Spring - OneLegacy

The Bridge
The community newsletter of OneLegacy, the non-profit
organ and tissue recovery organization serving the greater Los Angeles area.
Spring 2013
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Registering as a
Donor: How Does
it Work?
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2012 Performance
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El Puente:
Por La Comunidad
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Organ Donation
Data
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Donate Life Float
Photos
OneLegacy Launches
Foundation to
Support Life-Saving,
Healing Mission
T
o support and expand the
life-saving
mission,
clinical
practices, community outreach,
and charitable work of OneLegacy, the
organization has launched the OneLegacy
Foundation.
Brittany Nicole Cail
10 Ambassadors in
Action
10 2013 AMAT
Conference
11 Partner Spotlight:
California DMV
14 Hospital Referral
Data
“Over the last twelve years, OneLegacy
has made great strides in serving our lifesaving mission and the families, hospitals,
transplant centers and community we
serve,” said William Chertok, Chairman
of the OneLegacy Foundation Board of
Directors and member of OneLegacy’s
governing board. “We are pleased that
OneLegacy has taken this bold step to
further serve our diverse communities.”
Named to lead the OneLegacy
Foundation as Executive Director is
Anne Grey, a seasoned development
professional with more than 25 years of
non-profit experience.
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org
www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
“I am excited to build such an
important philanthropic organization
See FOUNDATION, Page 6
The summer after Brittany Nicole
Cail graduated from Torrance High
School in June 2007, she went to New
Orleans to visit her grandparents. She
ended up loving it there, so she decided
to call New Orleans home. Brittany
found a job in food service at the local
hospital and enjoyed working there.
The following January, during a
visit by her mother Raquel, Brittany
shared how proud she was that she
had just received her driver's license.
Brittany told her mom she was an
organ donor and if something ever
happened she wanted her eyes to be
donated because they were her favorite
feature. "I acknowledged Brittany, but
didn't want to talk about the subject
in detail," said Raquel, who three
months later would be faced with that
hypothetical situation becoming reality.
See BRITTANY, Page 12
What Does It Mean to Be a Registered Donor?
When hospitals identify a potential
organ and/or tissue donor, they are
required to contact OneLegacy or,
outside the seven-county greater Los
Angeles area, their designated organ
procurement organization (OPO).
One of the most common inquiries
OneLegacy receives from the public is
how the process works once someone
registers on the Donate Life California
Organ & Tissue Donor Registry by
checking 'Yes' on the DMV driver's
license/ID form or on registry website,
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org.
If you enroll through the DMV,
the pink "DONOR" dot will appear
on the driver's license or ID card.
Registered donors can rest assured
that having a pink dot on a license
does not affect medical care in case
of an accident; in fact, less than one
percent of people are eligible to be
actual organ donors due to the rarity of
circumstances required for donation to
be possible.
Once you are registered, we
recommend that you inform your family
of your decision so they will support
your wish to help others should you
ever have the opportunity to do so.
OneLegacy then searches the
registry so they can plan how to
approach the potential donor’s family.
If the potential donor is registered, this
information is shared with their family,
who is asked to provide a medical and
social history.
From
that
point
forward,
OneLegacy coordinates recovery of
viable organs and tissues that have been
authorized by the registered donor or,
if the donor is not yet 18, the donor's
family.
Employee Spotlight: Donor Allocation Specialist Lori Serra
W
hen a OneLegacy allocation
team working in the
field needs help, they call
Lori Serra. Lori has been the donor
allocation specialist since 2011 and has
served with OneLegacy since 2004. She
began her career in organ donation and
transplantation in 1999 at Gift of Life
Donor Program in Philadephia, where
she approached families.
One of the things that Lori enjoys
most about her position is being a
resource for her fellow employees. “A
lot of times in our job we have to be
detectives and problem-solvers, while
at the same time putting out fires,"
said Lori. "When I worked in organ
placement, my teammates and I would
call each other a lot, and I was always
available for people who wanted to
discuss a case or run something by me.
Administration. In past years she has
combined her love of travel and passion
for helping others by going on medical
missions to Ecuador and Honduras.
During her missions she took vital signs
and worked in a pharmacy, which she
describes as "completely make-shift and
in a tent.”
Working in the field of organ
donation, there are always things that
stay with you. “One of the cases that
touched me the most was of a father
that died on the day his child was born.
Another one was my first case, that was
a donor who had the same first name as
me and was my age,” says Lori.
When she is not on-call, she likes
spending time with her cat and hiking
with her dog. “Having a dog is a lot like
having a kid. He takes up a lot of time,
but I like spending time out in nature, so
it works out.”
"People might call me asking about
UNOS policy, which can be quite
Lori also enjoys traveling, which
complex. I like being that go-to person has been infrequent as of late while she
for employees so they can get through is earning her masters in Healthcare
these tough cases.”
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What does Lori do to maintain
balance and stay upbeat? “I try to
exercise and realize this all part of life.
I try to remain logical and grounded. I
have no control over these things and
bad things happen to people. But then
it becomes our job to make it better for
the donor families if we can, and help
recipients who are in need.”
