From Bench to Bill: The Story of the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act

"When I started this journey in 2010, transplanting an organ from a person with HIV was illegal in the United States, as stipulated by the National Organ Transplant Act. This is the story of conducting research to show the need for HIV-to-HIV transplants, writing the HOPE Act and carrying it through Congress and the President, performing the first HIV-to-HIV transplants, garnering NIH funding to study this across the country, and learning not only about HIV-to-HIV transplants but also HIV virology and the experience of living with HIV."

Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, is Professor of Surgery and Population Health and Vice Chair of Surgery at NYU, and the founding director of the NYU Center for Surgical and Transplant Applied Research.

With an undergraduate degree in computer science and a graduate degree in biostatistics, Dr. Segev focuses on novel statistical and mathematical methods for simulation of medical data, analysis of large healthcare datasets, and large multi-center innovative clinical trials and cohort studies. 

Dr. Segev has published over 900 peer-reviewed research articles, and is ranked #1 worldwide in organ transplantation expertise and influence by ExpertScape. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, a recipient of the prestigious Global Thinker Award by Foreign Policy Magazine, and was named an Innovator of the Year by TIME Magazine. He has written two successful Congressional bills and received Letters of Commendation from President Barack Obama and Dr. Anthony Fauci.