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ONELEGACY FACILITATES RECORD 373ORGAN DONORS, NATIONAL RECORD1,223 ORGANS TRANSPLANTED

OneLegacy recorded its sixth consecutiverecord-breaking year in 2005, setting a nationalrecord in saving lives through organ donationand transplantation.

Working in concert with more than 200 hos-pital partners, OneLegacy recorded all-timehighs of 373 organ donors and 1,223 recoveredorgans transplanted. The 1,223 organs trans-planted in 2005 a national record for any sin-gle organ procurement organization (OPO) represents a 10% increase over the previousyear and a jump of 34% since 2000.

OneLegacy s success has continued into2006, with the organization recording a month-ly high of 42 organ donors and 62 tissue donorsin January, followed by 39 donors in February.OneLegacy recovers donated tissue in six of theseven counties in its service area as an FDA-registered tissue bank.

A single donor can save the lives of up toeight people through the donation of organs andhelp another 50 people live longer, fuller livesthrough the gift of tissue donation.

Thanks to our dedicated professional staff,support of our collaborative hospitals and,above all else, the generosity of the families weserve, OneLegacy continues to build on ourtrack record of fulfilling our mission at recordlevels, said Tom Mone, chief executive officer

Have you ever wondered what you woulddo if someone you loved were to pass awayunexpectedly? Would you be able to consid-er the option of donating his or her organsand tissues for the possibility of savingsomeone else s life?

More than 25 years ago, the Gau familyemigrated from Taiwan to the United States.Never did Mr. and Mrs. Gau imagine theywould one day have to face the decision ofwhether to donate their deceased son sorgans. Last year, on an ordinary April day,the family was given the devastating newsthat their oldest child and only son Ardy hadsuddenly passed away. Almost a year andhalf later, Mr. Gau still recalls the fact that hehad just met his son for buffet the weekendbefore. Never did he realize that would bethe last time they would see one another. He

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3 Sav-on DrugsSalutes HugoConstantino

4 SPANNY AwardsHonor Employees

5 El Registro DoneVida California

6 Donate Life Rose Parade FloatPhoto Essay

7 Donation AfterCardiac Death: APersonalExperience

8 Community Events

13 Clergy Meetings

14 2005 Organ DonorReferral Data

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Thousands of Southern California res-idents will feel the spirit of organ and tis-sue donation at the fourth annual DonateLife Run/Walk on Saturday, April 29 atCal State Fullerton. The 5K/1K Run/Walkwill benefit campaigns to promote enroll-ment in the Donate Life CaliforniaRegistry.

For a second year, a challenge hasbeen issued to all of the mayors in

Southern California to participate in a"Mayor-athon" at the event.

New to this year s event is the Circleof Life Garden, which allows donor fam-ilies and recipients to honor organ and tis-sue donors with a sign posted in a specialdesignated area. In addition, the teamfrom A Ride Across America will con-clude their cross-country ATV ride at theDonate Life Run/Walk. Also on-hand will

be the Donate LifeSignatures AcrossAmerica funnycar.

Major sponsorsinclude Sav-on Drugs,Cal State Fullerton,OneLegacy and St.Joseph Hospital. Mediasponsors include 93.9KZLA, Time WarnerCable and Orange CoastMagazine.

For information visit the Run/Walk website,www.donatelifeoc.org.

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WELCOME Los Angeles/Corporate: Elena de laCruz, Latino Communications Coordinator…Gloria Handy, Executive Assistant to COO…Ralph Sutton, African American CommunityDevelopment Coordinator. Long Beach: HediAguiar, Hospital Services Coordinator…DaleCrews, Surgical Recovery Coordinator… GlennMatsuki, Hospital Services Coordinator…Joseph Murray, Per Diem ProcurementTransplant Coordinator…Dave Sander, PerDiem Procurement Transplant Coordinator.Redlands: Jeff Hedrick, Hospital ServicesCoordinator…Craig Shmorhun, Per DiemProcurement Transplant Coordinator… DanielleWelzig, Per Diem Procurement TransplantCoordinator. Sherman Oaks: Michael Cooper,ProcurementTransplantCoordinator;ChristianCrothers, Surgical Recovery Coordinator…

Thomas Ferguson, Procurement TransplantCoordinator...Margaret Seyffert, ProcurementTransplant Coordinator. Tissue Services, LongBeach: Rebekah Garner, Per Diem RecoveryTech. Tissue Services, Redlands: NeviaCardona-Eck, Per Diem Recovery Tech I…CageGodlewski, Per Diem Recovery Tech II…SkyeRivera, Quality Systems Manager…Vivian R.Scebbi, Per Diem Recovery Tech I…IreneVasquez, Per Diem Recovery Tech…RobertZook, Per Diem Recovery Tech I. TissueServices, Sherman Oaks: Isabel Parra, Per DiemRecovery Tech I, Bakersfield.

ON THE MOVE Besty Allen, now OneLegacy’sDonation Services Specialist based inRedlands…Marilyn Begin, Surgical RecoveryCoordinator transferred from Sherman Oaks toLong Beach…Tony Chavez, Surgical RecoveryCoordinator transferred from Long Beach toRedlands…Yolanda Coffey moves from per diemto full-time Assistant Procurement Transplant

Coordinator in Long Beach…Adena Evans isnow Records Management and DocumentControl Assistant…Esther Montoya, formerly aProcurement Transplant Coordinator, is now aHospital Services Coordinator in Long Beach…Juan Ramirez, formerly a full-time SurgicalRecovery Coordinator (SRC), is now a Per DiemSurgical Recovery Coordinator and Per DiemOrgan Placement Coordinator based inRedlands…The job titles of Nancy Allen, StacyLane, Wanda Jones, Diane Green, andStephanie Pero changed from AssistantRegional Director to Clinical Manager.

BEST WISHES We wish the following formerOneLegacy employees the very best in theirfuture endeavors: Jaime Campbell, TheresaCarmen, Carol Cortrite, Dana Darwazeh,Dahiana de Francisco, Coleen Dumenjich, SuzieGeopforth, Andrea Godinez, Karen Libs, AntonioMolina, Jill Van Valkenburg and RosalbaZaldatte.

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The 2005 Donate Life Run/Walk attracted over 2,300 participants.

4th Annual Donate Life Run/Walk at Cal StateFullerton Highlights National Donate Life Month

DateSaturday, April 29

Time• 7:00am Registration• 8:15am Donor Ceremony• 8:45am Warmup• 9:00am 5K/1K Run/Walk• 10:00am Family Health Festival

LocationMemorial Grove, Cal State Fullerton

Highlights• Circle of Life Garden• Donor Ceremony• Events for Children• ‘A Ride Across America’ ATV Team

Registration & InformationFor details go to ww.donatelifeoc.orgor call 714-526-0181

St. Jude Medical Center 17 4 0 0Tustin Community Hospital 1 0 0 0UCI Medical Center 86 31 16 52West Anaheim Medical Center 6 0 0 0Western Medical Center - Anaheim 3 3 1 2Western Medical Center - Santa Ana 72 28 18 63

RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIESArrowhead Regional Medical Center 98 34 19 83Barstow Community Hospital 2 0 0 0Chino Valley Medical Center 6 2 1 3Colorado River Medical Center 1 0 0 0Community Hospital of San Bernadino 12 1 1 5Corona Regional Medical Center 7 1 0 0Delano Regional Medical Center 2 0 0 0Desert Regional Medical Center 47 21 12 38Desert Valley Hospital 8 1 1 1Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 15 4 0 0Hemet Valley Medical Center 12 0 0 0Hi-Desert Medical Center 1 0 0 0Inland Valley Regional Medical Center 13 2 2 11Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center 3 0 0 0John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 7 1 0 0Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center 123 10 3 5Kaiser Permanente Riverside Med Ctr 24 2 0 0Loma Linda University Medical Center 100 39 18 54

Menifee Valley Medical Center 3 0 0 0Moreno Valley Community Hospital 2 0 0 0Parkview Community Hospital Med Ctr 12 1 1 3Rancho Springs Medical Center 12 1 0 0Redlands Community Hospital 8 1 0 0Riverside Community Hospital 43 11 7 16Riverside County Regional Med Center 94 22 9 29San Antonio Community Hospital 40 10 3 7San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 2 0 0 0St. Bernardine Medical Center 84 4 0 0St. Mary Regional Medical Center 5 0 0 0Victor Valley Community Hospital 13 0 0 0

SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA COUNTIESCommunity Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura 10 1 0 0Lompoc District Hospital 2 0 0 0Marian Medical Center 8 2 2 5Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 36 16 9 42Los Robles Regional Medical Center 9 5 3 15Ojai Valley Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 6 1 1 2St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital 3 0 0 0St. John’s Regional Medical Center 23 6 3 6Ventura County Medical Center 17 3 2 2

TOTAL 3159 763 373 1223

Several OneLegacy employees proudly serve alongside our colleagues on professional committees in service of our community:

Employee Role Committee Committee Chair/Co-Chairs

Nancy Allen Member NATCO Communications Committee Jennifer Porter, RTI Donor Service

Member ABTC Exam Writing Cmte for CPTC Dawn Brim, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network

Gregg Beckham Member AOPO UAGA Task Force Carol O'Neill, AOPO

Alan Cochran Co-Chair AOPO Tissue Council Jackie Coley, NYODNLinda Martin, Midwest Transplant Network

Member AATB Awards/Nominatng Cmte Rich Kagan, MD, Shriner’s Hospital for Children

Anita Corliss Co-Chair AOPO Human Resources Council Tina Brennan, Midwest Transplant Network

Jeff Fleming Co-Chair AOPO Donor Family Services Council Valerie Maury, LifeCenter Northwest

Sabrina Ho Co-Chair AOPO Multicultural Task Force Maria Sanders, New Mexico Donor Services

Patrick McGarry Secretary AOPO Financial Council Sylvie Muldoon, Wash. Reg. Transplant ConsortiumBarry Newman, NJ Sharing Network

Bryan Stewart Member AOPO 2006 Meeting Planning Cmte Ann Roberson, Texas Organ Sharing Alliance

Vice Chair AOPO PR/Public Education Council Paul Sodders, Iowa Donor Network

Tenaya Wallace Immed. Past Coalition on Donation Spring 2006 Sean Fitzpatrick, New England Organ BankCo-Chair Workshop Planning Committee

OneLegacy Employees Serve Our Professional Community

KERN COUNTYBakersfield Heart Hospital 4 0 0 0Bakersfield Memorial Hospital 21 0 0 0City of Angels 3 0 0 0Delano Regional Medical Center 6 1 0 0Kern Medical Center 82 21 11 47Kern Valley Hospital Medical Center 2 0 0 0Mercy Hospital 33 9 1 1Ridgecrest Community Hospital 5 2 1 3San Joaquin Community Hospital 21 2 0 0

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRALAlhambra Hospital 5 2 0 0Brotman Medical Center 7 2 1 4California Hospital Medical Center 67 18 10 39Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 68 18 8 32Children’s Hospital Los Angeles 16 1 1 4Century City Hospital 1 0 0 0Citrus Valley Intercommunity Hospital 1 0 0 0Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley Campus 26 4 2 8City of Angels Medical Center 3 1 0 0City of Hope National Medical Center 1 0 0 0East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital 1 0 0 0Garfield Medical Center 14 2 0 0Good Samaritan Hospital 16 2 2 5Greater El Monte Community Hospital 5 0 0 0Hollywood Community Hospital 4 0 0 0Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Med Ctr 4 0 0 0Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med Ctr 73 11 3 12Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Med Ctr 16 3 1 3LAC + USC Medical Center 156 46 26 96Midway Hospital Medical Center 2 0 0 0Monterey Park Hospital 2 1 0 0Olympia Medical Center 1 1 1 4Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 36 11 8 22Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presbyterian Med Ctr 10 3 0 0San Dimas Community Hospital 8 1 0 0San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 10 4 1 1St. John’s Hospital and Health Center 2 0 0 0St. Vincent Medical Center 13 4 2 7UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica 1 0 0 0UCLA Medical Center - Westwood 96 14 8 30USC University Medical Center 19 3 3 12West Los Angeles Veterans Hospital 1 0 0 0White Memorial Medical Center 19 6 2 5

