The Inaugural MTI Humanitarian
Award Celebration

Honoring Alonzo Mourning | February 24, 2010

 

 

The Miami Transplant Institute (MTI)

Cordially Invites You
To The
Inaugural Humanitarian Award Celebration
Honoring

Alonzo Mourning

Master of Ceremonies
Jim Mandich, Sports Personality

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
6:30 PM - Silent Auction

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, South Beach
One Lincoln Road, Miami Beach

RSVP by February 8, 2010
Hosted Valet Parking
Festive Attire

 

The Miami Transplant Institute is privileged to present the inaugural Humanitarian Award to Alonzo Mourning in recognition of his exceptional record of generosity, volunteerism, and his outstanding leadership which has changed lives
throughout the world.

Mr. Mourning is the founder of the Alonzo Mourning Charities (www.amcharities.org), a not-for-profit foundation created to encourage the educational development of youth. Major initiatives led by Mourning include: The Summer Groove; The Overtown Youth Center; The Honey Shine Mentoring Program; and Zo's Fund For Life (www.zosfundforlife.org) which creates awareness through education for kidney disease and organ transplantation. Through his foundation, Mourning led an effort to allow patients with end-stage renal disease and other disabilities to expand insurance coverage in order to become eligible for transplants and in October 2009, the Alonzo Mourning Access to Care Act become effective.

Mourning was drafted as the number two pick, of the first round, by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1992 National Basketball Association's (NBA) draft. He spent seven years with the Miami Heat beginning in 1995, leading the team to several Eastern division titles and was selected to represent the United States in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Diagnosed with Focal Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) at the start of the 2000-2001 season, Mourning led a campaign to fight FSGS and raised $2 million for research, education, and testing. He returned to the court after undergoing a kidney transplant in that same season and played the remaining 13 games with the Miami Heat. Mourning is a seven-time NBA All-Star and two-time Defensive Player of the Year (1999 and 2000). He has received numerous awards including the NBA's Community Assist Award in 2006 and 2008.

Mourning was a graduate of Georgetown University and holds a degree in Sociology. He and his wife, Tracy Wilson Mourning, reside in Miami, Florida with their three children - sons Trey and Alijah and daughter Myka.

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Honorary Committee

Celebration Committee

Alan S. Livingstone, M.D. Chairman, DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology Professor of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine George W. Burke, III, M.D., FACS Chief, Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Director, Lillian Jean Kaplan Renal Transplantation Center Professor of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Si Pham, M.D. Chief, Division of Heart and Lung Transplantation Professor of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Andreas G. Tzakis, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Division of Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplantation The Andreas Chair in Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplant Surgery Professor of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Linda and Phil Corey, Dinner Co-Chairs Lisa Littlehale and Terry Boyd Rhonnie and Dr. Samuel Leder Avigail and Robert Posner Michael B. Rappaport Linda and Sid Sussman

 

If you are interested in attending this event, please click here to obtain an RSVP form and fax it to: 305-355-5795. Please remember to include a cover sheet with your contact information.

Or, if you have any questions, please feel free to call Irma Friedman at 305-355-5708 or send an email to ifriedman@med.miami.edu.

Thank you.