OneLegacy entered a new era with the July1st launch of OneLegacy Tissue Services,which dramatically increases OneLegacy’scapabilities in all forms of donation for trans-plantation and medical research.

“This is the result of more than a year’spreparation, designed to ensure a smooth transi-tion and opportunity for expansion of services tothe community,” said Tom Mone, CEO ofOneLegacy. At the outset, the department willprovide tissue recovery services to hospitals,medical examiners/coroners and funeral homesin Riverside, San Bernardino and Kern counties.

In the last year, OneLegacy has become alicensed tissue bank in the state of Californiaand a registered tissue bank with the federalFood and Drug Administration.

For many years, tissue recovery services inthe Inland Empire and Kern County have beenprovided by the Inland Eye and Tissue Bank(IETB). Concurrent with the launch ofOneLegacy Tissue Services, IETB’s Board ofDirectors and Loma Linda Eye Foundation forthe Preservation of Sight, Inc. have elected tocease tissue recovery and return to their origi-nal goals of operating a charitable, scientificand educational foundation for the purpose ofpreserving sight and quality of life throughresearch and medical teaching.

"Inland Eye and Tissue Bank andOneLegacy have enjoyed an excellent workingrelationship for more than a decade," said

I woke up this morning and I was think-ing about Bonnie’s life and how it was filledwith love and joy and compassion. It’s atremendous honor for all of us to pay tributeto her and to acknowledge the gift she gaveto others through her death. It’s actually aperfect reflection of who she was and a per-fect expression of the type of person shewas, always wanting to care for others.

On behalf of Bonnie’s family and friends,I want to say thank you to OneLegacy. Ican’t express the gratitude that we feel foryour compassion and sensitivity to us in thehospital during this tragic event and how wehad to come together and make decisionsabout things we don’t want to think about…It was really hard to make that decision, butwe knew that’s what Bonnie wanted. Thebeauty of your communication and your carefor us was to hold our hands through the

The BridgeSummer 2003

2 HHS initiative targets hospitals

3 Donation-themedRose Parade float

4 Cinema advertisingcampaign

5 HIPAA exemptionsfor OPOs

6 Donor ceremoniesphoto essay

10 National DonateLife Month

11 African AmericanHealth Initiative

11 EmbajadoresHispanic volunteerprogram

14 Organ donor referral data

Tissue ServicesLaunches inInland Empire,Kern County

Bonnie Newman

Please see TISSUE, Page 12 Please see NEWMAN, Page 13

The community newsletter of OneLegacy,Southern California’s transplant donor network

On April 28th, Secretary Thompson announced the HospitalBest Practices initiative as the sixth component of his program toincrease organ donation. The program seeks to spread best prac-tices to the nation’s largest hospitals to achieve organ donationrates of 75 percent or higher in these hospitals from a current aver-age of less than 50 percent.

Targeted by this initiative are 300 hospitals with the highestorgan donor potential; 19 of them are within the OneLegacy serv-ice area (see sidebar).

To support the initiative, the Department of Transplantationhas extended an opportunity for OPO-hospital teams to beinvolved in a structured action program in partnership with HHSand the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). The programinvolves designing, testing, implementing and diffusing lessonslearned—all with a view of seeking 75 percent conversion rates inthe primary target hospitals.

With the program limited to three participating target hospitalsper OPO service area, OneLegacy has extended invitations to LACounty-USC Medical Center, Kern Medical Center andProvidence Holy Cross Medical Center.

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HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson Unveils DonorConversion Initiative; 300 U.S. Hospitals Targeted

HONORS OneLegacy’s highest honor, the LifeBridge Award, was presented to San BernardinoCounty medical examiner Frank Sheridan, MD;donor mother Dr. Stephanie McCurdy-Pearson,DC; the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 6 WestIntensive Care Unit; and Barbara Oliver,Administrator of the Women’s and Children’sHospital at LA County+USC Medical Center.

