​LifeShare Welcomes New Recovery Surgeon

Alan Hawxby, M.D. FACS, of Oklahoma City has joined LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma as the second full-time Recovery Surgeon on staff.
 
“We are very honored to welcome Dr. Hawxby to our team,” said Jeffrey Orlowski, President and Chief Executive Officer of LifeShare. “His passion for saving lives, plus his wealth of knowledge and decades of experience in surgical transplant are valuable and will help propel us to save more lives through donation.”
 
In this role, Hawxby is responsible for the surgical recovery of donor organs for transplantation or research. This position is instrumental in directing the flow of activity during the recovery process. Hawxby will collaborate with both LifeShare and external resources to develop and promote practices to increase the number of organs recovered for transplant. He will also partner with local hospitals and government agencies to help improve access to transplantation for the citizens of Oklahoma who struggle with organ failure.

Hawxby has more than 17 years of experience in Transplant Surgery. Before joining the team at LifeShare, he worked as the Surgical Director of Adult and Pediatric transplantation, Surgical Director of Living Donation and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center. He has been a member of the Medical Advisory Board of LifeShare, serving as its chair from 2013-2015.
 
Hawxby graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Biochemistry in 1989. He then earned his MD at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He is Board Certified in General Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. Additionally, he is a lifetime member of Leadership Oklahoma.