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTHAntelope Valley Hospital 41 11 8 31East Valley Hospital and Medical Center 1 0 0 0Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, Tarzana 1 0 0 0Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 5 0 0 0Glendale Adventist Medical Center 19 6 0 0Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 25 6 3 9Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 15 6 4 16Huntington Hospital 54 5 2 5Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Med Ctr 9 3 1 1Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 21 5 4 6LA County Olive View / UCLA Medical Center 5 0 0 0Lancaster Community Hospital 10 1 0 0


Organ Donor Referral DataMethodist Hospital of Southern California 18 2 1 4Mission Community Hospital - Panorama City Campus 3 0 0 0Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 31 12 7 18Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Med Ctr 2 0 0 0Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 59 17 12 48Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center 2 0 0 0St. Joseph Medical Center 25 5 4 9Valley Presbyterian Hospital 12 0 0 0Verdugo Hills Hospital 6 1 1 2West Hills Regional Medical Center 6 1 1 0

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTHBeverly Hospital 9 4 0 0Centinela Freeman Regional MC, Centinela Campus 37 13 3 10Centinela Freeman Regional MC, Marina Campus 1 0 0 0Centinela Freeman Regional MC, Memorial Campus 26 7 2 1Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 2 0 0 0Downey Regional Medical Center 12 4 2 10Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Med Ctr 10 0 0 0Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Med Ctr 4 2 0 0Kindred Hospital Los Angeles 1 1 0 0LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 67 28 13 39LA County King / Drew Medical Center 39 9 3 4Lakewood Regional Hospital 5 1 0 0Little Company of Mary - San Pedro Hospital 25 4 1 2Little Company of Mary Hospital 25 4 1 2Long Beach Community Medical Center 6 0 0 0Long Beach Mem Med Ctr / Miller Children’s Hospital 49 19 8 27Memorial Hospital of Gardena 13 8 5 10Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 12 6 3 13St. Francis Medical Center 65 35 16 59St. Mary Medical Center 37 13 4 13Suburban Medical Center 2 0 0 0Torrance Memorial Medical Center 40 4 2 4Whittier Hospital Medical Center 9 2 1 3

ORANGE COUNTYAnaheim Memorial Medical Center 20 0 0 0Chapman Medical Center 4 0 0 0Childrens Hospital of Orange County 21 4 2 5CHOC at Mission 3 1 1 4Coastal Communities Hospital 2 0 0 0Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Med Ctr 42 1 0 0Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 4 0 0 0Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 35 12 7 12Huntington Beach Hospital 4 0 0 0Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Ctr 1 1 1 1Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Med Ctr 76 11 7 19Kindred Hospital Brea 1 0 0 0Kindred Hospital Westminster 1 0 0 0La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 4 0 0 0Los Alamitos Medical Center 11 4 3 7Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 30 10 8 30Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center 1 0 0 0Placentia Linda Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 13 2 2 3San Clemente Hospital and Medical Center 2 0 0 0South Coast Medical Center 4 0 0 0St. Joseph Hospital 22 4 2 5


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Sav-on Drugs manager HugoConstantino waited two years to be placedon the lung transplant waiting list, over-coming a series of health-related obstaclesto be listed. Unfortunately, his stay on thelist was brief, as he died waiting for the giftof a life-saving donated organ.

During his 33 years with Sav-on, Hugotrained over 300 up-and-coming managersand was truly loved by his staff. AfterHugo s passing, his son Victor wrote a let-ter to all Sav-on employees asking thatrather than send the family flowers or cards,they take the time to educate themselvesabout organ donation so that others willreceive life-saving transplants.

My family and I have come to vieworgan donation as the ultimate act of loveand charity, but we leave you to make yourconclusions, wrote Victor. It is our fer-vent hope, however, that you will ultimate-ly share our view and become an organdonor yourself. Even if you conclude thatorgan donation is not for you, we can thinkof no better testament to my father s mem-ory than assisting others in donating life.

Victor s letter inspired Sav-on andAlbertsons to raise over $16,000.00 inHugo s honor, with a check presentation toOneLegacy employees at Sav-on sScottsdale, Ariz. headquarters. InDecember, a team of Sav-on managers andemployees joined the Constantino family todecorate the Donate Life Rose ParadeFloat. In addition, more than 1,500 Sav-onand Albertsons associates have signed upon the Donate Life California Registry aspart of a challenge in honor of Hugo.

Sav-on s support of donation continuesinto April s National Donate Life Monthwith the in-store sale of Donate Life greenbracelets and the entry of a large Sav-on/Albertsons team at the Donate LifeRun/Walk in April.

Sav-on Salutes Hugo Constantinowith Call to Donate Life

(1) Employees of Sav-on’s Sherman Oaks storeshow their love of Hugo Constantino as part ofa companywide “jeans day” in his honor. (2)Sav-on presents a check for $15,210 in pro-ceeds from the jeans day. In total. Sav-onemployees raised more than $16,000 to supportDonate Life California Registry enrollmentcampaigns. Pictured l to r: Paul DeGaetano,District Manager; Tenaya Wallace, OneLegacymanager of communications; Kathleen Hostert,OneLegacy community development coordina-tor, Orange County; OneLegacy Ambassadorand Donate Life Run/Walk co-chair CraigHostert; Karen Ramos, Director ofCommunications and Public Affairs, DrugDivision; Ron Day, Southern CaliforniaNorthern Area Vice President; Dennis Palmer,Senior Vice President of Operations, DrugDivision; and Shushma Patel, District Manager.(3) Sav-on managers and employees joined theConstantino family at the Phoenix DecoratingCo. Rose Palace in Pasadena to decorate theDonate Life Rose Parade Float, LifeTransformed.

On October 5, twenty members ofTRIO Ventura County/West ValleyChapter attended a day-long(9:45am-3:45pm) taping. The mem-bers, each clad in Donate Life T-shirts, received ample camera timeand presented one of the shirts tohost Bob Barker. The group alsogave him long stem roses in honorof the Donate Life Rose ParadeFloat, which inspired him to reflecton being CBS’s parade TV com-mentator for 16 years. Lois Foxenwas called as a contestant butover-bid and did not get to go up onthe stage. The group met many ofthe 300 people in the audience anddiscussed organ and tissue dona-tion with them. Among them werea retired New York City FireDepartment Paramedic whoreceived a liver transplant twoyears ago and a girl who was get-ting a bone marrow transplant thenext week.

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(1) Receiving a special award for Extraordinary Service to Our Mission wasorgan placement coordinator John Laniewski, standing with colleagueTeresita Nuila and CEO Tom Mone. (2) Honored for Extraordinary Service toOur Company were OneLegacy’s Information Services department: JohnMcCain, Vicki Simmons, Khanh Huynh and Ralph Navarro. (3) Recognizedfor Extraordinary Service to Donor Families were Mily Teske, Wanda

Jones, SherryWatson and AntonioChavez. Not pic-tured: Scott Bunting,Esther Montoya andTasha Querantes.Other honoreesincluded MarilynBegin and KrenCampbell (Team);Carla Talley Hentz(Hospitals); SimeraNichols (Employees);and Kathleen Hostert(Community).

Last October, community develop-ment coordinators Sabrina Ho, KathleenHostert and Vanessa Van Nguyen organ-ized two clergy meetings to launch DonorSabbath season and help clergy under-stand organ and tissue donation in a reli-gious context.

Sabrina Ho hosted seven houses ofworship at Garfield Medical Center, withmany representing the nearby Chinesecommunity. Four newspapers were inattendance to write about the Buddhistand Christian perspective on donation.Venerable Ashin s Buddhist perspectivefocused on the aspect of Karma and howorgan donation is the highest level of giv-ing. Pastor Hansford Worline spoke onthe Christian perspective of organ and tis-sue donation, including a simple yet pro-found observation: We need to take careof each other.

Represented at the Garfield MedicalCenter clergy meeting were Long BeachBuddhist Temple, Long Beach; ParamiBuddhist Monastery, Rosemead; Los

Angeles Buddhist Union,Rosemead; Hsi LaiTemple, Hacienda Heights;Tzu Chi Foundation;Calvary ResurrectionalMissionary BaptistChurch, Compton; andAssembly of Christ forChinese EvangelismChurch, Temple City. Alsoin attendance were repre-sentatives from Asians forMiracle Marrow Matches(A3M), Garfield Hospitaland Monterey ParkHospital.

The clergy meeting at Mater Dei HighSchool in Santa Ana provided the oppor-tunity for members of all religious back-grounds to participate on the importanceof sharing organ and tissue donation withtheir church. Representatives from acrossOrange County attended the event andheard firsthand the growing need fororgan donation from kidney transplant

surgeon Dr. Ervin Ruzics of St. JosephMedical Center in Orange; PastorChristopher Smith, who is on dialysis;and Chaplain Jon Westholme of UCIMedical Center.

These inaugural clergy meetings rep-resent a promising start to OneLegacy sconcerted efforts to appeal to the inter-faith community.

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still wishes they had hugged each othergoodbye instead of simply shaking hands.

During this difficult time of emotionalturmoil, Mr. and Mrs. Gau made the extraor-dinary choice of agreeing to donate theirson s organs. As I look back, even thoughhe is gone, the fact that his organs are con-tinuing to help someone else live a good lifemakes it much more real that he is not reallygone. Instead, part of him is still alive, stillhere with me and my family on Earth, saysMr. Gau.

In 2003, the Gau family had the honor ofrepresenting the Southern California com-munity at the National Donor RecognitionCeremony in Washington DC. Mr. Gau wasawarded a medal by the United States

Department of Health and Human Servicesfor his courage and generosity that led to theextension of three lives.

But despite all of this, many of the Gaufamily s relatives in the States and in Taiwanstill have a difficult time accepting the ideaof organ donation. They seem to grasp on tothe traditional Chinese thinking that humansshould be buried whole, notes Mr. Gau.

From my experience, I want people toknow that death does not mean an end tolife, said Mr. Gau. Organ donation, in fact,can help your family establish a legacy of theloved one who is no longer around. What isimportant is for people to understand what itmeans to be a donor and how comforting ithas been to my family to know that we madea gift of love on his behalf.

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Organ Donation DataFollowing are key OneLegacy performance indicators for the year 2005. The five performance indicators criti-cal to organ procurement organization (OPO) certification by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services(CMS) are denoted with an asterisk. (Source: OneLegacy data)


Inaugural SPANNY Awards Honor Employee Performance

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL

Organ Donors* 28 25 32 35 38 30 26 33 35 28 29 34 373

Kidneys Recovered* 51 42 58 63 64 54 45 64 57 54 58 61 671

Kidneys Transplanted* 48 40 51 54 54 48 37 55 57 39 49 46 577

Extra-Renals Recovered* 62 50 51 53 65 65 48 64 78 46 53 63 698

Extra-Renals Transplanted* 64 50 45 53 61 64 46 52 68 43 47 57 650

Livers Transplanted 30 21 23 28 27 25 25 28 29 16 17 25 294

Hearts Transplanted 14 10 8 10 14 13 10 10 13 7 11 15 135

Lungs Transplanted 10 13 6 10 14 12 5 7 15 14 12 13 131

Pancreas Transplanted 10 6 7 5 6 9 6 7 10 6 7 3 82

Consent Rate 55% 49% 49% 54% 60% 53% 64% 61% 60% 49% 60% 56% 56%

Conversion Rate 53% 53% 49% 57% 54% 61% 67% 60% 65% 48% 55% 64% 57%

Organs Recovered 113 92 109 116 129 114 93 128 135 100 111 124 1364

Organs Transplanted 112 90 96 107 115 107 83 107 125 81 96 103 1223

Organs Recovered Per Donor 4.04 3.68 3.41 3.31 3.39 3.80 3.58 3.88 3.86 3.57 3.83 3.65 3.66

Organs Transplanted Per Donor 4.00 3.60 3.00 3.06 3.03 3.57 3.19 3.24 3.57 2.89 3.31 3.03 3.28

Give Thanks, Give Life Campaign Engages Local Clergy

Pictured at the Mater Dei High School clergy meeting are TenayaWallace, OneLegacy manager of communications; Chaplin JonWestholm of UCI Medical Center; Father Christopher Smith; Ven.Tinh-Tue; Vanessa Van Nguyen, OneLegacy family advocate/com-munity educator; and Kathleen Hostert, OneLegacy communitydevelopment educator, Orange County.