WELCOME Rachel Bruce-Carothers, RN, BSN,Procurement Transplant Coordinator,South/Metro Region ... Maria B. Castro, TissueDonor Coordinator I, working out of theCommunication Center at the Inland Empireregional office ... Dana Castleberry, RN, per diemProcurement Transplant Coordinator, InlandEmpire Region ... Stephanie Collazo, RN,Procurement Transplant Coordinator,South/Metro Region ... Tarrana Griggs, AssistantProcurement Transplant Coordinator,South/Metro Region ... Sherika Harris,Communication Center Specialist, working out

of the Inland Empire regional office ... KimberlyHamilton, RN, Procurement TransplantCoordinator, South/Metro Region ... LupeHidalgo, Family Services Assistant, Los Angelescorporate office ... Lidia Kinoshita, ExecutiveAssistant, South/Metro Region ... Tami Miley,RN, Procurement Transplant Coordinator,South/Metro Region ... Esmeralda Mondragon,Accounting Assistant, Los Angeles corporateoffice ... John Moos, RN, per diem ProcurementTransplant Coordinator, Orange County Region ...Jill Spitler, OneLegacy Communication CenterManager, working out of the Inland Empireregional office ... Lawanda Sweet, RN,Procurement Transplant Coordinator, NorthRegion ... Several employees of Inland Eye andTissue Bank have joined OneLegacy as part ofthe newly launched OneLegacy Tissue Services.See article on page 1 and sidebar on page 12.

ON THE MOVE Maria Bourne and Kathy Gehreshave been promoted to Tissue DonorCoordinator I in the Communication Center ...Robert Davis, Jr. is now a Triage Specialist I inthe Communication Center ... Dahiana DeFrancisco is now the Hispanic Communications

Coordinator, responsible for all outreach to theHispanic community ... Kathy Walters, RN hasmoved from per diem to full-time ProcurementTransplant Coordinator for the Orange CountyRegion ... Effective July 15, the newly createdposition of Regional Director, Orange County willbe held by Sherry Watson, RN, previously theAssistant Regional Director for the South/MetroRegion.

BEST WISHES After 11 years of service toOneLegacy, Gloria Garcia Bohrer retired fromher day-to-day responsibilities as director ofpublic relations and education. She will continueas an active member of OneLegacy’s Board ofDirectors.

CONDOLENCES Our sympathies go to the fami-ly of Ron Boatman, Professor of Earth Science atCrafton Hills College and a member ofOneLegacy’s Board of Advisors, who passedaway June 17th. A scholarship in ProfessorBoatman’s name has been established to assistCHC students in earth science. We are thankfulto Ron for his service to us. He will be greatlymissed.

2002 2002 ConversionHospital Referrals* Donors Rate

LA County-USC Medical Center 58 26 45%Loma Linda University Medical Center 35 21 60%UC Irvine Medical Center 29 14 48%Arrowhead Regional Medical Center 23 11 48%Western Medical Center, Santa Ana 23 11 48%St. Francis Medical Center 23 8 35%Riverside County Regional Medical Center 21 13 62%King/Drew Medical Center 21 11 52%Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 20 9 45%UCLA Medical Center 20 9 45%Kern County Medical Center 19 11 58%Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 18 11 61%St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach 17 8 47%Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 17 7 41%Huntington Hospital 16 8 50%Mission Hospital regional Medical Center 14 10 71%Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 13 5 38%Childrens Hospital Los Angeles 12 7 58%Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 11 5 45%

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Target Hospitals in OneLegacy Service Area

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OneLegacy Spearheads Coalition on Donation Rose Parade Float

The Coalition on Donation, a not-for-profit alliance of local affiliates andnational organizations dedicated to inspir-ing all people to donate life through organand tissue donation, has been invited bythe Pasadena Tournament of Roses toenter a float in the 2004 Rose Parade. Theprized invitation is the result of an 18-month organizing effort spearheaded by

Coalition member OneLegacy, which isjoined by 37 partners from across thenation, including the Coalition onDonation, 22 organ/tissue recovery organ-izations, nine industry partners, and threeSouthern California transplant centers.