Onelegacy Leads Nation in 2012 with
1,239 Organs Recovered for Transplant
O
neLegacy recovered more
than 2,000 combined organ,
tissue and cornea donors in
2012, helping to save and heal more
than 67,000 lives in Southern California,
the state and nationwide.
Last year, OneLegacy recovered
organs from 391 deceased donors.
Through the generosity of donations
authorized by individual registrations
or the donors’ families, OneLegacy
facilitated 1,239 organ transplants –
more than any other organ recovery
organization in the nation.
In 2012, two significant milestones
were achieved within OneLegacy’s organ
operations: an increase in the number
of organs recovered per patient, and
the increase in the African American
authorization rate. Both achievements
are a direct result of OneLegacy’s
efforts to maximize every opportunity
to save lives, according to Tom Mone,
chief executive officer and executive
vice president of OneLegacy.
generosity is especially reflected by the
increase or stabilization of authorization
“The
number
of
organs rates among several ethnic groups.”
transplanted per donor was an area of
significant improvement,” said Mone.
The most marked increase was
“Our Donor Management Intensivist among African Americans, a community
Consult program has helped improve with high rates of organ failure but
organ function at the time of recovery, where donation is frequently viewed
especially with lungs. As a result, we with mistrust. The authorization rate
saved 60 more lives in comparison to jumped from 58 percent in 2011 to
the prior year’s efforts.”
70 percent last year. This all-time high
reflects the specific focus given to the
Driving
OneLegacy’s
organ needs of African American families
recovery activity was an authorization by OneLegacy, collaborating donor
rate of 70 percent, the second-highest hospitals, and the quality of service
in the organization’s history. In 2012, delivered to families at hospitals.
seven out of ten organ donation
opportunities were authorized either
As for the authorization rate among
by the individual’s donor designation other major ethnic groups, the rate
(primarily through the California DMV) among Asians increased by one point
or family consent.
to a new record high of 58 percent; the
Hispanic rate of 72 percent was three
“The authorization rate increase points below 2011’s all-time high; and
of 21 percentage points since 2000 the rate for potential Caucasian donors
represents a remarkable shift in attitudes was 78 percent, a decrease of six
toward organ and tissue donation in
Southern California,” said Mone. “This
See ONELEGACY, Page 12
OneLegacy Performance 2000-2012
Performance
Measure
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Organ Donors
287
333
314
328
346
373
433
395
401
382
349
417
391
Kidneys Tx
459
503
505
564
554
578
665
605
605
561
542
639
622
Livers Tx
220
262
253
243
275
294
328
304
295
277
258
292
257
Hearts Tx
110
111
138
122
123
135
138
125
138
133
122
124
125
Lungs Tx
43
44
74
72
94
131
120
126
136
150
126
152
193
Pancreas Tx
73
85
79
81
70
82
80
68
55
49
54
48
38
Sm. Int. Tx
1
1
6
6
0
3
7
5
5
9
0
7
4
Total Organs Tx
913
1,006
1,057
1,101
1,114
1,223
1,338
1,233
1,234
1,182
1,101
1,262
1,239
Organ Donation
Authorization Rate
49%
51%
55%
56%
56%
56%
61%
64%
65%
67%
67%
72%
70%
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El Puente
Una sección especial
para la comunidad latina
OneLegacy ayuda a salvar y sanar más de 67,000
vidas en el año 2012 en el sur de California
O
neLegacy anunció recientemente que en el año 2012
hubo más de 2,000 donantes
de órganos y tejidos en su área de servicio. Gracias a la generosidad de estos
donantes se ayudaron a salvar o sanar
más de 67,000 vidas en el sur de California, el estado y la nación.
rar lesiones severas de la rodilla, venas
para cirugías de corazón, y córneas para
prevenir o curar la ceguera.
La tasa de consentimiento, que ha
crecido mucho a lo largo de la última
década, refleja la generosidad de distintos grupos étnicos y raciales. El aumento más notable ha sido entre la comunidad Afroamericana, donde hay niveles
de fallo renal muy alto, pero la donación
es vista con sospecha. El consentimiento el año pasado fue del 70%, un salto
significativo de un 58% el año anterior.
En el año 2012, OneLegacy obtuvo dos grandes logros: un incremento
significativo en el número de órganos
trasplantados por donante, y el aumento
de la tasa de consentimiento entre Afro
Por un lado, OneLegacy recuperó Americanos. Ambos fueron resultado
órganos de 391 donantes de órganos, directo de los esfuerzos de OneLegacy
cuya generosidad y la de sus famili- por maximizar cada oportunidad de salLa tasa de consentimiento en otros
as permitió que se produjeran 1,239 var vidas, según Tom Mone, vicepresi- grupos étnicos fue la siguiente: entre los
trasplantes de órgano, más que en nin- dente ejecutivo de OneLegacy.
asiáticos incremento ligeramente a un
guna otra organización nacional.