Mr. and Mrs. Gau (with OneLegacy Asiancommunity development coordinatorSabrina Ho, left) attended the 2003National Donor Recognition Ceremony inhonor of their son Ardy.

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ARDY: “Part of him is still alive, still here with me and my family on Earth.”

In January, eighteen OneLegacy employees were honoredwith an inaugural SPANNY award, the top tier ofOneLegacy s Superior Performance Awards. The company’sfront-line, employee-driven peer awards and recognition pro-gram honors employees for excellence in serving our six keyconstituents: Our Employees, Our Team/Department, OurCompany, Donor Families, Our Hospitals and Our Community.

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of OneLegacy. The growth in organ and tissue donation translatesdirectly into lives saved and enhanced in our seven-county area.We attribute this growth to the combined impact of national, stateand local initiatives. Media stories on donation also contribute sig-nificantly to rising awareness about the importance of donation andencourage families to reach these life-saving decisions.

A major contributor to OneLegacy s record numbers has been theOrgan Donation Breakthrough Collaborative, a nationwide initiativelaunched in 2003 to save and enhance thousands of lives a year byspreading known best practices to the nation s largest hospitals andto achieve organ donation rates of 75% or higher in these hospitals.

Another key contributor has been rising consent rates, whichhave increased from 49% to 55.5%. Consent rates calculate thenumber of families who agree to donation at the time they areapproached. A related performance measure is the conversion rate,which gauges how many eligible referrals (based on medical suit-ability) result in actual donors; some consented cases result in organsnot being recovered, mainly as a result of disqualifying medical con-ditions. The conversion rate has exceeded the consent rate s steadyclimb, going from 47% in 2000 to 57%, or a 21% increase.

Operationally, a key focus continues to be the optimal medicalmanagement of donors. Last year, nearly 3.3 lives were saved byevery donor. When a family says yes to donation, we owe it tothem to make sure their loved one saves as many lives as possible,said Renee Hawthorne, chief operating officer for OneLegacy.From responding to referrals on a timely basis to ensuring theorgan function of each organ is maintained and improved prior totransplant and by placing the organs with the appropriate recipientquickly, our donation coordinators and support teams are key tomaximizing the generous gift of every donation.

As a result of the outstanding performance of OneLegacy andCalifornia s three other OPOs, the number of patients listed inCalifornia for extra-renal organs actually stabilized for the firsttime in 2005. The number of kidney transplant candidates contin-ues to climb, however, and now number more than 14,000 in thestate and 64,000 nationwide.

While we are seeing real progress toward meeting the demand,the reality is that the availability of donated organs is not keepingpace with the waiting list, said Mone. We will continue to seekout every possible opportunity to make an impact, from collaborat-ing with hospitals to training staff, applying the latest technologyand inspiring the community to donate life. We will continue toexpand our reach to ensure that donor families and transplant recip-ients alike — not to mention their families and communities — benefit from the gift of organ donation and transplantation.


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El Puente Una secci n especial para la comunidad latina

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Done Vida California es el registroelectr nico donde los residentes deCalifornia mayores de 18 a os puedeninscribirse para ser donantes de rganosy/o tejidos.

Una ley estatal aprobada el a o 2003autoriz a las cuatro organizaciones nolucrativas de recuperaci n de rganos deCalifornia a establecer y administrar unregistro electr nico. Las organizacionesson California Transplant Donor Network(norte de California), Golden State DonorServices ( rea de Sacramento), Lifesharing( ea de San Diego) y OneLegacy (LosAngeles y condados cercanos).

¿Por qué se necesita un registro?

Antes de que existiera el registro laresponsabilidad de consentir a ladonaci n reca a por completo en la famil-ia del donante. Desafortunadamente, losmiembros de la familia no siempre esta-ban al tanto de los deseos de su ser queri-do. Este registro eliminar cualquierduda que la familia pueda tener acerca desus deseos de DONAR VIDA. Si una

persona llega a ser un donante potencial, asu familia se le entregar una copia de suregistro para asegurar que sus deseos secumplan.

¿Por qué debo inscribirme? ¿No es sufi-ciente cargar una tarjeta de donante otener el punto rosado en mi licencia demanejar?

El punto rosado en la licencia deconducir es un s mbolo de la intenci n deser donante, pero nunca ha tenido pesolegal. La tarjeta de donante con firma ytestigo otorga legalmente el permiso derecuperar rganos, sin embargo, debido ala conmoci n que se vive cuando alguienest al borde de la muerte, raramente seencuentra una tarjeta de donante en elmomento en el que se le habla a unafamilia acerca de la donaci n. Sin la doc-umentaci n que demuestre la decisi n delpaciente, con frecuencia las familias seniegan a dar permiso para la donaci n.

En el registro Done Vida sudeseo/compromiso de ser donante es

archivado en una base de datos segura yconfidencial. Si tras su fallecimientotiene la oportunidad de convertirse endonante de rganos y/o tejidos, a su famil-ia se le presenta un documento oficial desu decisi n y ellos no tendr n derecho arevocarlo. Si de acuerdo a los requisitosm dicos usted puede ser donante, susdeseos ser n respetados y los familiaresno tendr n que tomar la dif cil respons-abilidad de tomar la decisi n por usted.

¿Cómo me inscribo en el registro?

Acudiendo a www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org

¿Cómo verifican mi identidad alinscribirme al registro?

La inscripci n en el registro se verifi-ca por medio de un e-mail que recibir enun espacio de 30 d as h biles. Hasta quesu firma electr nica no haya sido compro-bada, su registro no ser consideradoactivo .

Registro de Done Vida California: C mo funciona

2005: Six-Year Streak of Record Number of Lives Saved


Source: OneLegacy data

(1) The family of Adam McKenzie was among 170 donor familymembers who helped decorate the Donate Life float. [KK] (2) Floatrider Edith Gonzalez came to the Rose Palace at 4:30am for a liveinterview from the float decorating site [BS]. (3) Decorating is fullof personal moments such as this one [KH]. (4) Erika Wells and theother float riders pitched in. [BS] (5) Sue Dunn, CEO of Coloradoorgan recovery organization Donor Alliance, made the pilgrimageto Pasadena with her parents. [BS] (6) Family Circle chair LaurieWolowic receives the inaugural Gary P. Foxen Award as thehonor’s namesake looks on. [SW] (7) 2005 float rider Eleanor Greenpasses the torch to the Class of 2006 at the Float Riders & OfficialPartners Reception. [SW] (8) Donor mother Donna Hansen (r) andthe recipient of Jasun’s kidney, float rider Erika Wells, togetherplant a rose in the Family Circle Garden in memory of Jasun. [BS](9) The float’s four Latina float riders - America Leyva, MyriamCorrea-Sherman, Sahra Torres-Rivera and Edith Gonzalez -appear on Telemundo’s pre-parade show. [BS] (10) Liver recipientJackie Colleran proudly displays a photo of her donor, WadeShoenhals. [SW] (11) ‘Life Transformed’ makes its way past thehuge grandstands and TV cameras at ‘media corner’. [SW] Photo credits: BS=Bryan Stewart, KH=Khanh Huynh, KK=KariKozuki, SW=Scott Weersing

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General 8/30 KPCC 89.3FM’s “AirTalk with Larry Mantle” interviewed

Bryan Stewart about presumed consent.10/3 Press-Enterprise covered the Donate Life Grand Prix.11/4 Santa Maria Times reported on Brice Fabing, a high

school football player who became an organ donor.12/15 KPCC 89.3FM’s “AirTalk with Larry Mantle” interviewed

Tom Mone regarding the UCI liver program.2/22 Los Angeles Times ran a front-page story on twin Nick

Draper’s heart transplant at UCLA.2/27 Los Angeles Times published an interview with Nick

Draper’s donor family.3/7 Orange County Register spotlighted the shortage of

donated organs nationwide.

Multicultural1/11 TVB/Jade Channel ran a 6-minute segment highlighting

the Donate Life float and donation misconceptions.3/3 KMEX-34 (Univision) featured donnor sister Camille

Nighthorse and the recipient of her brotherWabeyuma Walker’s heart, Julio Jara.

3/7 La Opinion reported on the Long Beach “Fields ofGold” Donor Remembrance Ceremony.

DONATE LIFE ROSE PARADE FLOATApproximately 145 media stories nationwide focused on the 2006float and its riders, including the following local media coverage:

General

TV: KABC-7 (ABC); KCAL-9 (2x); KCBS-2 (CBS) (2x); KGET-17 (NBC) Bakersfield; KNBC-4 (NBC) (3x); KTLA-5 (WB) News, Pre-Parade Show; KTTV-11 (FOX)

Print: Antelope Valley Press; Bakersfield Californian; FridayFlyer (Canyon Lake); Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (2x);Jewish Journal; La Canada Valley Sun; LA DailyNews; Orange County Register; Pasadena Star-News; Precinct Reporter (San Bernardino); Press-Enterprise; San Bernardino County Sun; SouthernCalif. Senior Life; The Tidings; Ventura County Star

Spanish

TV: Canal 22 (Telemundo) Pre-Parade Show; KAZA-54(Azteca America); KMEX-34 (Univision) (2x); KRCA-62(Ind) (2x); KVEA-52 (Telemundo) (2x); KWHY-22(Telemundo) "Al filo de la noticia"; Univision"Despierta America"; Univision "En Vivo y en DirectoTelefutura"; Univision "Primera Edicion"; Univision"Ver para Creer"

Print: Hoy (2x); La Ola; La Opinión (2x); La Prensa; La Voz(Pomona); Mundo L.A. (2x)

Asian

TV: CTI TV; CTI Zhong Tian Channel; Great Love TV; JadeTVB (2x); KSCI-18; Sky Link TV; KBS-44 Korean TV;Television Korea 24; Voice of America Chinese TV

Print: Chinese L.A. Daily News; Singtao Southern California(2x); Korean Daily News (2x); Nguoi Viet

Donation in the Media


‘Life Transformed’ ShinesLight on Rainy Rose ParadeOn January 2nd, the organ and tissue donation community was representedfor a third consecutive year in the world’s third most-watched entertainmentevent, the Tournament of Roses Parade. The Donate Life float was first envi-sioned in a letter from lung recipient Gary Foxen, who saw a float in“America’s New Year Celebration” as a way to celebrate the gift of life and

honor donor families. Following in the tradi-tion of 2004’s A Symphony of Life and 2005’sMany Families, One Gift, the 2006 DonateLife Rose Parade Float, themed LifeTransformed, featured 23 riders beneath a40-foot-long fallen tree and surrounded bynew life springing forth from its shelter.

Approximately 40 million U.S. televisionviewers and millions more in 150 countrieswatched the parade, as did more than200,000 people who braved driving rain,

which dampened the parade for the first time in 50 years. Approximately 145media stories nationwide reached many millions more. Especially notablewas coverage by Asian and Latino media, which were attracted to theDonate Life float’s distinction as the first in the history of the parade withlogos in both English and Spanish (“Done Vida”).

The 2006 Donate Life float emerged as a national tradition in its own right,with float rider representatives from 13 states and the District of Columbia.In addition, the new Family Circle rose dedication program attracted 308dedications from 36 states. The Donate Life Rose Parade Float Committeelooks forward to continuing the float’s mission to inspire the world to donatelife with our fourth Rose Parade appearance on New Year’s Day 2007.