Carrying the theme A Symphony ofLife, the float will feature a dozen donorfamily members and transplant recipientswalking together across a beautiful gar-den bridge. A trellis running the length ofthe bridge will support a variety of inter-twining florals, while two rowboats underthe bridge will carry recipients and fami-lies of their organ donors.

"The Coalition on Donation’s RoseParade float dramatically illustrates theinspiring, life-transforming connectionbetween organ and tissue donors, their

families and transplantrecipients," said DavidFleming, ExecutiveDirector of the Coalitionon Donation. "We hope ourparade float will help peo-ple see organ and tissuedonation in a positive lightand inspire people to dis-cuss donation with theirfamilies."

"Our float theme ASymphony of Life brings aspecial meaning to the2004 Rose Parade theme,Music Music Music," saidBryan Stewart, chairmanof the Coalition onDonation Rose Parade

Float Committee. "To those who aretouched by the process, organ and tissuedonation shares many hallmarks of classi-cal music’s masterworks: profound, oftendivine inspiration; an intimate relation-ship between participants; and its essenceas one of humanity’s great achievements."

The project was initiated more thantwo years ago by lung recipient andOneLegacy Ambassador Gary Foxen,who wrote a letter to OneLegacy’s boardof directors. "While the Rose Parade is amajor event in Southern California, it

This conceptual drawing marks the culmination of months ofdevelopment by the Coalition on Donation Rose Parade FloatCommittee and float builder Phoenix Decorating Co.

Donor Families, TransplantRecipients to Join Togetherin ‘A Symphony of Life’

As of 6/25/03, the following organizationshave joined the Coalition on Donation andOneLegacy in support of this nationwideproject.

Organ/Tissue Recovery OrganizationsCalifornia Transplant Donor NetworkCenter for Organ Recovery & Education (PA)Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network (IL)Gift of Life Donor Program (PA,DE)Golden State Donor ServicesLife Alliance Organ Recovery Agency (FL)Life Connection of OhioLifeBanc (OH)Lifeline of OhioLifeLink Foundation (FL,GA,PR)LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services (FL)Lifesharing (CA)Mid-South Transplant Foundation (MS,TN,AR)Nevada Donor NetworkThe Sharing Network (NJ)New York Organ Donor NetworkOrgan Donor Center of HawaiiRegeneration Technologies Donor ServicesInc. (WI,IL,GA,AZ,NY,MT)Transplant Resource Center of MarylandTennessee Donor ServicesUpstate New York Transplant ServiceWashington (DC) Regional TransplantConsortiumWisconsin Donor Network

Industry PartnersAlloSourceAmerican Medical Bill ReviewBarr LaboratoriesIIAMKeenan HealthCareMusculoskeletal Transplant FoundationSallop Insurance Agency, Inc.StatLineVesta Therapeutics, Inc.

Transplant Centers & OrganizationsCedars-Sinai Medical Center: Center forLiver & Kidney Diseases & TransplantationSt. Joseph Hospital, OrangeSt. Vincent Medical Center, Los AngelesTRIO Ventura County & West Valley Chapter

2004 Float Partners

Please see ROSE PARADE, Page 12

Interested in Volunteering?Information about volunteer decorat-ing opportunities will be available inSeptember. To receive informationvia email, please contact:

roseparadefloat@onelegacy.org

Be sure to write “Volunteer” in thesubject line.