58%, la más alta hasta hora; entre los la“El número de órganos trasplan- tinos disminuyó ligeramente a un 72%;
Por otro lado, el año pasado tam- tados por donante fue un área donde y entre los blancos también se redujo,
bién hubo 1,644 donantes de córneas y hubo mucha mejoría”, indicó Mone. pero más acusadamente, a un 78%.
tejidos. Gracias a su generosidad miles “Creamos un programa especial que
de pacientes de toda la nación se benefi- nos ha ayudado a mejorar el funcionaHay que resaltar que el 30 por cienciaron ya fuera al recibir el regalo de piel miento de los órganos cuando son re- to de los donantes de órganos y el 42
para proveer sanación a quemaduras, cuperados, especialmente los pulmones. por ciento de los donantes de corneas
hueso para reparar fracturas y prevenir Como resultado de ello, pudimos salvar y tejidos estaban inscritos en el registro
amputación, válvulas del corazón para 60 vidas más de lo que lo hubiéramos de Done Vida California, que ya cuenta
reparar defectos de nacimiento que pu- hecho en el pasado”.
con 9.8 millones de personas registraeden ser mortales, tendones para repadas.
La tasa de
consentimiento en
Para expandir y apoyar la misión de
OneLegacy el año salvar vidas de OneLegacy, el año pasapasado fue del 70 do la organización creo una fundación,
por ciento. Eso llamada OneLegacy Foundation. Esta
significa que, de se encargará de hacer trabajo caritativo,
cada diez donantes contribuyendo a investigaciones cientípotenciales, siete ficas para mejorar la donación, honrar a
se convirtieron en los que salvan vidas e inspirar al público
donantes ya fuera a donar vida.
porque estaban inOneLegacy colabora con más de
scritos en el regis200
hospitales, 11 centros de trasplante
tro Done Vida California o porque su y una población diversa de 19 millones
familia consintió a de personas, convirtiéndola en la orgala donación en el nización de recuperación de órganos
más grande de Estados Unidos.
Los Embajadores de Done Vida en el Desfile de Independencia Mexicana del
hospital.
Este de Los Angeles.
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Organ Donation Data
Following are key OneLegacy performance indicators for 2012. (Source: OneLegacy data)
Referrals
Eligible Refs
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
YTD
498
476
434
491
466
469
498
453
452
516
463
584
5,800
43
41
34
36
41
46
45
40
55
39
39
44
503
Total Authorization Rate
70% 68% 77% 61% 66% 59% 70% 78% 72% 80% 72% 67%
70%
CMS Conversion Rate
67% 80% 74% 65% 74% 60% 73% 78% 75% 80% 72% 70%
72%
32
37
25
26
32
28
36
35
41
35
31
33
391
Recovered Organs
121
122
92
89
122
110
134
128
138
121
117
113
1,407
Transplanted Organs
112
101
83
80
105
103
123
109
111
109
108
98
1,242
OTPD
3.50
2.73
3.32
3.08
3.28
3.68
3.42
3.11
2.71
3.11
3.48
2.97
3.18
Kidneys Recovered
64
64
44
46
62
56
70
68
75
66
59
62
736
Kidneys Transplanted
59
46
38
39
52
52
64
55
55
59
56
49
624
Hearts Transplanted
12
12
8
6
10
11
12
11
10
14
11
8
125
Livers Transplanted
26
23
18
15
24
20
23
18
24
24
18
25
258
Lungs Transplanted
12
16
16
17
12
16
22
21
22
6
20
13
193
Pancreas Transplanted
3
4
3
2
7
3
2
3
0
5
3
3
38
Sm. Intestine Transplanted
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
4
Donors
us on
Organ Transplant Waiting List
California
Kidney
17,402
95,688
3,121
15,735
96
1,187
Kidney/Pancreas
311
2,135
Heart
289
3,478
Lung
194
1,655
8
48
40
260
Liver
Pancreas
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USA
Heart/Lung
Intestine
Total
21,017 117,385
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FOUNDATION: Expanding OneLegacy's Charitable Work
Continued from Page 1
from the ground up,” said Grey.
“The OneLegacy Foundation has the
potential to impact many critical areas
that contribute to OneLegacy’s lifesaving mission. We have the opportunity
to give people hope, and I am honored
to work with such an outstanding Board
and volunteers.”
Through its charitable work, the
OneLegacy Foundation will contribute
to clinical training and research to
improve outcomes for donation, honor
those who have saved lives as donors,
and inspire our diverse communities to
donate life.
Clinical education is supported
though training programs for healthcare
professionals. Four regional Explore
Transplant trainings equipped 150
Southern California dialysis providers
to help overcome racial disparities
in transplantation and increase their
patients' pursuit of transplant and living
donation. The biannual Transplant
Donation
Global
Leadership
Symposium offers emerging leaders in
the field insights into state-of-the-art
management practices. OneLegacy’s
Simulation Center, which features
the world’s most realistic donation
simulator, trains clinical specialists
about successful clinical management
of potential donors.
Donors and their families will be
honored through support services for
donor families, establishing hospitalbased donor memorials, and recognizing
the gifts of living donors.