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OUT OF THE BALL PARK On February 6, Jim and DianePoettgen (far left and far right), owners of Ball Park Pizza inRancho Santa Margarita, hosted a Donate Life event, raising$1,167 to support Donate Life California Registry enrollmentefforts. Rather than a traditional 50th birthday party, Dianechose to ask friends, family, and community to forgo the birth-day gifts and come spend the day with her and dear friendCandace Moose, heart recipient (second from left). Diane’sbirthday wish came true as people came to learn about organdonation and 34 people signed up to be organ and tissuedonors. Joining them for the day was Kathleen Hostert,OneLegacy community development coordinator, OrangeCounty (second from right).

RACE FOR LIFE Adams Kart Track’s Troy Adams (center)stands with Team Accufab, winners of the inaugural DonateLife Grand Prix at the world famous professional karting trackin Riverside. The event returns this October 6-7, with 36 teamsexpected to participate. Info: Alexis Vasilchak, 909-801-3742.

To view more photos, visit www.donatelifefloat.org.

BY KEN JOHNSON, RNST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF ORANGE

The patient was a 25-year-old female who was diagnosed as ababy with Rett Syndrome, a genetic degenerative neurological dis-order. Over the course of years, the disease process had left Jamiewithout the ability to move and with the mental capacity of a six-month-old.

Upon admission to CCU she would be ventilator dependent.After many family conferences with the physician, the family felttheir daughter had no quality of life and they made the difficultdecision to withdraw the ventilator and provide comfort care forher. The mother had discovered that there was a neurologicalresearch center for Rett Syndrome and she desired to donate her

daughter s brain to the research center after her death.

Headquartered at Children s Hospital of Orange County, I

asked the mother if she would like help coordinating the donation

with the research center. I also asked if she had also considered

organ donation, and she had not. However, she was very interest-

ed, so I contacted OneLegacy so they could be available to answer

questions and explain the process in detail. I also contacted theresearch center to coordinate the donation efforts. OneLegacy

arrived that afternoon to talk with the patient s mother, and the

primary researcher from the center also arrived. After explainingthe options, the mother agreed to proceed with organ donation andthe brain donation.

The unit became a beehive of activity as we set in motion all

the paperwork and the steps to make the donation possible. I thinkit was very important for everyone to be aware that the decision towithdraw life support was a decision the family made based on

their recognition that the patient s quality of life was non-existent.The decision to donate her organs was a separate matter.

When I returned the next day, the OneLegacy team was stillthere working. Throughout the day there was a stream of family

and friends to see Jamie and say goodbye to her. Later, wereceived word that the transplant team was flying in and setting upin the operating room. The family said their last goodbyes and wetook the patient to the operating room.

The mother was the only family member who wanted to bepresent in the operating room. Before this, the transplant teamprepped and draped the patient and then stepped out of the room.They were not allowed to begin the organ recovery until a full fiveminutes after the patient expired. If she did not expire within theone hour, she would be returned to her room for supportive care.

After the patient was prepared, the mother was then broughtinto the operating room. She sat with her for a while. The Chaplainoffered a prayer and Jamie was removed from the ventilator. She

was not able to breathe on her own and within a few minutes went

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into cardiac arrest. She was then pronounced dead. After the five

minutes, the mother was escorted out and the transplant teambegan recovery.

In the sadness of losing this patient, I couldn t help but think

of the contrast between the sadness of this family and the joy of

the people that would be recipients of the donated organs. Itseemed to bring a balance knowing that for this family, the loss oftheir daughter was allowing other people to have their prayers

answered. I can only hope that if others are in the difficult position

of withdrawing life support from someone they love, they wouldconsider donation after cardiac death. It is a viable option that canhelp many and bring some closure to the family as they grieve the

loss of their loved one.

Continued from

CLINICAL CORNER

By Jeff Fleming

Last May, the Donor Family Council of the Association of OrganProcurement Organizations (AOPO) approved the use of new ter-minology about donation. The council reasoned that avoidingwords and phrases that cause concern among donor familiesand the general public will increase both understanding andacceptance of the donation process. These terminology updatesare unanimously supported by the American Society ofTransplantation (AST) and American Society of TransplantSurgeons (ASTS) and have been adopted by the AmericanJournal of Transplantation.

Appropriate Term Inappropriate Term

recover organs “harvest” organsrecovery of organs “harvesting” of organsdonation of organs “harvesting” of organsdonation after cardiac death “non-heart beating donation”progressing to brain death “deteriorating to brain death”determine brain death “declare brain death”death “legal death”consent given “obtained” or “got” consentfacilitated a donation “did a donor”mechanical or ventilator support “life” supportdonated organs and tissues “body parts”transplanted organs per donor “yield”deceased donation “cadaveric” donationdeceased donor “cadaver” (in donation context)

Donation After Cardiac Death: A Personal Experience

New Donation Terminology Recommended

The unit became a beehive ofactivity as we set in motion allthe paperwork and the steps tomake the donation possible.


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Western Medical Center was one of five area Organ DonationBreakthrough Collaborative hospitals receiving the HHSCrystal Bowl Award in recognition of their achievement of theinitative’s goal of a 75% conversion rate. Pictured are BeckyBarker, RN; Tasha Querantes, OneLegacy Hospital ServicesCoordinator; Janet Hewson, RN, Director-Trauma ER; SherriLamon, RN, Director of Critical Care; Kim Koegel, RN; SandraTruong, Social Services; and Tony Landaverde, OneLegacyFamily Care Coordinator.

Western Medical Center Santa Ana Celebrates AwardDCD: “A viable option that can help many”

OneLegacy In the Communiy(1) Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti presents a certificate of appreciation toEmbajadore de OneLegacy Edith Gonzalez and OneLegacy manager of communications TenayaWallace. (2) The Donate Life message is loud and clear at the LA Auto Show, where AmbassadorMark Douglass joined City of Hope and Saturn to greet more than 150,000 attendees at the LAConvention Center. (3) Ambassadors from TRIO Ventura County/West Valley spearheaded a NationalDonor Sabbath presentation at Valley Outreach Synagogue in Reseda. Beverly Cohen, wife of organdonor Robert Cohen, spoke to the audience and liver recipient Glenda Rosenbloom (pictured, toright) met congregants at the Donate Life table. (4) Sabrina Ho hosted celebrated Medicine BuddhaBirthday at Los Angeles Buddhist Union, Rosemead Buddhist Monastery in Rosemead withVenerable Bhante Chaochu. (5) Tenaya Wallace shares information with an attendee at the EdisonInternational Community Expo in Rosemead. (6) Representing the Donate Life campaign at the GoletaLemon Festival in October 2005 were OneLegacy Ambassadors Taj Hudson and Jeff Richard. (7) Highschool students energize passersby at the 10th Annual Asian American Harvest Festival in Arcadia.

KERN COUNTY

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH

RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

From Carpinteria to Cypress, Taft to Twentynine Palms, and Westminster to West Los Angeles, OneLegacy professionals and Ambassadors reach out tocommunities throughout Southern California. From September 2005 to February 2006, donation was represented at more than 175 community events.Multicultural focus denoted: (A)sian, (Af)rican American, (C)hinese, (F)ilipino, (H)ispanic, (V)ietnamese.

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Sept 3 Inglewood Table Inglewood 3rd Annual South Bay Jazz FestivalSept 10 Signal Hill Table Signal Hill Chamber of Commerce Health FairSept 22 Santa Fe Spring AMB Speaker Donate Life Awareness EventSept 24 Lynwood AMB Speaker St. Francis Medical Center 2nd Annual ConferenceOct 5 Harbor City Table Kaiser South Bay Med Ctr Cultural Diversity CelebrationNov 5 Lakewood Table Lakewood Regional Medical Center Event/Health FairNov 13 Whittier AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath, St. Bruno Catholic ChurchNov 22 Compton Participant Thanksgiving Day Baby ShowerNov 27 Norwalk OL Speaker National Donor Sabbath, Dhammasukha MonasteryDec 2 Bellflower OL Speaker Project Reach and Project AppleDec 7 Gardena OL Speaker Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council MeetingJan 21 Los Angeles Table YMCA Fitness and Health ExpoFeb 4 Whittier Table Vietnamese Community Health Fair

Spanning the Southland

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTH

ORANGE COUNTY


Sept 4 Westminster Table Vu Thanh An For Teresa Charities EventSept 13 Long Beach AMB Speaker Bixby-Knolls & North Long Beach Regional Kiwanis Sept 17 Brea Table Wellness Festival 2005Sept 17 Newport Beach Table Vietnamese Realtors AssociationOct 8 Westminster Table Church Car ShowOct 10 Santa Ana OL/AMB Speakers Mater Dei High School Clergy Dinner and Donor

Awareness NightOct 15 Garden Grove Table Methodist ChurchOct 17 Cypress OL Speaker Nursing In-service, Cypress CollegeOct 20 Yorba Linda Table Mater Dei Golf TournamentNov 5 Anaheim Table Vietnamese Reporters and Writers AssociationNov 14 Garden Grove OL Speaker Pacifica High SchoolNov 26 Anaheim Table Vietnamese Pharmacists AssociationDec 3 Fullerton Table Fullerton High School Band TournamentDec 11 Westminster Table Help the Poor AssociationDec 12 Fullerton Table Laguna Road Golf TournamentDec 17 Newport Beach Table Vietnamese Bar-Lawyers AssociationJan 8 Irvine Table Vietnamese Physicians, Dentists & Pharmacists AssnJan 9 Orange OL Speaker Mended Hearts MeetingJan 10 Placentia AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath/ Pikuash Nefesh Hadassah ProgramJan 27 Santa Ana Table STV Lunar New Year CelebrationJan 28 Westminster Table Vietnamese Student Assn Lunar New Year Celeb’tion

Sept 18 Pasadena Table Polycystic Kidney Disease Run/WalkSept 18 Sun Valley AMB Speaker Donor Baseball TournamentSept 24 Pasadena AMB Speaker 5th Annual Madison Neighborhood Health FairOct 7 Palmdale OL/AMB Speakers Palmdale High SchoolOct 18 Reseda AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath, Valley Outreach SynagogueOct 24 Los Angeles Sponsor 37th Annual HASC/CAPG Charity Golf TournamentOct 26 Mission Hills OL/AMB Speakers Social Workers and Chaplains In-serviceOct 29 Northridge Table Spooktacular Community FestivalNov 10 Pasadena OL/AMB Speakers Hospital In-service, Huntington HospitalNov 17 Glendale OL/AMB Speakers Hospital Collaborative In-serviceNov 18 Woodland Hills OL/AMB Speakers Donor Sabbath, Valley Outreach SynagogueDec 4 Los Angeles Table AAKP sponsored Patient Medicare Part D SessionDec 12 Burbank OL Speaker John Burroughs High SchoolDec 29 Pasadena Participant Kodak Rose Queens Brunch

Sept 16-18 San Bernardino Table Route 66 RendezvousSept 22 Riverside Sponsor UOTA Anniversary GalaSept 24 Colton Table Arrowhead Regional Med Ctr Health & Safety FairOct 3 Joshua Tree Participant Pelican Club Dinner, Joshua Tree Community CenterOct 5 Twentynine Palms Table Twentynine Palms High SchoolOct 1 Montclair Table OmniTrans Employee Health FairOct 12 San Bernardino Table San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Employee Health FairOct 15 Rancho Cucamonga Table Lorraine Ruiz FundraiserOct 16 Fontana Participant IRL Indy 400Oct 20 Corona Table Downs Energy Customer Appreciation DayOct 25 San Bernardino Table OmniTrans Employee Health FairOct 26 Twentynine Palms Table Quality of Life ExpoOct 29 Redlands Sponsor Smiley Elementary School Halloween CarnivalOct 30 Loma Linda Table Loma Linda University Med Ctr Family Health FairNov 5 Indian Wells Table Desert Critical Care SymposiumNov 22 Riverside Sponsor Mistletoe Magic GalaNov 22 Twentynine Palms OL Speaker Twentynine Palms High School Nov 27 Yucca Valley OL Speaker St Joseph of Arimathea ChurchNov 30 San Bernardino Table Procurement Diversity & Education ConferenceDec 1 Corona OL/AMB Speakers Corona High School Dec 8 Twentynine Palms OL Speaker Navy Relief Holiday LuncheonDec 12 Fontana OL/AMB Speakers A.B. Miller High School

