Nearly 1,100 Healthcare Professionals Gather in Pomona to Explore Best Practices and Look for Ways to Increase Donor Awareness and Participation
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The nation’s largest organ donation and transplantation symposium was held in Pomona this week when professionals gathered to share best practices and learn how to enhance the donor management process. In all, nearly 1,100 physicians, nurses, transplant center staff, pastoral care professionals, palliative care professionals and social workers took part in this landmark event.
“In California alone more than 22,000 residents are waiting to receive lifesaving hearts, livers, lungs, kidneys and other organs; but there are simply not enough donors to meet the growing need,” says Kathy Vasilopulos, vice president of organ operations for OneLegacy, which sponsored the event. “This symposium helps call attention to this seminal issue and was designed expressly to provide attendees the tools and encouragement they need to positively impact the donation process at their own hospitals and in their own communities.”
Keynote speakers at the symposium were Lydia Lam, M.D., assistant professor of clinical surgery and emergency medicine at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, and Christina Woodward Strong, Esq., from the law offices of Christina Woodward Strong. In addition, a number of concurrent breakout sessions explored such timely topics as the impact of research donation, effective donor management, cornea transplants, donor family aftercare services, and other important issues. Continue reading
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