Expanding community outreach is
also a priority for the foundation. “We
see an increasing need to expand public
outreach and education to better serve
our substantial immigrant population,
who may have little prior exposure
to the benefits of donation and
transplantation,” said Tom Mone, CEO
of the OneLegacy Foundation. “Ideally
these relatively new Californians will
be informed and inspired to register as
donors and support donation on behalf
of their families.”
To fund its operations and
charitable works, the OneLegacy
Foundation has established a bequest
program and other opportunities for
individual giving and corporate and
private foundation involvement. The
OneLegacy Foundation also raises
funds through two of the nation’s
largest celebrations of organ and
tissue donation and transplantation:
the Donate Life Rose Parade Float,
televised nationally from Pasadena each
New Year’s Day, and the Donate Life
Run/Walk, held on the last Saturday
each April at Cal State Fullerton.
The
OneLegacy
Foundation
is based in Los Angeles. To learn
more or get involved please
call (213) 229-5606 or email
agrey@onelegacyfoundation.org.
Meet the OneLegacy Foundation Team
Anne Grey
Executive Director
Anne Grey has
more than 25 years
of non-profit
experience. In her
role as the founding
Executive Director,
Anne is responsible
for developing and implementing
a comprehensive strategic plan and
providing the vision, leadership,
strategic direction, management and
coordination of all of the Foundation’s
efforts. Grey was most recently the
National Director of Leadership Gifts
at the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation. Grey received her MBA in
2001 from Pepperdine University and
is a Certified Fundraising Executive
(CFRE).
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Jennifer Walker
Director of
Development
In her role as
Director of
Development
Jennifer Walker will
focus on building
relationships
with individual, corporate and
foundation contributors as well as
the development of the Foundation’s
direct mail, e-solicitation and Legacy
Event fundraising opportunities.
Jennifer comes to the OneLegacy
Foundation with a 12-year history
of working with mission-driven
organizations, including her most
recent role as the Outreach Manager
for the Greater Los Angeles Chapter
of Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation.
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Kenzie Durham
Executive Assistant
Kenzie Durham
joins the OneLegacy
Foundation as the
Executive Assistant.
In this role, she will
focus on database
management and
training and community sponsorships.
Kenzie comes to the OneLegacy
Foundation with an extensive
background in supporting highlevel executives in the financial,
entertainment and legal industries.
Kenzie graduated with her Masters in
Education from Loyola Marymount
University.
Be Someone's Hero . . .
Leave a Legacy
When you include the OneLegacy
Foundation in your will or other estate
plans, you become a member of our
Legacy Society.
Many people ask us what they need to
do to make a charitable bequest to the
OneLegacy Foundation. In order to make
this gift, you will need our Tax ID Number,
which is 45-2936915, and the following
bequest language may be helpful:
I devise and bequeath to OneLegacy
Foundation, a California nonprofit
public benefit corporation with
headquarters in Los Angeles, Calif.,
the sum of $_____ (or description of
a specific asset) to be used for the
Foundation's general purposes (or
for the support of a specific fund or
program you designate).
For more details, call us at
213-229-5606 or e-mail
agrey@onelegacyfoundation.org
Donate Your Used Vehicle to OneLegacy Foundation
W
hen a donor family recently
asked family care specialist
Mario Carrillo if OneLegacy
could accept a donation of their
son’s car, the OneLegacy Foundation
established a program allowing people
to gift their car to the organization.
Individuals and families can make this
generous gift by calling OneLegacy's
partner, Car Donating Is Easy, at (855)
500-7433, and informing them that
they have a vehicle to donate to the
OneLegacy Foundation. The caller
will be guided through the process in a
compassionate and efficient manner.
OneLegacy Foundation receives
a percentage of the proceeds and
the contributor of the car receives
documentation of the gift for their
tax purposes. The pioneering donor
family was able to gift their son’s car
as they wished and were comforted by
the OneLegacy Foundation
accommodating
their
needs sensitively and
quickly.
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2013 Donate Life Donate Life Float In The Media
Float 'Journeys' Approximately 714 media stories focusing on Donate
I
nspired by the 2013 Rose Parade
theme “Oh, The Places You’ll
Go!,” the tenth Donate Life Rose
Parade float entry transported 30
riders representing deceased organ, eye
and tissue donors, living donors, and
transplant recipients through a magical,
heart-filled world encompassing the
highs and lows that life has to offer.
A pathway of looping hearts was
lined with 72 memorial floragraph
portraits of deceased donors who were
remembered every step of the way.
The float’s collection of joyful hearts
representing the new life made possible
by transplantation was grounded by
a reverent dedication garden filled
with roses bearing personal messages
honoring those who make the gift of
life possible.
Donate Life's annual Rose Parade
campaign is made possible through the
support of 145 sponsors nationwide,
including 43 organ procurement
organizations, 9 tissue banks, 3 eye banks,
3 associations, 33 hospitals, 10 transplant
centers, 9 donor family foundations, 12
non-profit organizations, and 10 forprofit entities.
(1) The official Tournament of Roses photo gives
a slightly elevated view of "Journeys of the
Heart" as it approaches media corner. (2) Dry
material decorating took place during the first
four weekends of December. (3) Family of Jaret
Minami gather around his floragraph for a family
portrait during a floragraph decorating shift.