Oct 22 Bakersfield Table 13th Annual Bakersfield Heart WalkOct 26 Bakersfield OL Speaker Highland High SchoolOct 26 Bakersfield Materials/Table Stockdale High School Health FairNov 10 Bakersfield OL Speaker Liberty High SchoolNov 13 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath, Lakeview Baptist ChurchNov 14 Bakersfield OL Speaker Highland High SchoolNov 17 Bakersfield OL Speaker Liberty High SchoolNov 27 Taft AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath, First Baptist ChurchNov 28 Bakersfield OL Speaker Bakersfield College Nursing Program In-serviceDec 9 Bakersfield OL/AMB Speakers Hospital Collaborative In-serviceFeb 8 Bakersfield Table American Heart Assn “Go Red For Women” LuncheonFeb 11 Bakersfield Table Heart and Stroke Expo 2006Feb 14 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Kern County Saturn Donor Day Feb 21 Lake Isabella OL Speaker Kern Valley High School ECHO Program

Sept 5 Monterey Park OL/AMB Speakers Chinese American Liver Support GroupSept 10 Los Angeles Table Communities in Good Health Health FairSept 13 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers USC Medical Students In-serviceSept 15 Los Angeles OL Speaker Korean Kidney Support GroupSept 17 Los Angeles OL Speaker Ambassadors Workshop, St. Vincent Medical CenterSept 18 Arcadia Table 10th Annual Asian American Harvest FestivalSept 21 Rosemead Table Edison International Community ExpoSept 24 Los Angeles Table Glassell Park Public Safety FestivalSept 27 Los Angeles Table Nelson Name Plate Company Health FairOct 7 Los Angeles Table Shriners Hospital 7th Annual Child/Family Health FairOct 14 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers Kaiser Sunset DCD ConferenceOct 23 Santa Monica Table Los Angeles AAKP 10th Annual Walk & PicnicOct 24 Los Angeles Sponsor 5th Annual St. Vincent Charity Golf ClassicOct 25 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers USC Medical Students In-serviceOct 28 San Gabriel Sponsor 2005 Asian Youth Center Gala EventOct 29 Los Angeles Table St.Vincent Medical Center Community Health FairNov 3 Los Angeles Participant HD Expo and American Red Cross GalaNov 6,13 Monrovia OL Speaker Tzu Chi Chinese SchoolNov 9 City of Commerce Table AAKP sponsored Patient Medicare Part D SessionNov 12 Monterey Park Materials Donor Sabbath, Chinese Evangelical Free ChurchNov 12 San Gabriel OL Speaker Donor Sabbath, The Light of Buddha Sasana CenterNov 13 La Puente AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath, St. Martha Catholic ChurchNov 13 Monterey Park OL Speaker Donor Sabbath, St. Stephen’s Martyr Catholic ChurchNov 13 Pomona AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath, Antioch Missionary Baptist ChurchNov 13,20 Rosemead OL Speaker Donor Sabbath, Los Angeles Buddhist Union/

Rosemead Buddhist MonasteryNov 20 San Dimas OL/AMB Speakers Donor Sabbath, Tzu Chi FoundationNov 27 Norwalk AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath, Dhammasukha MonasteryNov 27 San Gabriel OL Speaker Donor Sabbath, The Light of Buddha Sasana CenterDec 3 Los Angeles Table HealthCare Partners Medical Group Health FairDec 4 Los Angeles AMB Speaker USC Students for Organ Donation BarbequeDec 4,11,18 Monrovia OL Speaker Tzu Chi Chinese SchoolDec 5 Los Angeles Table Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Donate Life TableDec 5 Pomona OL/AMB Speakers Hospital Collaborative In-serviceDec 11 City of Commerce Table AAKP sponsored Patient Medicare Part D SessionDec 11 Monrovia OL Speaker Bridging Lives High School PresentationDec 14 Los Angeles OL Speaker Cedars-Sinai Liver/Kidney Holiday PartyDec 14,15,21 Los Angeles Table Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Donate Life TableJan 9 Glendora OL Speaker Sunflower High SchoolJan 14 Los Angeles Participant Community Day 2006: Multi-faith Prayer BreakfastJan 15 Los Angeles Table 2006 Los Angeles Auto ShowFeb 5,12,19 Monrovia OL Speaker Tzu Chi Chinese SchoolFeb 14 Los Angeles OL Speaker Kiwanis Club MeetingFeb 15 Los Angeles OL Speaker Cedars Sinai Multi-Organ Transplant Support GroupFeb 23 Los Angeles AMB Speakers Organ Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative LS2

SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA COUNTIESSept 10 Santa Barbara Table Santa Barbara American Heart Association Run/WalkSept 25 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath, Trinity Evangelical Litheran ChurchSept 27 Goleta AMB Speaker Toastmasters Evaluation & Humorous Speech ContestSept 30 Santa Barbara OL/AMB Speakers Ethical & Practical Dilemmas Seminar, Schott CenterOct 15-16 Goleta Table California Lemon FestivalOct 19 Goleta Table Raytheon Health/Benefits FairOct 19 Moorpark OL/AMB Speakers Moorpark City CollegeOct 29 Santa Barbara OL Speaker Santa Barbara Kidney Transplant Support GroupOct 30 Goleta Table Flu Vaccination EventNov 2 Goleta AMB Speaker Delco RetireeNov 3 Vandenburg AFB Table US Military Retirees Appreciation DayNov 9 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Kiwanis Club of Santa BarbaraNov 19-20 Goleta AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath, St. Raphael Catholic ChurchNov 22 Carpinteria OL/AMB Speakers Carpinteria High SchoolDec 3 Carpinteria AMB Speaker Kinderkirk KarnivalDec 7 Santa Barbara OL/AMB Speakers Hospital Collaborative In-serviceDec 14 Santa Barbara OL/AMB Speakers San Marcos High SchoolJan 7 Oxnard Table Oxnard Lunar New Year FestivalJan 12 Santa Barbara OL Speaker San Marcos High SchoolJan 25 Moorpark OL Speaker Moorpark Community CollegeFeb 25 Santa Barbara Table 2006 Women’s FitFest

Apr 29 Donate Life Run/WalkCal State Fullerton

Jun 16-21 U.S. Transplant GamesLouisville, Ky.

Sept OneLegacy AmbassadorsVolunteer Training, Areawide

Oct 6-7 Donate Life Grand PrixAdams Kart Track, Riverside

Upcoming Events

BY KEN JOHNSON, RNST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF ORANGE

The patient was a 25-year-old female who was diagnosed as ababy with Rett Syndrome, a genetic degenerative neurological dis-order. Over the course of years, the disease process had left Jamiewithout the ability to move and with the mental capacity of a six-month-old.

Upon admission to CCU she would be ventilator dependent.After many family conferences with the physician, the family felttheir daughter had no quality of life and they made the difficultdecision to withdraw the ventilator and provide comfort care forher. The mother had discovered that there was a neurologicalresearch center for Rett Syndrome and she desired to donate her

daughter s brain to the research center after her death.

Headquartered at Children s Hospital of Orange County, I

asked the mother if she would like help coordinating the donation

with the research center. I also asked if she had also considered

organ donation, and she had not. However, she was very interest-

ed, so I contacted OneLegacy so they could be available to answer

questions and explain the process in detail. I also contacted theresearch center to coordinate the donation efforts. OneLegacy

arrived that afternoon to talk with the patient s mother, and the

primary researcher from the center also arrived. After explainingthe options, the mother agreed to proceed with organ donation andthe brain donation.

The unit became a beehive of activity as we set in motion all

the paperwork and the steps to make the donation possible. I thinkit was very important for everyone to be aware that the decision towithdraw life support was a decision the family made based on

their recognition that the patient s quality of life was non-existent.The decision to donate her organs was a separate matter.

When I returned the next day, the OneLegacy team was stillthere working. Throughout the day there was a stream of family

and friends to see Jamie and say goodbye to her. Later, wereceived word that the transplant team was flying in and setting upin the operating room. The family said their last goodbyes and wetook the patient to the operating room.

The mother was the only family member who wanted to bepresent in the operating room. Before this, the transplant teamprepped and draped the patient and then stepped out of the room.They were not allowed to begin the organ recovery until a full fiveminutes after the patient expired. If she did not expire within theone hour, she would be returned to her room for supportive care.

After the patient was prepared, the mother was then broughtinto the operating room. She sat with her for a while. The Chaplainoffered a prayer and Jamie was removed from the ventilator. She

was not able to breathe on her own and within a few minutes went


into cardiac arrest. She was then pronounced dead. After the five

minutes, the mother was escorted out and the transplant teambegan recovery.

In the sadness of losing this patient, I couldn t help but think

of the contrast between the sadness of this family and the joy of

the people that would be recipients of the donated organs. Itseemed to bring a balance knowing that for this family, the loss oftheir daughter was allowing other people to have their prayers

answered. I can only hope that if others are in the difficult position

of withdrawing life support from someone they love, they wouldconsider donation after cardiac death. It is a viable option that canhelp many and bring some closure to the family as they grieve the

loss of their loved one.


CLINICAL CORNER

By Jeff Fleming

Last May, the Donor Family Council of the Association of OrganProcurement Organizations (AOPO) approved the use of new ter-minology about donation. The council reasoned that avoidingwords and phrases that cause concern among donor familiesand the general public will increase both understanding andacceptance of the donation process. These terminology updatesare unanimously supported by the American Society ofTransplantation (AST) and American Society of TransplantSurgeons (ASTS) and have been adopted by the AmericanJournal of Transplantation.

Appropriate Term Inappropriate Term

recover organs “harvest” organsrecovery of organs “harvesting” of organsdonation of organs “harvesting” of organsdonation after cardiac death “non-heart beating donation”progressing to brain death “deteriorating to brain death”determine brain death “declare brain death”death “legal death”consent given “obtained” or “got” consentfacilitated a donation “did a donor”mechanical or ventilator support “life” supportdonated organs and tissues “body parts”transplanted organs per donor “yield”deceased donation “cadaveric” donationdeceased donor “cadaver” (in donation context)

Donation After Cardiac Death: A Personal Experience

New Donation Terminology Recommended

The unit became a beehive ofactivity as we set in motion allthe paperwork and the steps tomake the donation possible.


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Western Medical Center was one of five area Organ DonationBreakthrough Collaborative hospitals receiving the HHSCrystal Bowl Award in recognition of their achievement of theinitative’s goal of a 75% conversion rate. Pictured are BeckyBarker, RN; Tasha Querantes, OneLegacy Hospital ServicesCoordinator; Janet Hewson, RN, Director-Trauma ER; SherriLamon, RN, Director of Critical Care; Kim Koegel, RN; SandraTruong, Social Services; and Tony Landaverde, OneLegacyFamily Care Coordinator.