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Organ Donation DataFollowing are key OneLegacy performance indicators for 2003. The five indicators criti-cal to organ procurement organization (OPO) certification by the Center for Medicareand Medicaid Services (CMS) are denoted with an asterisk. (Source: OneLegacy data)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May YTD

Organ Donors* 27 27 25 25 34 138

Kidneys Recovered* 50 52 50 46 65 263

Kidneys Transplanted* 48 50 48 42 57 245

Extra-Renals Recovered* 45 50 40 48 50 233

Extra-Renals Transplanted* 39 48 38 48 53 226

Organs Recovered 95 102 90 94 115 496

Organs Transplanted 87 98 86 90 110 471

Recovered Organs / Donor 3.52 3.78 3.60 3.76 3.48 3.62

Transplanted Organs / Donor 3.22 3.63 3.44 3.60 3.33 3.44

This spring, nearly 1.5 million Southern California moviegoerswere exposed to organ and tissue donation messages in a reprise of acinema advertising campaign in six Krikorian Theatres multiplexesthroughout the region.

The public awareness campaign, a partnership of OneLegacy,Cassie’s Friends and the San Bernardino County Medical Society, ranfrom mid-April through mid-July on 72 screens in Buena Park, ChinoHills, Downey, Rancho Mirage, Redlands and San Clemente.Krikorian Theatres generously donated one month of on-screen timein support of the campaign.

The eye-catching slides, three of which appeared intermittentlyprior to each screening, honored four OneLegacy donors and theirfamilies: Johnny Loredo, Dr. Daw Khin Myint, Bonnie Newman (seePage 1) and Ge’Juan Sallee. On each slide, a photo is accompanied bya quote from their family, the "Donate Life" logo, and the probingquestions: "Are you an organ & tissue donor? Have you told yourfamily?"

"When people go to movies they are usually with family or closefriends," said Bryan Stewart, communications director at OneLegacy."We saw this as a perfect place to initiate a conversation about donation.After all, sharing one’s decision is just as important as making one."

The program partners hope to make this an annual campaign timedto coincide with the release of the summer blockbusters.

Cinema Advertising Campaign Reaches 1.5 Million Moviegoers

Ge’ Juan Sallee (top) and Jonny Loredo are among the four organdonors honored in a Krikorian Theatres cinema advertising campaign.

Nationwide, hospitals are updatingtheir agreements to comply with the pri-vacy regulations contained in the HealthInsurance Portability and AccountabilityAct (HIPAA). The core functions of anorgan procurement organization (OPO)are subject to two regulatory exemptionsin the final HIPAA privacy regulations.

First, a health care provider may useor disclose information if and as requiredby law. This exemption allows OPOs andhospitals to comply with the MedicareConditions of Participation, which specif-ically authorize referrals and recordaudits.

The second and most broad exemptionis found at §164.512(h) which allowsinformation to be released to organ pro-curement organizations or other entitiesinvolved in the procurement, banking ortransplantation of cadaveric organs, eyesor tissue for the purposes of facilitatingorgan, eye or tissue donation and trans-plantation. This allows the release ofinformation by and to, donor hospitals,transplant hospitals, UNOS, tissue banksand laboratories.

Pursuant to these two exemptions,hospitals do not need to obtain patientconsent for OPOs to do their core jobs:the coordination of donation and trans-plant, and the review of records.Furthermore, HHS responses to com-ments on the regulations clarify that

OPOs are not ‘business partners’ of hos-pitals. The response states, in pertinentpart: "...organ procurement organizationsand tissue banks are generally not busi-ness associates of hospitals."

Thus, OPOs do not need to enter into"business partner agreements" with hospi-tals, unless they are acting as somethingother than OPOs. OneLegacy’s AffiliationAgreement does not contemplate that we

act in any capacity other than as an OPO.Finally, in the preamble to the final rule,HHS states that OPOs are not "health careproviders" when they are engaged in theprocurement or banking of organs, bloodor tissues. Thus, with regard to hospitalaffiliations, OPOs are neither coveredentities nor business partners, and arespecifically permitted to perform theircore functions, with stringent confiden-tiality, but outside the ambit of HIPAA.

OneLegacy will be updating each hos-pital’s Administrative and Organ Donormanuals with the HIPAA regulationsdealing with the exemptions for organprocurement organizations. The adminis-trative manuals are supplied to the CEOof each hospital and the organ donor man-uals are offered to each critical care unitand emergency room.