(4) Float rider Alfonso Garcia holds a portrait and
points to a floragraph of his donor George Becker,
whose gift of a liver saved Alfonso's life. (5)
Float rider Carolyn Glaspy holds a portrait of her
son Chris Henry, who played for the Cincinnati
Bengals when he became a donor in 2009.
(6) The family of Sandra Velazquez with their
completed floragraph portrait. (7) Kari Barlament
and her daughter Erica decorate a floragraph of
Eric Barlament. Kari rode the inaugural Donate
Life float in 2004 when Erica was four months old.
(8) Donate Life float hospitality volunteers led by
OneLegacy Communications staff support four
special events between Dec. 29 and Jan. 1: the
Float Rider Dinner, Floragraph Family Breakfast,
Donate Life Float Gala and Post-Parade Reception.
Life’s tenth Rose Parade float entry appeared in the
media nationwide, as well as a number of outlets
reaching international audiences including Taiwan,
Korea and Canada.
OneLegacy’s seven-county service area saw 152 media
stories via the following outlets:
General Market: 93 Stories
Regional Newspapers:
LA Daily News (x2), Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Orange County Register
(x2), Pasadena Star News, Riverside Press Enterprise (x4), San Gabriel
Valley Tribune, San Bernardino Sun (x2), The Desert Sun, Ventura County
Star (x2)
Local Newspapers:
Antelope Valley Press, Apple Valley Review, Banning Record-Gazette, Daily
News, Daily Pilot, Desert Sun, High Community News, Huntington Beach
Independent, Record Gazette, Redlands Daily Facts, San Fernando Valley
Sun, The Acorn, Torrance Tribune, UCLA Today, Thousand Oaks Acorn,
Whittier Daily News (x5),
Television:
KCAL-9, KCBS-2, KTLA-5 (x3), KTTV-11 (x2), KNBC-4 (x2), KBAK-29
Bakersfield (x3), KBAK-5 Bakersfield (x2), KBFX-58 Bakersfield, KERO-23
Bakersfield (x4), KESQ-3 Bakersfield (x6), KGET-17 Bakersfield, KMIR-6
Palm Springs, KPSP-2 Palm Springs.
Radio:
KNX-AM 1070 (x4), KPCC-FM 89.3, KHTS Santa Clarita, Clear Channel
Online:
Patch editions (Pasadena, Pinole, Redlands-Loma Linda, Apple Valley,
Baldwin Park, Glendora, Long Beach)
Spanish Language: 26 Stories
Print:
La Opinión, Hoy Newspaper (x2), La Prensa Hispana del Valle de Coachella,
LatinoCalifornia.
Television:
KMEX-34 Univision (x 11), Telefutura-46 (x2), KVEA-52 Telemundo (x4),
CNN en Español, KAZA-54 AztecaAmerica, MundoFox-22, Nuvo TV.
Asian Languages: 33 Stories
Print:
16, Sing Tao (x2), World Journal (Chinese Daily) (x3), China Press (x5),
Nguoi Viet (x3), America Commercial News, Asian Journal.
International Television:
CTI, Taiwan Macroview, Great Love (Da Ai) (x7), LA 18, Phoenix TV (x3),
Sky Link (x2), ABS/CBN.
Radio:
KAZN-AM 1300
Rose Parade Broadcasts
ABC, NBC, HGTV, Univision, KTLA-5 and Tribune Broadcasting, RFD-TV
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Ambassadors in Action
A
s they adopt DMV field
offices, hospitals, cities
and high schools, Donate
Life Ambassadors tell their stories
of hope, courage and renewal
to inspire Southern California's
diverse communities to register
as organ and tissue donors.
Ambassador Kelly Grisham with Ambassador Curtis Hartman
football legend Joe Montana.
gives a high school presentation.
Donate Life Ambassadors at "An Evening of Jazz"
OneLegacy to Host 2013
AMAT Conference
OneLegacy will host the 11th annual Association for
Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation (AMAT) national
conference September 17-20, 2013 at the Universal City
Hilton. The conference provides AMAT members and guests
cultural competency training, professional development
and other expertise borne of front-line experience. The
conference theme, “Lights, Camera, Action! Diversity is the
Star” fits well with the strides being made in the transplant
field, yet it also reminds us of the work that still needs to be
done: eliminating the organ shortage to ensure everyone who
needs a transplant can receive one.
AMAT’s mission is to support our partners in the
transplant field as they save and heal lives in our diverse
communities. Multicultural communities play a critical role
in America’s transplant system. They save and heal lives
as donors of organs and tissues; need life-saving kidney
transplants in disproportionately high numbers; and serve
patients and families as healthcare professionals.
We invite you to join us for the 2013 AMAT conference.
For more information visit www.AMAT1.org
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Foundation Director Anne Grey and Ambassador Dave Hollon at
the "Run for Ruby."
Lights! Camera! Action!