Western Medical Center Santa Ana Celebrates AwardDCD: “A viable option that can help many”

OneLegacy In the Communiy(1) Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti presents a certificate of appreciation toEmbajadore de OneLegacy Edith Gonzalez and OneLegacy manager of communications TenayaWallace. (2) The Donate Life message is loud and clear at the LA Auto Show, where AmbassadorMark Douglass joined City of Hope and Saturn to greet more than 150,000 attendees at the LAConvention Center. (3) Ambassadors from TRIO Ventura County/West Valley spearheaded a NationalDonor Sabbath presentation at Valley Outreach Synagogue in Reseda. Beverly Cohen, wife of organdonor Robert Cohen, spoke to the audience and liver recipient Glenda Rosenbloom (pictured, toright) met congregants at the Donate Life table. (4) Sabrina Ho hosted celebrated Medicine BuddhaBirthday at Los Angeles Buddhist Union, Rosemead Buddhist Monastery in Rosemead withVenerable Bhante Chaochu. (5) Tenaya Wallace shares information with an attendee at the EdisonInternational Community Expo in Rosemead. (6) Representing the Donate Life campaign at the GoletaLemon Festival in October 2005 were OneLegacy Ambassadors Taj Hudson and Jeff Richard. (7) Highschool students energize passersby at the 10th Annual Asian American Harvest Festival in Arcadia.

(1) The family of Adam McKenzie was among 170 donor familymembers who helped decorate the Donate Life float. [KK] (2) Floatrider Edith Gonzalez came to the Rose Palace at 4:30am for a liveinterview from the float decorating site [BS]. (3) Decorating is fullof personal moments such as this one [KH]. (4) Erika Wells and theother float riders pitched in. [BS] (5) Sue Dunn, CEO of Coloradoorgan recovery organization Donor Alliance, made the pilgrimageto Pasadena with her parents. [BS] (6) Family Circle chair LaurieWolowic receives the inaugural Gary P. Foxen Award as thehonor’s namesake looks on. [SW] (7) 2005 float rider Eleanor Greenpasses the torch to the Class of 2006 at the Float Riders & OfficialPartners Reception. [SW] (8) Donor mother Donna Hansen (r) andthe recipient of Jasun’s kidney, float rider Erika Wells, togetherplant a rose in the Family Circle Garden in memory of Jasun. [BS](9) The float’s four Latina float riders - America Leyva, MyriamCorrea-Sherman, Sahra Torres-Rivera and Edith Gonzalez -appear on Telemundo’s pre-parade show. [BS] (10) Liver recipientJackie Colleran proudly displays a photo of her donor, WadeShoenhals. [SW] (11) ‘Life Transformed’ makes its way past thehuge grandstands and TV cameras at ‘media corner’. [SW] Photo credits: BS=Bryan Stewart, KH=Khanh Huynh, KK=KariKozuki, SW=Scott Weersing

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General 8/30 KPCC 89.3FM’s “AirTalk with Larry Mantle” interviewed

Bryan Stewart about presumed consent.10/3 Press-Enterprise covered the Donate Life Grand Prix.11/4 Santa Maria Times reported on Brice Fabing, a high

school football player who became an organ donor.12/15 KPCC 89.3FM’s “AirTalk with Larry Mantle” interviewed

Tom Mone regarding the UCI liver program.2/22 Los Angeles Times ran a front-page story on twin Nick

Draper’s heart transplant at UCLA.2/27 Los Angeles Times published an interview with Nick

Draper’s donor family.3/7 Orange County Register spotlighted the shortage of

donated organs nationwide.

Multicultural1/11 TVB/Jade Channel ran a 6-minute segment highlighting

the Donate Life float and donation misconceptions.3/3 KMEX-34 (Univision) featured donnor sister Camille

Nighthorse and the recipient of her brotherWabeyuma Walker’s heart, Julio Jara.

3/7 La Opinion reported on the Long Beach “Fields ofGold” Donor Remembrance Ceremony.

DONATE LIFE ROSE PARADE FLOATApproximately 145 media stories nationwide focused on the 2006float and its riders, including the following local media coverage:

General

TV: KABC-7 (ABC); KCAL-9 (2x); KCBS-2 (CBS) (2x); KGET-17 (NBC) Bakersfield; KNBC-4 (NBC) (3x); KTLA-5 (WB) News, Pre-Parade Show; KTTV-11 (FOX)

Print: Antelope Valley Press; Bakersfield Californian; FridayFlyer (Canyon Lake); Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (2x);Jewish Journal; La Canada Valley Sun; LA DailyNews; Orange County Register; Pasadena Star-News; Precinct Reporter (San Bernardino); Press-Enterprise; San Bernardino County Sun; SouthernCalif. Senior Life; The Tidings; Ventura County Star

Spanish

TV: Canal 22 (Telemundo) Pre-Parade Show; KAZA-54(Azteca America); KMEX-34 (Univision) (2x); KRCA-62(Ind) (2x); KVEA-52 (Telemundo) (2x); KWHY-22(Telemundo) "Al filo de la noticia"; Univision"Despierta America"; Univision "En Vivo y en DirectoTelefutura"; Univision "Primera Edicion"; Univision"Ver para Creer"

Print: Hoy (2x); La Ola; La Opinión (2x); La Prensa; La Voz(Pomona); Mundo L.A. (2x)

Asian

TV: CTI TV; CTI Zhong Tian Channel; Great Love TV; JadeTVB (2x); KSCI-18; Sky Link TV; KBS-44 Korean TV;Television Korea 24; Voice of America Chinese TV

Print: Chinese L.A. Daily News; Singtao Southern California(2x); Korean Daily News (2x); Nguoi Viet

Donation in the Media


‘Life Transformed’ ShinesLight on Rainy Rose ParadeOn January 2nd, the organ and tissue donation community was representedfor a third consecutive year in the world’s third most-watched entertainmentevent, the Tournament of Roses Parade. The Donate Life float was first envi-sioned in a letter from lung recipient Gary Foxen, who saw a float in“America’s New Year Celebration” as a way to celebrate the gift of life and

honor donor families. Following in the tradi-tion of 2004’s A Symphony of Life and 2005’sMany Families, One Gift, the 2006 DonateLife Rose Parade Float, themed LifeTransformed, featured 23 riders beneath a40-foot-long fallen tree and surrounded bynew life springing forth from its shelter.

Approximately 40 million U.S. televisionviewers and millions more in 150 countrieswatched the parade, as did more than200,000 people who braved driving rain,

which dampened the parade for the first time in 50 years. Approximately 145media stories nationwide reached many millions more. Especially notablewas coverage by Asian and Latino media, which were attracted to theDonate Life float’s distinction as the first in the history of the parade withlogos in both English and Spanish (“Done Vida”).

The 2006 Donate Life float emerged as a national tradition in its own right,with float rider representatives from 13 states and the District of Columbia.In addition, the new Family Circle rose dedication program attracted 308dedications from 36 states. The Donate Life Rose Parade Float Committeelooks forward to continuing the float’s mission to inspire the world to donatelife with our fourth Rose Parade appearance on New Year’s Day 2007.

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OUT OF THE BALL PARK On February 6, Jim and DianePoettgen (far left and far right), owners of Ball Park Pizza inRancho Santa Margarita, hosted a Donate Life event, raising$1,167 to support Donate Life California Registry enrollmentefforts. Rather than a traditional 50th birthday party, Dianechose to ask friends, family, and community to forgo the birth-day gifts and come spend the day with her and dear friendCandace Moose, heart recipient (second from left). Diane’sbirthday wish came true as people came to learn about organdonation and 34 people signed up to be organ and tissuedonors. Joining them for the day was Kathleen Hostert,OneLegacy community development coordinator, OrangeCounty (second from right).

RACE FOR LIFE Adams Kart Track’s Troy Adams (center)stands with Team Accufab, winners of the inaugural DonateLife Grand Prix at the world famous professional karting trackin Riverside. The event returns this October 6-7, with 36 teamsexpected to participate. Info: Alexis Vasilchak, 909-801-3742.

To view more photos, visit www.donatelifefloat.org.

of OneLegacy. The growth in organ and tissue donation translatesdirectly into lives saved and enhanced in our seven-county area.We attribute this growth to the combined impact of national, stateand local initiatives. Media stories on donation also contribute sig-nificantly to rising awareness about the importance of donation andencourage families to reach these life-saving decisions.

A major contributor to OneLegacy s record numbers has been theOrgan Donation Breakthrough Collaborative, a nationwide initiativelaunched in 2003 to save and enhance thousands of lives a year byspreading known best practices to the nation s largest hospitals andto achieve organ donation rates of 75% or higher in these hospitals.

Another key contributor has been rising consent rates, whichhave increased from 49% to 55.5%. Consent rates calculate thenumber of families who agree to donation at the time they areapproached. A related performance measure is the conversion rate,which gauges how many eligible referrals (based on medical suit-ability) result in actual donors; some consented cases result in organsnot being recovered, mainly as a result of disqualifying medical con-ditions. The conversion rate has exceeded the consent rate s steadyclimb, going from 47% in 2000 to 57%, or a 21% increase.

Operationally, a key focus continues to be the optimal medicalmanagement of donors. Last year, nearly 3.3 lives were saved byevery donor. When a family says yes to donation, we owe it tothem to make sure their loved one saves as many lives as possible,said Renee Hawthorne, chief operating officer for OneLegacy.From responding to referrals on a timely basis to ensuring theorgan function of each organ is maintained and improved prior totransplant and by placing the organs with the appropriate recipientquickly, our donation coordinators and support teams are key tomaximizing the generous gift of every donation.

As a result of the outstanding performance of OneLegacy andCalifornia s three other OPOs, the number of patients listed inCalifornia for extra-renal organs actually stabilized for the firsttime in 2005. The number of kidney transplant candidates contin-ues to climb, however, and now number more than 14,000 in thestate and 64,000 nationwide.

While we are seeing real progress toward meeting the demand,the reality is that the availability of donated organs is not keepingpace with the waiting list, said Mone. We will continue to seekout every possible opportunity to make an impact, from collaborat-ing with hospitals to training staff, applying the latest technologyand inspiring the community to donate life. We will continue toexpand our reach to ensure that donor families and transplant recip-ients alike — not to mention their families and communities — benefit from the gift of organ donation and transplantation.


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El Puente Una secci n especial para la comunidad latina

POR ELENA DE LA CRUZ

Done Vida California es el registroelectr nico donde los residentes deCalifornia mayores de 18 a os puedeninscribirse para ser donantes de rganosy/o tejidos.

Una ley estatal aprobada el a o 2003autoriz a las cuatro organizaciones nolucrativas de recuperaci n de rganos deCalifornia a establecer y administrar unregistro electr nico. Las organizacionesson California Transplant Donor Network(norte de California), Golden State DonorServices ( rea de Sacramento), Lifesharing( ea de San Diego) y OneLegacy (LosAngeles y condados cercanos).

¿Por qué se necesita un registro?

Antes de que existiera el registro laresponsabilidad de consentir a ladonaci n reca a por completo en la famil-ia del donante. Desafortunadamente, losmiembros de la familia no siempre esta-ban al tanto de los deseos de su ser queri-do. Este registro eliminar cualquierduda que la familia pueda tener acerca desus deseos de DONAR VIDA. Si una

persona llega a ser un donante potencial, asu familia se le entregar una copia de suregistro para asegurar que sus deseos secumplan.

¿Por qué debo inscribirme? ¿No es sufi-ciente cargar una tarjeta de donante otener el punto rosado en mi licencia demanejar?

El punto rosado en la licencia deconducir es un s mbolo de la intenci n deser donante, pero nunca ha tenido pesolegal. La tarjeta de donante con firma ytestigo otorga legalmente el permiso derecuperar rganos, sin embargo, debido ala conmoci n que se vive cuando alguienest al borde de la muerte, raramente seencuentra una tarjeta de donante en elmomento en el que se le habla a unafamilia acerca de la donaci n. Sin la doc-umentaci n que demuestre la decisi n delpaciente, con frecuencia las familias seniegan a dar permiso para la donaci n.

En el registro Done Vida sudeseo/compromiso de ser donante es

archivado en una base de datos segura yconfidencial. Si tras su fallecimientotiene la oportunidad de convertirse endonante de rganos y/o tejidos, a su famil-ia se le presenta un documento oficial desu decisi n y ellos no tendr n derecho arevocarlo. Si de acuerdo a los requisitosm dicos usted puede ser donante, susdeseos ser n respetados y los familiaresno tendr n que tomar la dif cil respons-abilidad de tomar la decisi n por usted.