If you have specific questions regard-ing HIPAA or the Medicare Conditions ofParticipation (MCoP), please contactCheryl Bode, Director of CorporateOperations at (213) 401-1236 orcbode@onelegacy.org.

HIPAA Regulations Include Two Exemptions for OPOs

The ER/ICU nurse plays an essentialrole in the organ and tissue donationprocess. There are a number of proactivesteps the nurse can take to ensure the fam-ily’s right to consider the opportunity todonate. They include:

Patient Care

• Maintain vital signs, including bloodpressure, heart rate and normal tem-perature

• Maintain pulmonary care as if thepatient were expected to recover (pO2> 100), even if a DNR or brain death

• Obtain requested/necessary organ-specific labs

• Ensure adequate urine output and fluidresuscitation

• Notify OneLegacy of any changes inthe patient’s status

Family Care

• Do not mention organ donation to thepatient’s family. (Premature notifica-tion has been shown to reduce familytrust in the hospital and caregivers.)

• Identify the family’s native/nurturinglanguage

• Notify OneLegacy of any visits byfamily members

Nurses Play An Essential Role in Patient, Family Care

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- HHS

Donor Management Goals

• SBP > 100• PaO2 > 100• U/O ≥ 100/hr• Core temp = normothermic• Maximize function of donor

organs for benefit of recipient

For the first time, organ donors and their families throughoutOneLegacy’s seven-county region were honored at four donor recog-nition ceremonies held across the Southland in March.

The theme of the ceremonies, Fields of Gold, was inspired by therecording of Sting’s song of the same name by the late Eva Cassidy.

“By all accounts, families found the events to be an uplifting andmeaningful tribute to their loved ones,” said Jeff Fleming, Manager ofFamily Services for OneLegacy.

Altogether, more than one thousand donor family members hon-ored 170 loved ones at the four ceremonies.

Fields of Gold 2003 Donor Recognition Ceremonies

LONG BEACH

BAKERSFIELDOneLegacy procurement transplantcoordinator Kren Campbell presentsOneLegacy Life Bridge Awards to (1) Scarlett Sabin, wife of honoreeMark Sabin, and (2) donor mom KayLaRue. (3) A young donor familymember readies a bird to take flight.(4) Bill Grinnan holds his daughterHannah, a heart recipient, asHannah’s mother Cathy thanks thefamily of Trevor Frisch, Hannah’sdonor. (5) Local radio personalityInga Barks, wife of a kidney-pan-creas recipient, hosts the event. (6) Keynote speaker Reg Green’sinspirational story of “Nicholas’ Gift”served as a guidepost to donor families.

(1) The Saldana family was among 55 donor families in attendance. (2) Musician Terry Harrington, a heart recipient, signs autographs for youngfans thrilled to meet the “voice” of Lisa Simpson’s sax on “The Simpsons.”(3) Keynote speaker Dr. Kenneth P. Moritsugu, The Deputy Surgeon Generalof the United States, poses with the Chang family and OneLegacy family liai-son Sabrina Ho (far left). (4) OneLegacy Ambassadors volunteers presentedfamilies with the Life Bridge Donor Pin/Pendant set. (5) OneLegacy directorof corporate operations Cheryl Bode presents the OneLegacy Life BridgeAward to Dr. Moritsugu.

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(1) Guitarist Fernando Diaz sings a Spanish ballad in honor ofHispanic donor families. (2) Inland Empire/Kern Countyregional director Mike Rosson presents the OneLegacy LifeBridge Award to donor mom Dr. Stephanie McCurdy Pearson,DC. (3) Keynote speaker Reg Green, author of The NicholasEffect, presents a certificate from the Surgeon General toAshley and Janon Malone, daughter and wife of organ/tissuedonor Londell Malone.

(1) At the conclusion of the ceremony, white birds take flight under blue skies.(2) OneLegacy Life Bridge Award recipientJackie Colleran with OneLegacy director of communications Bryan Stewart.

