Meet Our Team
About Malro Fighters - Our Mission
The Malro Fighters Foundation is a registered 501C that was founded to create actionable change within the intestinal malrotation community. It was created with the primary goal of supporting the intestinal malrotation community via medical grants and academic scholarships. However, our mission has expanded to meet the extensive needs of our community.
Today, our mission is to support affected patients, bereaved family members, and medical professionals seeking further information about the rare condition of intestinal malrotation.
Taylor Talley
Founder and President of The Malro Fighters Scholarship & Grant Program, Taylor has been in and out of hospitals since childhood becuase of intestinal malrotation. Following gut malrotation correction surgery, Taylor knew she wanted to give back to the intestinal malrotation community. Dr. Kareem jokingly called her a “Malro Fighter,” and from that nickname, a foundation was formed.
Taylor has drawn on her years of business management experience to help form an active foundation and bring change to the intestinal malrotation patient population. She is a Manager for Talley Amusements and the owner of TNT Amusements. In addition to being a Malro Fighter, Taylor trains in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in her free time. She is currently living in LA building a film career. She is dedicated to advocating for other Malro Fighters and spreading actionable awareness about this disease.
Born a fighter, she is determined not to let chronic illness hold her back. Her long-term goal is to change the way the medical community views, diagnoses, and treats intestinal malrotation.
Kareem Abu-Elmagd, MD, Ph.D.
Kareem Abu-Elmagd is the current Director of the Intestinal Transplant Program at Cleveland Clinic and is the former Chairman of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Center at the University of Pittsburgh. He first gained notoriety for his clinical and surgical contributions to the field of liver transplantation but is currently gaining notoriety in the field of intestinal rehabilitation and transplantation. In particular, his innovative approach to treating intestinal malrotation via his trademarked gut malrotation correction surgery (The Kareem Procedure).
He is also the founder of the Kareem Abu-Elmagd Transplant and Gut Foundation, a national institute for patient care and clinical training in Egypt. For decades, Dr. Kareem has wanted to create a program that assists intestinal malrotation patients via scholarships. His vision is the backbone of the Malro Fighters Scholarship & Award program.
GIUSeppe D'Amico, MD, Ph.D.
Giuseppe D’Amico is an abdominal transplant surgeon who puts patient care first. Previously employed as a surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, D’Amico specializes in living donor liver transplantation, liver surgery, intestinal transplantation, uterus transplantation, and gut malrotation correction surgery. D’Amico obtained his medical degree from the University of Messina in Italy, completed his general surgery residency at the University of Milan, and was awarded the American Society of Transplantation Surgeons Fellowship from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
A native of Italy, D’Amico hopes one day to create a dedicated, national treatment center for intestinal malrotation to treat new surgeons and improve the quality of life for patients.
Amy Rogers
Amy Rogers has advocated for the intestinal malrotation community for over a decade following the birth of her first child who was diagnosed with intestinal malrotation at 3 weeks of age.
She currently serves as the Director of Marketing and Communications for the Malro Fighters Foundation, but in the past, has assisted with research and was an active participant in the first patient-generated registry for this rare condition.
By trade, Amy is a professional web content provider and prompt engineer, but she is always actively reaching out to the intestinal malrotation community looking for ways to help create heightened awareness and improved access to adequate treatment.
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