¿Cómo me inscribo en el registro?

Acudiendo a www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org

¿Cómo verifican mi identidad alinscribirme al registro?

La inscripci n en el registro se verifi-ca por medio de un e-mail que recibir enun espacio de 30 d as h biles. Hasta quesu firma electr nica no haya sido compro-bada, su registro no ser consideradoactivo .

Registro de Done Vida California: C mo funciona

2005: Six-Year Streak of Record Number of Lives Saved


Source: OneLegacy data

(1) Receiving a special award for Extraordinary Service to Our Mission wasorgan placement coordinator John Laniewski, standing with colleagueTeresita Nuila and CEO Tom Mone. (2) Honored for Extraordinary Service toOur Company were OneLegacy’s Information Services department: JohnMcCain, Vicki Simmons, Khanh Huynh and Ralph Navarro. (3) Recognizedfor Extraordinary Service to Donor Families were Mily Teske, Wanda

Jones, SherryWatson and AntonioChavez. Not pic-tured: Scott Bunting,Esther Montoya andTasha Querantes.Other honoreesincluded MarilynBegin and KrenCampbell (Team);Carla Talley Hentz(Hospitals); SimeraNichols (Employees);and Kathleen Hostert(Community).

Last October, community develop-ment coordinators Sabrina Ho, KathleenHostert and Vanessa Van Nguyen organ-ized two clergy meetings to launch DonorSabbath season and help clergy under-stand organ and tissue donation in a reli-gious context.

Sabrina Ho hosted seven houses ofworship at Garfield Medical Center, withmany representing the nearby Chinesecommunity. Four newspapers were inattendance to write about the Buddhistand Christian perspective on donation.Venerable Ashin s Buddhist perspectivefocused on the aspect of Karma and howorgan donation is the highest level of giv-ing. Pastor Hansford Worline spoke onthe Christian perspective of organ and tis-sue donation, including a simple yet pro-found observation: We need to take careof each other.

Represented at the Garfield MedicalCenter clergy meeting were Long BeachBuddhist Temple, Long Beach; ParamiBuddhist Monastery, Rosemead; Los

Angeles Buddhist Union,Rosemead; Hsi LaiTemple, Hacienda Heights;Tzu Chi Foundation;Calvary ResurrectionalMissionary BaptistChurch, Compton; andAssembly of Christ forChinese EvangelismChurch, Temple City. Alsoin attendance were repre-sentatives from Asians forMiracle Marrow Matches(A3M), Garfield Hospitaland Monterey ParkHospital.

The clergy meeting at Mater Dei HighSchool in Santa Ana provided the oppor-tunity for members of all religious back-grounds to participate on the importanceof sharing organ and tissue donation withtheir church. Representatives from acrossOrange County attended the event andheard firsthand the growing need fororgan donation from kidney transplant

surgeon Dr. Ervin Ruzics of St. JosephMedical Center in Orange; PastorChristopher Smith, who is on dialysis;and Chaplain Jon Westholme of UCIMedical Center.

These inaugural clergy meetings rep-resent a promising start to OneLegacy sconcerted efforts to appeal to the inter-faith community.

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still wishes they had hugged each othergoodbye instead of simply shaking hands.

During this difficult time of emotionalturmoil, Mr. and Mrs. Gau made the extraor-dinary choice of agreeing to donate theirson s organs. As I look back, even thoughhe is gone, the fact that his organs are con-tinuing to help someone else live a good lifemakes it much more real that he is not reallygone. Instead, part of him is still alive, stillhere with me and my family on Earth, saysMr. Gau.

In 2003, the Gau family had the honor ofrepresenting the Southern California com-munity at the National Donor RecognitionCeremony in Washington DC. Mr. Gau wasawarded a medal by the United States

Department of Health and Human Servicesfor his courage and generosity that led to theextension of three lives.

But despite all of this, many of the Gaufamily s relatives in the States and in Taiwanstill have a difficult time accepting the ideaof organ donation. They seem to grasp on tothe traditional Chinese thinking that humansshould be buried whole, notes Mr. Gau.

From my experience, I want people toknow that death does not mean an end tolife, said Mr. Gau. Organ donation, in fact,can help your family establish a legacy of theloved one who is no longer around. What isimportant is for people to understand what itmeans to be a donor and how comforting ithas been to my family to know that we madea gift of love on his behalf.

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Organ Donation DataFollowing are key OneLegacy performance indicators for the year 2005. The five performance indicators criti-cal to organ procurement organization (OPO) certification by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services(CMS) are denoted with an asterisk. (Source: OneLegacy data)


Inaugural SPANNY Awards Honor Employee Performance

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL

Organ Donors* 28 25 32 35 38 30 26 33 35 28 29 34 373

Kidneys Recovered* 51 42 58 63 64 54 45 64 57 54 58 61 671

Kidneys Transplanted* 48 40 51 54 54 48 37 55 57 39 49 46 577

Extra-Renals Recovered* 62 50 51 53 65 65 48 64 78 46 53 63 698

Extra-Renals Transplanted* 64 50 45 53 61 64 46 52 68 43 47 57 650

Livers Transplanted 30 21 23 28 27 25 25 28 29 16 17 25 294

Hearts Transplanted 14 10 8 10 14 13 10 10 13 7 11 15 135

Lungs Transplanted 10 13 6 10 14 12 5 7 15 14 12 13 131

Pancreas Transplanted 10 6 7 5 6 9 6 7 10 6 7 3 82

Consent Rate 55% 49% 49% 54% 60% 53% 64% 61% 60% 49% 60% 56% 56%

Conversion Rate 53% 53% 49% 57% 54% 61% 67% 60% 65% 48% 55% 64% 57%

Organs Recovered 113 92 109 116 129 114 93 128 135 100 111 124 1364

Organs Transplanted 112 90 96 107 115 107 83 107 125 81 96 103 1223

Organs Recovered Per Donor 4.04 3.68 3.41 3.31 3.39 3.80 3.58 3.88 3.86 3.57 3.83 3.65 3.66

Organs Transplanted Per Donor 4.00 3.60 3.00 3.06 3.03 3.57 3.19 3.24 3.57 2.89 3.31 3.03 3.28

Give Thanks, Give Life Campaign Engages Local Clergy

Pictured at the Mater Dei High School clergy meeting are TenayaWallace, OneLegacy manager of communications; Chaplin JonWestholm of UCI Medical Center; Father Christopher Smith; Ven.Tinh-Tue; Vanessa Van Nguyen, OneLegacy family advocate/com-munity educator; and Kathleen Hostert, OneLegacy communitydevelopment educator, Orange County.

Mr. and Mrs. Gau (with OneLegacy Asiancommunity development coordinatorSabrina Ho, left) attended the 2003National Donor Recognition Ceremony inhonor of their son Ardy.


ARDY: “Part of him is still alive, still here with me and my family on Earth.”

In January, eighteen OneLegacy employees were honoredwith an inaugural SPANNY award, the top tier ofOneLegacy s Superior Performance Awards. The company’sfront-line, employee-driven peer awards and recognition pro-gram honors employees for excellence in serving our six keyconstituents: Our Employees, Our Team/Department, OurCompany, Donor Families, Our Hospitals and Our Community.

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KERN COUNTYBakersfield Heart Hospital 4 0 0 0Bakersfield Memorial Hospital 21 0 0 0City of Angels 3 0 0 0Delano Regional Medical Center 6 1 0 0Kern Medical Center 82 21 11 47Kern Valley Hospital Medical Center 2 0 0 0Mercy Hospital 33 9 1 1Ridgecrest Community Hospital 5 2 1 3San Joaquin Community Hospital 21 2 0 0

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRALAlhambra Hospital 5 2 0 0Brotman Medical Center 7 2 1 4California Hospital Medical Center 67 18 10 39Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 68 18 8 32Children’s Hospital Los Angeles 16 1 1 4Century City Hospital 1 0 0 0Citrus Valley Intercommunity Hospital 1 0 0 0Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley Campus 26 4 2 8City of Angels Medical Center 3 1 0 0City of Hope National Medical Center 1 0 0 0East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital 1 0 0 0Garfield Medical Center 14 2 0 0Good Samaritan Hospital 16 2 2 5Greater El Monte Community Hospital 5 0 0 0Hollywood Community Hospital 4 0 0 0Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Med Ctr 4 0 0 0Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med Ctr 73 11 3 12Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Med Ctr 16 3 1 3LAC + USC Medical Center 156 46 26 96Midway Hospital Medical Center 2 0 0 0Monterey Park Hospital 2 1 0 0Olympia Medical Center 1 1 1 4Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 36 11 8 22Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presbyterian Med Ctr 10 3 0 0San Dimas Community Hospital 8 1 0 0San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 10 4 1 1St. John’s Hospital and Health Center 2 0 0 0St. Vincent Medical Center 13 4 2 7UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica 1 0 0 0UCLA Medical Center - Westwood 96 14 8 30USC University Medical Center 19 3 3 12West Los Angeles Veterans Hospital 1 0 0 0White Memorial Medical Center 19 6 2 5

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTHAntelope Valley Hospital 41 11 8 31East Valley Hospital and Medical Center 1 0 0 0Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, Tarzana 1 0 0 0Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 5 0 0 0Glendale Adventist Medical Center 19 6 0 0Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 25 6 3 9Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 15 6 4 16Huntington Hospital 54 5 2 5Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Med Ctr 9 3 1 1Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 21 5 4 6LA County Olive View / UCLA Medical Center 5 0 0 0Lancaster Community Hospital 10 1 0 0


Organ Donor Referral DataMethodist Hospital of Southern California 18 2 1 4Mission Community Hospital - Panorama City Campus 3 0 0 0Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 31 12 7 18Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Med Ctr 2 0 0 0Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 59 17 12 48Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center 2 0 0 0St. Joseph Medical Center 25 5 4 9Valley Presbyterian Hospital 12 0 0 0Verdugo Hills Hospital 6 1 1 2West Hills Regional Medical Center 6 1 1 0

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTHBeverly Hospital 9 4 0 0Centinela Freeman Regional MC, Centinela Campus 37 13 3 10Centinela Freeman Regional MC, Marina Campus 1 0 0 0Centinela Freeman Regional MC, Memorial Campus 26 7 2 1Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 2 0 0 0Downey Regional Medical Center 12 4 2 10Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Med Ctr 10 0 0 0Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Med Ctr 4 2 0 0Kindred Hospital Los Angeles 1 1 0 0LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 67 28 13 39LA County King / Drew Medical Center 39 9 3 4Lakewood Regional Hospital 5 1 0 0Little Company of Mary - San Pedro Hospital 25 4 1 2Little Company of Mary Hospital 25 4 1 2Long Beach Community Medical Center 6 0 0 0Long Beach Mem Med Ctr / Miller Children’s Hospital 49 19 8 27Memorial Hospital of Gardena 13 8 5 10Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 12 6 3 13St. Francis Medical Center 65 35 16 59St. Mary Medical Center 37 13 4 13Suburban Medical Center 2 0 0 0Torrance Memorial Medical Center 40 4 2 4Whittier Hospital Medical Center 9 2 1 3

ORANGE COUNTYAnaheim Memorial Medical Center 20 0 0 0Chapman Medical Center 4 0 0 0Childrens Hospital of Orange County 21 4 2 5CHOC at Mission 3 1 1 4Coastal Communities Hospital 2 0 0 0Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Med Ctr 42 1 0 0Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 4 0 0 0Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 35 12 7 12Huntington Beach Hospital 4 0 0 0Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Ctr 1 1 1 1Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Med Ctr 76 11 7 19Kindred Hospital Brea 1 0 0 0Kindred Hospital Westminster 1 0 0 0La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 4 0 0 0Los Alamitos Medical Center 11 4 3 7Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 30 10 8 30Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center 1 0 0 0Placentia Linda Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 13 2 2 3San Clemente Hospital and Medical Center 2 0 0 0South Coast Medical Center 4 0 0 0St. Joseph Hospital 22 4 2 5


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Sav-on Drugs manager HugoConstantino waited two years to be placedon the lung transplant waiting list, over-coming a series of health-related obstaclesto be listed. Unfortunately, his stay on thelist was brief, as he died waiting for the giftof a life-saving donated organ.