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Div Star!
the
2013 AMAT Conference
September 17-20, 2013
Universal City Hilton
555 Universal Hollywood Drive
Universal City, California 91608
A Million Thanks – Times Ten – to DMV
T
he California Department of
Motor Vehicles (DMV) has
played an essential role in
registering 10 million Californians as
organ and tissue donors, marking by far
the highest donor registry enrollment in
the nation. Thanks to our partnership
with DMV and Donate Life California
Registry, in 2012 more than 30 percent
of organ donors and more than 40
percent of tissue and eye donors were
authorized by the registry.
Last year DMV developed the “Save
a Life” campaign, led by Kathy P. Bibbs,
Deputy Director of Field Operations
Division, to encourage all DMV field
offices to increase donor registrations.
During the campaign period from July 1
through December 31, 2012, employees
at 68 DMV field offices in Southern
California were educated with the
11-minute “Your Decision to Donate”
DVD, utilized new DMV posters,
passed out “I Am a Registered Donor”
In addition, a rose was placed in the
stickers, provided fact sheets and posted float’s Dedication Garden in memory of
banners in their facilities.
Cheryl Stewart, an employee at the Santa
Paula DMV, who died while waiting
In addition to the Save a Life for a liver transplant. The rose was
campaign, eight DMV field offices placed by Leslie Ngo, office manager at
were privileged to celebrate the national Santa Paula DMV and Merri Nakaba,
“20 Million in 2012” initiative: Arleta, office manager at Oxnard DMV. On
Compton, Inglewood, Lincoln Park,
Please see DMV, Page 12
Montebello, Oxnard, Pasadena
and Van Nuys.
DMV was also involved in
the Donate Life Rose Parade
Float for a seventh year. Donate
Life California sponsored a
floragraph honoring David
Horacio Rodriguez, brother of
Margarita Rodriguez, employee
at the Hollywood/Cole Field
Office. David was able to
donate his heart, liver and DMV employees from across the state gathered in
kidneys to save the lives of four Pasadena on December 1, 2012 to help decorate the
tenth annual Donate Life Rose Parade Float "Journeys
people.
of the Heart."
DSRE Department Supports Employees, Outcomes
T
he Donation Science Research
and
Education
(DSRE)
Department provides education
and training to OneLegacy staff in all
aspects of organ and tissue donation
and transplantation. The team
focuses on the development of threedimensional learning – using animation,
visual and audio tools and a highfidelity human patient simulator – to
customize training sessions to meet the
needs of OneLegacy’s departments and
employees.
Measured by positive feedback
from participants, the five-member
The DSRE Department in the state-of-the-art OneLegacy Simulation Center from left to
right: Melissa Legree, Laura Teasley, Maria Stadtler, Rick Ash and Jenna Graciano
department is successful in providing
training and education, according to
DSRE director Maria Stadtler. She
praises the diversity, developmental
talents and technical skills of the team for
providing structured, comprehensive,
high qualitative training. “They are
self-motivated learners, receptive to
continually growing professionally to
reach best practices,” said Stadtler.
The OneLegacy training plan and
program offers live training courses,
workshops and e-learning, with content
based on national standards and
regulations and internal policies and
procedures. Department manager Jenna
Graciano cites the range of live and
electronic learning tools as “essential
to serve the variety of complex of job
roles and the adult learner.” Supporting
DSRE’s range of programs are Rick
Ash, Simulation and Education; Melissa
See DSRE, Page 12
Spring 2013 > The Bridge > OneLegacy
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BRITTANY
injuries, burns and heart defects. Those
who benefited from her donations
Continued from Page 1
hail from California, Iowa, Kentucky,
Missouri,
North
In April 2008, at the young age of Massachusetts,
19, Brittany was in a severe car accident Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia
which left her in a coma. Five days and Washington D.C. Brittany's corneas
later, after complications from a blood were donated to the Louisiana State
clot, Brittany was determined to be University Eye Center for research on
brain dead. Her mother remembered macular degeneration.
the conversation she had with Brittany
Recently, Raquel became a Donate
earlier in the year, so she supported Life Ambassador and spends much
Brittany's wishes to donate.
of her time volunteering with her
Four of Brittany's organs saved local organ recovery organization,
three lives. Her right kidney was received OneLegacy, and sharing Brittany's
by Erica, who was on the transplant story to encourage others to become
waiting list for over seven years and registered donors.
is doing very well. Brittany's liver was
Brittany's decision to be an organ
given to a woman named Kimberly, and donor has made a remarkable and
her left kidney and pancreas were given widespread impact on the lives of
to Joseph, a husband and father of one. many. Her mother hopes to carry on
Brittany's gifts of bone, skin and the legacy by being Brittany's voice and
heart valves have helped individuals making sure everyone she meets knows
throughout the country to heal from how important it is to make the choice
to be a donor.
DSRE
Continued from Page 11
LeGree, Executive Assistant; and Laura
Teasley, Education Specialist.
In addition to the education and
training provided to OneLegacy, DSRE
receives various worldwide inquires
for both education and research
opportunities. DSRE is currently
partnering and supporting more than
25 research studies that contribute to
the betterment of organ and tissue
donation and transplant processes. For
example, OneLegacy supports a study
by UCLA that seeks to make the larynx
transplantable in the future.
