2016: a potential game-changer

3 important bills passed in 2016, including one

which lowered the age of registration to 16 years old

LiveOnNY participated in the first ever Organ Donation Summit at the White House

22more lives saved in 2016

vs. 2015 in LiveOnNY service area

%

In 2016, an organ and tissue curriculum pilot was initiated in

New York City public high schools

4thfastest growing registry in the country

Record-breaker: 2016 saw NYC’s oldest

lung donor ever at 68-years-old, previous

record was 60-years-old

In 2016, the first Hepatitis C heart

was procured in New York and successfully

transplanted to a Hepatitis C recipient

2016 saw the most enrollments ever in

the LiveOnNY service area

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In 2016, thanks to the efforts of many both within and outside LiveOnNY, organ and tissue donation and transplantation in New York took significant steps forward. In fact, 2016 may be one of New York’s best years ever. A year in which major legislation was passed, and breakthrough education was piloted. A year in which first-ever donations were facilitated, and record-breaking registrations were inspired. A year in which, most importantly, more lives were saved. The accomplishments of 2016 were many, and were meaningful. Those accomplishments are now the foundation for increased hope in 2017 and beyond. Unrelentingly, LiveOnNY now turns its attention toward converting that hope into more progress, more donors’ wishes honored, and more lives saved. When that progress is realized, we may very well look back at 2016 as a true game-changing year in donation and transplantation in New York.

2016 sets table for a brighter future

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blazing new trails & saving livesFor over 30 years, Dr. Jean Emond has dedicated his career to the advancement of organ donation and transplantation. During that time, Dr. Emond has elevated the cause within and outside hospital walls, while trailblazing new lifesaving approaches.

Currently, Dr. Emond serves as Chief of Transplant and Vice Chairman of Surgery at New York Presbyterian (NYP)/Columbia Medical Center. Dr. Emond works tirelessly to ensure that donation/transplantation is treated as a priority, not only within the transplant program at NYP, but also throughout the entire institution. To this end, he serves as Co-Chair of the hospital’s Donor Council, the central body that ensures the maximization of lives saved through donation and transplantation. And, just recently, Dr. Emond invited former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Kenneth Moritsugu, to speak at NYP about the pivotal role the hospital plays in the donation process.

While Dr. Jean Emond is passionate, he is also a pioneer. Nearly 30 years ago, Dr. Emond participated in the first living donor liver transplant in the United States. He has also made significant contributions to the development of pediatric liver transplantation.

Dr. Edmond’s work is not only saving the lives of his own patients, but is also helping to save the lives of others around the country and perhaps the world. In light of his accomplishments and leadership in transplantation, Dr. Emond was recently appointed President-elect of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. Undoubtedly, in this new role, Dr. Edmond will add to his long history of advancing donation and transplantation.

Dr. Jean Ehmond

In organ donation and transplantation, every minute counts. So, when Westchester Medical Center (WMC) and LiveOnNY created a partnership that would save time, what they really created was a partnership that could potentially save lives.

Late in 2016, WMC and LiveOnNY came together to launch what they refer to as a Regional Recovery Center. The Center serves to optimize donation by centralizing recovery efforts in the northern region of LiveOnNY ‘s service area. To do this, WMC provides open-door access to LiveOnNY for both diagnostic testing, and operating rooms. Further, LiveOnNY trained WMC’s Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) staff on the medical management of donors. Easier and faster access to testing and operating rooms in LiveOnNY ‘s northern region, combined with hospital staff trained in the management of potential organ donors, equates to a potentially more efficient operation, which in turn may lead to more lives saved through donation and transplantation.

With the Center recently rolling out, it is too early for a complete evaluation of its impact. However, initial results are promising. And, just as promising is the spirit of partnership and innovation that brought the idea for a Regional Recovery Center to fruition.

new approach to organ recovery could save time & lives

Westchester Medical Center

LiveOnNY Foundation is off & running

Heidi Evans with heart transplant candidate Dashia and Dr. Oz on his show on National Donor Day

It’s been an exciting first year for the LiveOnNY Foundation. Under the leadership of Board Chairman, Lee Perlman, and Executive Director, Heidi Evans, the mission to save lives by raising and applying charitable contributions for research, education and projects for New York’s transplant community is well underway.

Highlights from the Foundation’s inaugural year include publishing an illustrated children’s book, “Kinsey’s Kidney Adventure” about children undergoing transplants and living donation, grant funding for the creation of a visual education tool to train doctors and residents on how to have difficult conversations with families whose loved ones face a grave prognosis, and scholarship grants in memory of children who gave the gift of life.

Coming up on October 23, 2017 is the LiveOnNY Foundation’s first benefit, “To Life!”, at Feinstein’s/54 Below Supper Club. “To Life!” will be an evening of comedy and Broadway song hosted by Julie Halston and featuring special guest, Michael Feinstein.