During his 33 years with Sav-on, Hugotrained over 300 up-and-coming managersand was truly loved by his staff. AfterHugo s passing, his son Victor wrote a let-ter to all Sav-on employees asking thatrather than send the family flowers or cards,they take the time to educate themselvesabout organ donation so that others willreceive life-saving transplants.

My family and I have come to vieworgan donation as the ultimate act of loveand charity, but we leave you to make yourconclusions, wrote Victor. It is our fer-vent hope, however, that you will ultimate-ly share our view and become an organdonor yourself. Even if you conclude thatorgan donation is not for you, we can thinkof no better testament to my father s mem-ory than assisting others in donating life.

Victor s letter inspired Sav-on andAlbertsons to raise over $16,000.00 inHugo s honor, with a check presentation toOneLegacy employees at Sav-on sScottsdale, Ariz. headquarters. InDecember, a team of Sav-on managers andemployees joined the Constantino family todecorate the Donate Life Rose ParadeFloat. In addition, more than 1,500 Sav-onand Albertsons associates have signed upon the Donate Life California Registry aspart of a challenge in honor of Hugo.

Sav-on s support of donation continuesinto April s National Donate Life Monthwith the in-store sale of Donate Life greenbracelets and the entry of a large Sav-on/Albertsons team at the Donate LifeRun/Walk in April.

Sav-on Salutes Hugo Constantinowith Call to Donate Life

(1) Employees of Sav-on’s Sherman Oaks storeshow their love of Hugo Constantino as part ofa companywide “jeans day” in his honor. (2)Sav-on presents a check for $15,210 in pro-ceeds from the jeans day. In total. Sav-onemployees raised more than $16,000 to supportDonate Life California Registry enrollmentcampaigns. Pictured l to r: Paul DeGaetano,District Manager; Tenaya Wallace, OneLegacymanager of communications; Kathleen Hostert,OneLegacy community development coordina-tor, Orange County; OneLegacy Ambassadorand Donate Life Run/Walk co-chair CraigHostert; Karen Ramos, Director ofCommunications and Public Affairs, DrugDivision; Ron Day, Southern CaliforniaNorthern Area Vice President; Dennis Palmer,Senior Vice President of Operations, DrugDivision; and Shushma Patel, District Manager.(3) Sav-on managers and employees joined theConstantino family at the Phoenix DecoratingCo. Rose Palace in Pasadena to decorate theDonate Life Rose Parade Float, LifeTransformed.

On October 5, twenty members ofTRIO Ventura County/West ValleyChapter attended a day-long(9:45am-3:45pm) taping. The mem-bers, each clad in Donate Life T-shirts, received ample camera timeand presented one of the shirts tohost Bob Barker. The group alsogave him long stem roses in honorof the Donate Life Rose ParadeFloat, which inspired him to reflecton being CBS’s parade TV com-mentator for 16 years. Lois Foxenwas called as a contestant butover-bid and did not get to go up onthe stage. The group met many ofthe 300 people in the audience anddiscussed organ and tissue dona-tion with them. Among them werea retired New York City FireDepartment Paramedic whoreceived a liver transplant twoyears ago and a girl who was get-ting a bone marrow transplant thenext week.

‘Price’ is Right for TRIOVentura/West Valley

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Thousands of Southern California res-idents will feel the spirit of organ and tis-sue donation at the fourth annual DonateLife Run/Walk on Saturday, April 29 atCal State Fullerton. The 5K/1K Run/Walkwill benefit campaigns to promote enroll-ment in the Donate Life CaliforniaRegistry.

For a second year, a challenge hasbeen issued to all of the mayors in

Southern California to participate in a"Mayor-athon" at the event.

New to this year s event is the Circleof Life Garden, which allows donor fam-ilies and recipients to honor organ and tis-sue donors with a sign posted in a specialdesignated area. In addition, the teamfrom A Ride Across America will con-clude their cross-country ATV ride at theDonate Life Run/Walk. Also on-hand will

be the Donate LifeSignatures AcrossAmerica funnycar.

Major sponsorsinclude Sav-on Drugs,Cal State Fullerton,OneLegacy and St.Joseph Hospital. Mediasponsors include 93.9KZLA, Time WarnerCable and Orange CoastMagazine.

For information visit the Run/Walk website,www.donatelifeoc.org.

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WELCOME Los Angeles/Corporate: Elena de laCruz, Latino Communications Coordinator…Gloria Handy, Executive Assistant to COO…Ralph Sutton, African American CommunityDevelopment Coordinator. Long Beach: HediAguiar, Hospital Services Coordinator…DaleCrews, Surgical Recovery Coordinator… GlennMatsuki, Hospital Services Coordinator…Joseph Murray, Per Diem ProcurementTransplant Coordinator…Dave Sander, PerDiem Procurement Transplant Coordinator.Redlands: Jeff Hedrick, Hospital ServicesCoordinator…Craig Shmorhun, Per DiemProcurement Transplant Coordinator… DanielleWelzig, Per Diem Procurement TransplantCoordinator. Sherman Oaks: Michael Cooper,ProcurementTransplantCoordinator;ChristianCrothers, Surgical Recovery Coordinator…

Thomas Ferguson, Procurement TransplantCoordinator...Margaret Seyffert, ProcurementTransplant Coordinator. Tissue Services, LongBeach: Rebekah Garner, Per Diem RecoveryTech. Tissue Services, Redlands: NeviaCardona-Eck, Per Diem Recovery Tech I…CageGodlewski, Per Diem Recovery Tech II…SkyeRivera, Quality Systems Manager…Vivian R.Scebbi, Per Diem Recovery Tech I…IreneVasquez, Per Diem Recovery Tech…RobertZook, Per Diem Recovery Tech I. TissueServices, Sherman Oaks: Isabel Parra, Per DiemRecovery Tech I, Bakersfield.

ON THE MOVE Besty Allen, now OneLegacy’sDonation Services Specialist based inRedlands…Marilyn Begin, Surgical RecoveryCoordinator transferred from Sherman Oaks toLong Beach…Tony Chavez, Surgical RecoveryCoordinator transferred from Long Beach toRedlands…Yolanda Coffey moves from per diemto full-time Assistant Procurement Transplant

Coordinator in Long Beach…Adena Evans isnow Records Management and DocumentControl Assistant…Esther Montoya, formerly aProcurement Transplant Coordinator, is now aHospital Services Coordinator in Long Beach…Juan Ramirez, formerly a full-time SurgicalRecovery Coordinator (SRC), is now a Per DiemSurgical Recovery Coordinator and Per DiemOrgan Placement Coordinator based inRedlands…The job titles of Nancy Allen, StacyLane, Wanda Jones, Diane Green, andStephanie Pero changed from AssistantRegional Director to Clinical Manager.

BEST WISHES We wish the following formerOneLegacy employees the very best in theirfuture endeavors: Jaime Campbell, TheresaCarmen, Carol Cortrite, Dana Darwazeh,Dahiana de Francisco, Coleen Dumenjich, SuzieGeopforth, Andrea Godinez, Karen Libs, AntonioMolina, Jill Van Valkenburg and RosalbaZaldatte.

Crossroads

January 1 to December 31, 2005



15O n e L e g a c y > T h e B r i d g e > W i n t e r 2 0 0 6 W i n t e r 2 0 0 6 < T h e B r i d g e < O n e L e g a c y

The 2005 Donate Life Run/Walk attracted over 2,300 participants.

4th Annual Donate Life Run/Walk at Cal StateFullerton Highlights National Donate Life Month

DateSaturday, April 29

Time• 7:00am Registration• 8:15am Donor Ceremony• 8:45am Warmup• 9:00am 5K/1K Run/Walk• 10:00am Family Health Festival

LocationMemorial Grove, Cal State Fullerton

Highlights• Circle of Life Garden• Donor Ceremony• Events for Children• ‘A Ride Across America’ ATV Team

Registration & InformationFor details go to ww.donatelifeoc.orgor call 714-526-0181

St. Jude Medical Center 17 4 0 0Tustin Community Hospital 1 0 0 0UCI Medical Center 86 31 16 52West Anaheim Medical Center 6 0 0 0Western Medical Center - Anaheim 3 3 1 2Western Medical Center - Santa Ana 72 28 18 63

RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIESArrowhead Regional Medical Center 98 34 19 83Barstow Community Hospital 2 0 0 0Chino Valley Medical Center 6 2 1 3Colorado River Medical Center 1 0 0 0Community Hospital of San Bernadino 12 1 1 5Corona Regional Medical Center 7 1 0 0Delano Regional Medical Center 2 0 0 0Desert Regional Medical Center 47 21 12 38Desert Valley Hospital 8 1 1 1Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 15 4 0 0Hemet Valley Medical Center 12 0 0 0Hi-Desert Medical Center 1 0 0 0Inland Valley Regional Medical Center 13 2 2 11Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center 3 0 0 0John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 7 1 0 0Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center 123 10 3 5Kaiser Permanente Riverside Med Ctr 24 2 0 0Loma Linda University Medical Center 100 39 18 54

Menifee Valley Medical Center 3 0 0 0Moreno Valley Community Hospital 2 0 0 0Parkview Community Hospital Med Ctr 12 1 1 3Rancho Springs Medical Center 12 1 0 0Redlands Community Hospital 8 1 0 0Riverside Community Hospital 43 11 7 16Riverside County Regional Med Center 94 22 9 29San Antonio Community Hospital 40 10 3 7San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 2 0 0 0St. Bernardine Medical Center 84 4 0 0St. Mary Regional Medical Center 5 0 0 0Victor Valley Community Hospital 13 0 0 0

SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA COUNTIESCommunity Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura 10 1 0 0Lompoc District Hospital 2 0 0 0Marian Medical Center 8 2 2 5Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 36 16 9 42Los Robles Regional Medical Center 9 5 3 15Ojai Valley Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 6 1 1 2St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital 3 0 0 0St. John’s Regional Medical Center 23 6 3 6Ventura County Medical Center 17 3 2 2

TOTAL 3159 763 373 1223

Several OneLegacy employees proudly serve alongside our colleagues on professional committees in service of our community:

Employee Role Committee Committee Chair/Co-Chairs

Nancy Allen Member NATCO Communications Committee Jennifer Porter, RTI Donor Service

Member ABTC Exam Writing Cmte for CPTC Dawn Brim, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network

Gregg Beckham Member AOPO UAGA Task Force Carol O'Neill, AOPO

Alan Cochran Co-Chair AOPO Tissue Council Jackie Coley, NYODNLinda Martin, Midwest Transplant Network

Member AATB Awards/Nominatng Cmte Rich Kagan, MD, Shriner’s Hospital for Children

Anita Corliss Co-Chair AOPO Human Resources Council Tina Brennan, Midwest Transplant Network

Jeff Fleming Co-Chair AOPO Donor Family Services Council Valerie Maury, LifeCenter Northwest

Sabrina Ho Co-Chair AOPO Multicultural Task Force Maria Sanders, New Mexico Donor Services

Patrick McGarry Secretary AOPO Financial Council Sylvie Muldoon, Wash. Reg. Transplant ConsortiumBarry Newman, NJ Sharing Network

Bryan Stewart Member AOPO 2006 Meeting Planning Cmte Ann Roberson, Texas Organ Sharing Alliance

Vice Chair AOPO PR/Public Education Council Paul Sodders, Iowa Donor Network

Tenaya Wallace Immed. Past Coalition on Donation Spring 2006 Sean Fitzpatrick, New England Organ BankCo-Chair Workshop Planning Committee

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Alan CochranDirector of Tissue Services &Quality Systems

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Sherry WatsonClinical Director

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