DSRE
invites
OneLegacy’s
healthcare partners and sister organ
procurement organizations (OPOs)
to inquire about customized clinical
training in all aspects of organ and
tissue donation and transplantation.
For more information, please contact
DSRERequest@onelegacy.org.
ONELEGACY: 2012
in Review
Continued from Page 3
percentage points.
Notably, 30 percent of recovered
organ donors and more than 42 percent
of recovered tissue and eye donors
were authorized by the Donate Life
California Registry, which counts nearly
9.7 million registered donors statewide.
Raquel Gonzalez (left) decorates a floragraph of her daughter Brittany Cail, which adorned the 2013
Donate Life Rose Parade Float "Journeys of the Heart."
Tissue donation increased from
2011, with a total of 1,644 tissue
and cornea donors in 2012. Patients
nationwide can be thankful for tissue
donors who provide skin used for
Continued from Page 11
abdominal repairs and burn dressings,
behalf of DMV Field Offices, Regional ongoing partnership in support of bone to repair fractures and prevent
Administrators Velma Edmond, Leroy the Donate Life California Registry, amputation, heart valves to repair lifeRamirez, Gloria Rivera and Babette which since 2006 has become essential threatening defects, tendons to repair
Williams dedicated a rose per region in to achieving our life-saving mission major knee injuries, veins for cardiac
support of organ and tissue donation.
and ensuring the decision to donate is bypass surgery, and corneas to end
blindness.
honored.
OneLegacy thanks DMV for their
DMV: Partnering to Save Lives
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OneLegacy > The Bridge > Spring 2013
Hospital Referral January
Data 1 to December 31, 2012
Name
Referral Eligible
Organ
Donors
Organ
Tx'd
Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center
25
0
Keck Hospital of USC
93
KERN COUNTY
Organ
Donors
Organ
Tx'd
1
1
2
1
0
0
Referral Eligible
Bakersfield Heart Hospital
3
0
0
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
33
4
0
0
Kindred Hospital - Los Angeles
1
0
0
0
Kern Medical Center
50
6
5
13
LAC+USC Medical Center
182
27
18
67
Mercy Hospital of Bakersfield
59
4
2
7
Lakewood Regional Medical Center
82
7
6
16
Mercy Southwest Hospital
31
3
3
4
Little Company of Mary Hospital - San Pedro
22
0
0
0
San Joaquin Community Hospital
69
6
3
9
Little Company of Mary Hospital - Torrance
68
6
2
3
TOTAL
245
23
13
33
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
92
18
10
38
Marina Del Rey Hospital
2
0
0
0
0
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
19
1
0
7
0
0
0
Methodist Hospital
31
0
1
0
127
10
9
24
Miller Children's Hospital
32
3
3
10
Barlow Respiratory Hospital
1
0
0
0
Mission Community Hospital - Panorama City Campus
3
0
0
0
Beverly Hospital
46
1
0
0
Monterey Park Hospital
4
1
0
0
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center
Antelope Valley Hospital
Brotman Medical Center
14
Name
2
0
0
0
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
36
6
3
10
California Hospital Medical Center
108
18
15
49
Olive View - UCLA Medical Center
3
0
0
0
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
143
17
15
46
Olympia Medical Center
9
0
0
0
Centinela Hospital Medical Center
74
9
5
11
Pacific Alliance Medical Center
2
0
0
0
CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
39
6
4
12
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley
2
0
0
0
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
29
8
5
18
Palmdale Regional Medical Center
83
1
1
0
Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Inter-Community Campus
36
2
0
0
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
115
11
9
30
Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley Campus
37
1
1
2
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
89
8
8
21
City of Hope National Medical Center
2
0
0
0
Promise Hospital East Los Angeles
1
0
0
0
Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital
6
0
0
0
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
89
6
3
12
Community Hospital of Long Beach
5
1
1
3
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
54
10
7
21
Downey Regional Medical Center
47
1
0
0
Providence Tarzana Medical Center
18
0
0
0
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
1
0
0
0
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
1
0
0
0
East Valley Hospital Medical Center
1
0
0
0
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
131
12
11
33
Foothill Presbyterian Hospital
14
0
0
0
Saint Francis Medical Center
99
21
18
69
Garfield Medical Center
76
3
3
8
Saint John's Health Center
8
1
1
5
Glendale Adventist Medical Center
43
6
6
20
Saint Mary Medical Center
46
5
3
11
Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center
27
1
1
1
Saint Vincent Medical Center
7
1
0
0
Good Samaritan Hospital - Los Angeles
66
5
5
13
San Dimas Community Hospital
1
0
0
0
Greater El Monte Community Hospital
6
0
0
0
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
6
1
1
1
8
0
0
0
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
87
11
7
27
Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr and Orthopaedic Hospital
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital
48
9
10
31
Sherman Oaks Hospital
7
1
1
2
Hollywood Community Hospital
4
0
0
0
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
