groups ?)
Mike Holloway (ethics?? or ___?)
Carol Sammett and/or Ardeth Weed (Memorial and donor family page)
Steve Blakeman (kidney donation stories?)

other members of ed bd

If you have an email address and think you can help out, please let us know. We would like to have several panel members per topic, so that no one is overburdened, and so that if one panel member is unavailable, others cover the same question. Ask TransWeb panel members may also serve as topic editors or contribute to TransWeb in other ways.

Current Ask TransWeb panel members are:

P.J. Geraghty (procurement, preservation, donation)
Steve Emery (procurement, preservation, donation)
Andrew Wheelock (procurement, preservation, donation)
Richard Whyte, MD (lung transplantation)
Paul Blahunka (FK506)
Mark Grebenau, MD (cyclosporine)
Steve Zeigler, MD (kidney & liver transplantation, gene therapy)
Ian Michell, MD (liver transplantation, Australia)
Peggy Bia, MD (nephrology & kidney transplantation)
Danny Shoskes, MD (kidney transplantation)
Ann Twork (renal diet)
Geoffrey Block (hepatology, gastroenterology, liver transplantation)
David Lagerborg (tissue, bone, skin, heart valves)
Bob Kormos, MD (heart transplantation)
Jan Manzetti, RN, PhD (lung transplantation)
Bruce Zalneraitis (tissue banking)
Melody East (cornea transplantation)
John Friedl (donor's legal rights)
Robert Fontana, MD (TIPS procedure)
Joel Newman -- maybe -- (U.S. stats, UNOS questions)
Jim Jewell (liver pt; insurance, etc.)
Ritesh Agrawal (kidney-heart pt)
Matt Robertson (lung pt)

(PLUS ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE OLD ED BOARD, of course)

We need the following people who can help on an occasional (or even one-time) basis as volunteers. Regular access to the Web and an email address are recommended but not required in all instances. Efforts will be coordinated through the webmaster.

page reviewers
...people with the specific transplantation or donation expertise necessary to review pages for accuracy, completeness, etc. prior to publication.

content contributors
...people who can help by providing the information that TransWeb lacks (for example, a listing of transplant support groups in New York or London, or medical illustrations of the liver... the wish list is endless!)

correspondents
...people with a given special interest who are willing to file occasional reports and updates (on a topic that experiences change frequently)

liaisons
...people who will spread the word about TransWeb to others, in an attempt to interest others in their community or at their institution in becoming users of and contributors to TransWeb.

HTML wizards
...people who can format Web pages in standard HTML (when given the plain text) and run pages through WebLint or another HTML checker.

graphics guys & gals
...people with graphics and web design experience who can help us improve TransWeb's visual appeal.

the big picture people
...people with ideas on material or sections to add, prospective TransWeb projects, visions of the future of TransWeb, etc.

proofreaders
...people who can spot a misspelling, punctuation error, or missing apostrophe at 100 paces.

link police
...people who will seek out and report broken or outdated links (as well as missing pages, etc.) within TransWeb and from TransWeb to the first page of other sites.

site scouts
...people who will troll the Net for related documents that are candidates for links from TransWeb

• responding to inquiries, questions, and suggestions received via email & phone
• coordination of Ask TransWeb (working with the Ask TW Panel)
• liaison between board and topic editors????
• coordination of the TW Auxiliary
• frequent additions and updates of the site, from content decisions to HTML formatting
• conception and development of future pages and areas
• solicitation of content contributions
• promotion of TransWeb
• administrative tasks: account management, ordering, etc.

Board members also serve on the Ask TransWeb Panel or contribute to TransWeb in other ways.

 
Last modified: 11 May 2000