MSN and Registered Nurse
National Coordinator, Project Manager, NOD-Lb
Founder, President Middle East Transplant Coordinators Organization (METCO)

Farida Younan, RN, BSN, MS. I started my career a head nurse of hemodialysis unit, and coordination of the 1st kidney transplant department in Lebanon, then implement the 1st peritoneal dialysis unit in Lebanon. In 2009, I was assigned par the MOH, National Coordinator at the National Organization for Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation (NOD-Lb) to implement a unified organ and tissue donation and transplantation program.

I am a founding member of an NGO “ALDOR” to promote organ donation and founding President of the Middle East Transplant Coordinators Organization (METCO) and recently founding vice-President of the Lebanese Association for Nephrology Nurses (LANN).

• Chair of the Allied Health Committee – TTS
• Organ Procurement Consultant at Kuwait Organ Procurement Center (KOPC)
• Membership in professional organizations: EDTA, ETCO, ESOT, TTS, ISN, MESOT, ISODP and at National level member in Nursing Alumni – USJ.

I have participated in many researches and Publications on renal transplantation, immunology, patient and donor and family’s education, organ donation brochures for general public and health professionals. Organizing and participating in the training and continuous

In 2000, I included the organ donation and Transplantation coordination to the Middle with the TPM of Barcelona-Spain and the DTI, and organized for the MESOT area many TPM courses in Lebanon (2000-2010) I implemented the Lebanese Organ Donation and Transplantation system in cooperation with AECID and DTI (SUESA project) 2010-2013. I have participated in international research in kidney transplant immunology and has many publications in organ donation and transplantation.

Technical Director, BeCytes Biotechnologies (University of Barcelona)
Barcelona, Spain

Estephan Arredondo BS, Msc, is a biologist specialized in Organ, Tissues and Cell Donation from the University of Barcelona. He is currently Technical Director and Cofounder of Cytes Biotechnologies. He also acts as co-chair at the Allied Health Group of the Transplantation Society.

His studies are based on how to develop networks to procure human tissue for research and isolation of human liver cells. He has been involved in several European projects related to international cooperation in organ donation such as the Black Sea Area andMiddle East.

President of the Commission for Explantation and Transplantation

Catalan Transplantation Society