Rafael Matesanz, MD PhD. Founder and Director of the Spanish National Transplant Organisation (ONT) since Sep. 1989. During his professional career he has been the maximum responsible of different organisms such as the INSALUD, the Spanish Transplant Commission, the Transplant Commission of the European Council and of the Iberoamerican Council of Organ Donation and Transplantation as well as Adviser in the field of organ donation of WHO,of the ESOTand of the Institute of Medicine of USA. Author of more than 500 articles in national and international journals and more than 100 chapters of books or monographs about nephrology, organ donation and transplantation and clinical management.Among other awards and distinctions, Matesanz has received the Civil Order Cross of the Spanish Health System, the Recognition award of the TTS, the Príncipe de Asturias on International Cooperation, the National Honor Collegiate with the Gold Emblem by the General Council of the Official Schools of Medicine, the Doctor Honoris Causa by the Isalud University of Buenos Aires, the Honorary Academic Member by the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine and the Gold Medal of Madrid.