A remembrance for patient advocate George Martinez, a beloved community activist who passed away June 14 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was 56. Among other things, Martinez was instrumental in helping in the landmark legislation to expand organ transplant options for people with HIV/AIDS: by his working with then-State Rep. Larry McKeon, D-Chicago, on passage of the Illinois HIV Organ Donation Law (2004) and the Hepatitis Education/Awareness and Screening Law (2005).