69
6
3
7
Huntington Hospital
76
1
0
0
Tri-City Regional Medical Center
3
0
0
0
Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center
27
0
0
0
VA West Los Angeles Medical Center
1
0
0
0
Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center
10
1
0
0
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
33
2
2
6
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
106
10
6
21
West Hills Hospital and Medical Center
18
1
0
0
Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center
19
1
1
7
White Memorial Medical Center
62
3
1
2
Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center
19
0
0
0
Whittier Hospital Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Ctr
13
1
1
5
TOTAL
OneLegacy > The Bridge > Spring 2013
2
0
0
0
3011
284
208
664
Hospital Referral Data
January 1 to December 31, 2012
Name
Referral Eligible
Organ
Donors
Organ
Tx'd
ORANGE COUNTY
Name
Referral Eligible
Organ
Donors
Organ
Tx'd
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Anaheim Regional Medical Center
61
1
1
3
Corona Regional Medical Center
7
0
0
0
Chapman Medical Center
3
1
1
4
Desert Regional Medical Center
103
7
7
22
Children's Hospital of Orange County
30
6
4
15
Eisenhower Medical Center
42
2
2
8
Children's Hospital of Orange County at Mission
3
2
1
3
Hemet Valley Medical Center
21
1
1
4
Coastal Communities Hospital
5
0
0
0
Inland Valley Medical Center
37
1
2
3
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Ctr
68
2
3
7
John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital
31
0
0
0
Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center
17
2
1
1
Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Community Hospital
8
0
0
0
Hoag Hospital Irvine
8
1
1
0
Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center
30
1
1
0
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
59
3
4
11
Kindred Hospital Riverside
1
0
0
0
Huntington Beach Hospital
24
1
1
1
Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta
12
0
0
0
Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center
26
0
0
0
Menifee Valley Medical Center
9
0
0
0
Kaiser Permanente Orange County Irvine Med Ctr
7
0
0
0
Palo Verde Community Hospital
3
0
0
0
Kindred Hospital - Westminster
3
0
0
0
Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center
32
0
0
0
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital
1
0
0
0
Rancho Springs Medical Center
28
0
1
2
Los Alamitos Medical Center
9
1
0
0
Riverside Community Hospital
225
10
9
32
Mission Hospital
51
2
4
9
Riverside County Regional Medical Center
113
11
9
37
Newport Specialty Hospital
1
0
0
0
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
19
1
2
2
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center
8
0
0
0
TOTAL
721
34
34
110
Placentia- Linda Hospital
6
1
0
0
Saddleback Memorial Med Ctr - Laguna Hills
18
2
2
5
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Saddleback Memorial Med Ctr - San Clemente
1
0
0
0
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
121
16
13
52
Saint Joseph Hospital
39
1
0
0
Barstow Community Hospital
1
0
0
0
Saint Jude Medical Center
50
4
4
8
Chino Valley Medical Center
4
0
0
0
UC Irvine Medical Center
130
35
26
106
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
55
0
0
0
West Anaheim Medical Center
6
0
0
0
Desert Valley Hospital
34
1
2
6
Western Medical Center Anaheim
5
0
0
0
Hi-Desert Medical Center
3
1
1
6
Western Medical Center Santa Ana
67
12
9
31
Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center
1
0
0
0
TOTAL
706
77
62
204
Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center
90
9
8
20
Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center
28
0
0
0
Kindred Hospital - Ontario
2
0
0
0
240
27
23
73
1
0
0
0
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
Lompoc Valley Medical Center
3
0
0
Marian Regional Medical Center
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
TOTAL
0
Loma Linda University Medical Center
29
2
77
11
0
0
Montclair Hospital Medical Ceter
8
20
109
13
Redlands Community Hospital
12
0
0
0
8
20
Saint Bernardine Medical Center
151
5
4
5
Saint Mary Medical Center - Apple Valley
31
1
1
0
VENTURA COUNTY
San Antonio Community Hospital
65
4
5
18
Community Memorial Hospital
12
1
1
3
Victor Valley Community Hospital
23
0
0
0
Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center
42
2
3
8
TOTAL
862
64
57
180
Ojai Valley Community Hospital
2
0
0
0
Saint John's Pleasant Valley Hospital
3
0
0
0
GRAND TOTAL
5800
505
391
1242
Saint John's Regional Medical Center
36
4
3
13
Santa Paula Hospital
1
0
0
0
Simi Valley Hospital
13
0
0
0
Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital
2
0
0
0
Ventura County Medical Center
35
3
2
7
TOTAL
146
10
9
31
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OneLegacy
Calendar of
Events
April 27, 2013
11th Annual Donate Life Run/Walk
Cal State Fullerton Intramural Field
www.donateliferunwalk.org
September 17-20, 2013
2013 Association for Multicultural Affairs in
Transplantation (AMAT) Conference
Universal City Hilton
www.AMAT1.org
September 25-26, 2013
Organ Donation & Transplantation Alliance
National Donor Management Summit
Westin Bonaventure Hotel
www.organdonationalliance.org
January 1, 2014
Donate Life Float in the
125th Rose Parade, Pasadena
www.donatelifefloat.org
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