Vaughn Whittaker is a transplant and general surgeon who obtained his Master of Public Health in 2017 from SUNY Upstate Medical University and Syracuse University in 2017. He is active on National and Regional Committees serving on the Living Donor Committee of the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) and the American Society of Transplant Surgery. He has also held leadership positions as the Director of Living Donor Kidney at Westchester Medical Center and Division Chief in Transplantation at the Upstate Medical University. He is a past R-25 NIH sponsored scholar and participated in Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (PRIDE). He has presented widely at National and International conferences in Transplantation as it relates to minority, the elderly and children. Vaughn completed medical school at the University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences. He then went on to complete General Surgery Residency at Harlem Hospital Center in New York. He then completed a multi-organ transplant fellowship at New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center. He has interest in optimizing the use of scarce resources and reducing disparities in the allocation of these resources.

Graduate School(s)

SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse University

Medical School

University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences

Fellowship/Clinical Research Fellowship

Multi-Organ Transplant Fellowship at New York Presbyterian Columbia University

Focus Area/Interests

• Transplant Surgery
• Public Health
• Organ Donation
• Healthcare Disparities
• Resource Allocation in Healthcare

Current Position

• Transplant and General Surgeon

Career Experience

• Past Director of Living Donor Kidney at Westchester Medical Center
• Division Chief in Transplantation at Upstate Medical University
• R-25 NIH sponsored scholar
• Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (PRIDE) participant
• Member of the Living Donor Committee at UNOS and the American Society of Transplant Surgery