TSI Trustees
Mary Wu
Mary Wu was born, raised, and still lives in suburbia Westchester County, NY. She graduated with major studies in Psychology and Communications and minor in Sociology from Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY. She enjoys working with people, and has an extensive professional background that includes working at a nursing home, a non-profit Medicaid agency that services children with severe medical illnesses, and presently as the primary chemotherapy scheduler at one of the regional sites of Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center located in Sleepy Hollow, NY. She is a 29-year-old ABC (American-Born Chinese) and two-time kidney transplant recipient from deceased donors, receiving her first transplant at 5-years-old and then her second at 12-years-old. As a result of her personal experiences at a young age, she has a unique perspective and interest in counseling and supporting organ donor families, pediatric or young adult recipients/candidates and their family/friends, and transplant recipients/candidates of various ethnicities and cultures. She is known in the organ donation and transplant community as an advocate because she is always working to increase education, awareness, and especially registration through public speaking, published articles, and her book that she is working on publishing entitled "Confessions of a Kidney Transplant Recipient".
Professional Work:
Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
SKIP of New York, Inc.
Skyview Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
Volunteer Activities
Transplant Speakers International
University Kidney Research Organization
Transplant Recipients International Organization
Transplant Support Organization
National Kidney Foundation
New York Organ Donor Network
Renal Support Network
Awards and other Activities
University Kidney Research Organization (UKRO) Rider in the Tournament of Roses Parade on the Donate Life Float in 2012
Transplant Recipients International Organization (TRIO) Youth Circle Co-Leader
Public Speaking Invitations and Engagements at New York State Department of Health Press Conference, Critical Care Conference, Pediatric Transplant Conference, and Kidney Transplant Seminar
Published articles in The New York Daily News, National Kidney Foundation newsletters, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center employee newsletter, and The Journal News
New York Organ Donor Network DMV Registry Representative for April 2011 Donate Life Month
New York Organ Donor Network Transplant Recipient Representative at 2010 Organ Donor Family Recognition Program and Luncheon
KidneyTalk Live Podcast/Radio Interview with Lori Hartwell, Founder of Renal Support Network
Winner of Renal Support Network 8th Annual Essay Contest
Seminfinalist National Kidney Foundation 60th Anniversary Art Contest
New York Organ Donor Network nomination for the “Sprint Community Champions” for outstanding contributions to the organ transplant community