Together with LiveOnNY, the LiveOnNY Foundation looks forward to supporting our fellow New Yorkers in 2017 and the years ahead. To support the LiveOnNY foundation, go to www.liveonny.org/contribution.

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lifesaving team working quietly behind the scenesBehind the scenes of successful, life-saving organ and tissue transplantation is the vital support of the LiveOnNY Preservation Department. Not only are they tasked with the awesome responsibility of cleaning, packaging, monitoring, and transporting organs, but also they do it through New York’s notorious traffic, and sometimes extreme weather conditions.

Because they work behind the scenes, the LiveOnNY Preservation Department’s many achievements are not well known. Among those achievements, is a successful high-volume import program. In fact, together with area transplant centers, LiveOnNY’s Preservation team imports more kidneys per year than anyone else in the country. In 2016, the department imported over 500 kidneys other regions deemed unsuitable. The Preservation team takes the imported kidneys and works diligently to improve their function, and extend the time during which the kidneys can be transplanted. The team’s work often leads to successful transplant, when transplant otherwise seemed unlikely.

Recently, the Preservation Department contributed to cases representing advancements in donation. One high-profile example came in August 2015 when the preservation team assisted NYU Langone Medical Center’s transplant team in preserving and flushing a complete face in what would become the most complex and extensive vascular composite allograft (VCA) face transplant in the world. And, since 2016, the department has played an important role in the implementation of the HOPE Act, which enables the donation of organs from HIV+ donors to HIV+ recipients. To date, 20 HIV+ kidney transplants have been performed successfully in the United States, including 11 in New York at Mount Sinai Health Systems with the assistance of LiveOnNY’s Preservation Department.

The Preservation Department never closes in order to serve the 98 hospitals in its service area, help save the lives of those waiting for transplants, and help fulfill the wishes of selfless donors.

Sponsored by the LiveOnNY Foundation, the father of Andrew Rivera traveled to California to honor his son whose floragraph was alongside 96 other donor floragraphs on the Donate Life float in the New Year’s Day Rose Parade.

Five members for the LiveOnNY NYC Marathon Team collectively raised $16,350 through their dedication to LiveOnNY’s mission to save lives, provide comfort, and strengthen legacies through organ, eye and tissue donation.

STAY TUNED in 2017 as LiveOnNY will be hosting a special marathon kickoff for runners supporting organ donation from across the country.

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how can we help?As we work together to help save lives, provide comfort, and enrich the legacies of New Yorkers through organ donation, LiveOnNY invites you to reach out for resources to help your donation efforts.

For questions, please contact Kristin Ruiz, Senior Strategic Marketing Manager at 646.291.4461More information is available on our website, LiveOnNY.org

organ donor enrollment day 2016

4,000record-breaking, lifesaving enrollments

JUST ANNOUNCED! Organ Donor Enrollment Day 2017 will be Oct. 4. Register @ EnrollmentDay.org

innovative use of technology at northwell delivering resultsThe success of organ donation and transplantation is in part dependent on hospital staff identifying potential donation candidates in a timely manner. Throughout the U.S., this responsibility typically falls exclusively on the ICU staff that provide bedside care. LiveOnNY identified an opportunity to improve timeliness, and therefore, increase the number of donors. The idea was to create an additional use for the Electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU). That new use was spotting clinical triggers related to organ donation.

LiveOnNY partnered with Northwell Health Systems, whose eICU, like most, provides remote monitoring of intensive care units, and serves as a second set of eyes for bedside nurse staff. The eICU allows for one clinical staff member, who is trained to respond to data driven alerts, to monitor up to 45 cases simultaneously. For comparison, a bedside nurse, on average, can monitor seven cases at one time. LiveOnNY provided training to Northwell’s eICU staff to ensure that they were well versed in the clinical triggers for donation, as well as the donation process map, and the communications procedures for notifying LiveOnNY about a prospective donor.

During a blind study, Northwell Health Systems’ eICU staff successfully identified all patients for whom actual referrals were made by hospital staff. A majority of these cases were identified by the eICU earlier than the actual referrals made by the hospital. Because of these preliminary findings all parties agreed to allow the eICU to take primary responsibility for notification of LiveOnNY.

In August 2016, Northwell fully implemented their eICU to assist in monitoring for organ donation clinical triggers, and it delivered strong results. In four months, there was a 12% increase in possible donors, a 33% increase in families approached on the subject of donation, and a 103% increase in organs transplanted. The additional support of the eICU also allotted bedside nursing staff an average of 20 additional minutes of bedside care per patient.

LiveOnNY will present more on the partnership’s developments at the Association of Organ Procurement Organization’s (AOPO) Annual Meeting in June 2017 in Orlando, FL, and at the North American Transplant Coordinator Organization’s (NATCO) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO in August 2017. While the eICU’s use in the donation process is not yet widespread, the early results are encouraging and certainly worth discussion throughout the donation and transplantation community.

Northwell Electronic Instensive Care Unit (eICU)