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4/24 Lakewood Speaker5/14 Bellflower OL Speaker5/18 Whittier Representativ5/19 Torrance OL Speaker5/29 Cerritos Tabler5/31 Lynwood Representativ6/22 Norwalk OL Speaker8/16 Puente Hills Tablers4/8 San Pedro Speaker4/21 Harbor City OL Speaker5/24 Carson Tabler6/5 Bellflower Speaker

4/1 Anaheim OL Speaker4/2 Orange Tabler4/13 La Mirada Tablers4/18 Dana Point Tabler4/23 Dana Point Speaker4/23 Newport Beach Speaker4/23 Laguna Speaker4/23 Placentia Speaker4/26 Fullerton Tablers4/27 Anaheim Speaker4/28 Mission Viejo Speaker

5/1 Irvine Tablers5/3 Garden Grove Representati5/5 Orange Tablers5/6 Santa Ana Speaker5/16 Santa Ana OL Speaker5/28 Irvine OL Speaker6/4 Garden Grove Speaker6/8 Santa Ana Representati

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4/14 Lancaster Speaker Donor Sabbath at Living Foursquare Church

4/17 Lancaster Community Ed Antelope Valley Hepatitis C & Liver TransplantSupport Group

4/28 Woodland Hills Tabler Aetna Workplace Initiative

5/2 Covina Tabler Covina-Valley USD Health & Wellness Fair

5/7 Pasadena OL Speaker Community Education Center ESL ClassPresentation (S)

5/14 Pomona Speaker Pomona Kiwanis Club

5/17 Irwindale Tabler Step Out for Senior Center

5/31 Westlake Village Tabler Kidney Run/Walk

6/1 Woodland Hills Tabler West Hills Health Fair

6/14 Los Angeles Representative L.A. Sheriff's Department Career Fair

4/2 - 4/3 Riverside Representative OneLegacy Skills Day at Kaiser Riverside

4/4 Rancho Cucamonga Representative Southern California Edison Donate Life Month

4/10 San Bernardino OL Speaker American Association of Critical Care NursesInland Empire Chapter Critical CareSeminar

4/10 Palm Springs OL Speaker Palm Springs High School Program

4/11 Rancho Mirage OL Speaker Palm Valley High School Program

4/14 San Bernardino Tablers African American Health Initiative Health Fair

4/17 Palm Desert Community Ed Brochure distribution in community

4/21 Palm Desert OL Speaker College of the Desert Nursing School

4/24 San Bernardino Tabler Bally's Fitness Center Fitness Day and DonateLife Month

4/27 Rancho Cucamonga Tablers Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Donor Day

4/30 Pomona OL Speaker Cal Poly Pomona Ethics Class

5/1 Rancho Cucamonga Tabler Aetna Workplace Initiative

5/1 Riverside OL Speaker Riverside Commty College Nursing Students

5/5 Moreno Valley OL Speaker Riverside Community College GraduatingPhysician Assistants Program

5/18 Loma Linda Representative LLUMC Heart Transplant Support Group

5/31 Moreno Valley Tablers Moreno Valley Mall, Kids Health & Safety Fair

6/2 Palm Springs OL Speaker 2nd Annual EMS Health Conference

6/7 Riverside Tablers 3rd Annual Juneteenth Celebration, Bordwell Park

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ves American Red Cross Donor Family TributeTorrance High School ProgramABC Unif. School Dist. Health & Wellness Fair

ve St. Francis Medical Center Health FairSt. Linus Church Donor Sabbath (S)Puente Hills Mall Staying Fit! Health FairAssistance LeagueNarbonne High School PresentationCarson Commty Emergency Preparedness FairBellflower Rotary Club

4/1 Los Angeles OL Speaker St. Vincent Medical Center Support Group (S)4/8 Los Angeles Community Ed Foshay Learning Center Middle School

Student Health Fair4/9 Los Angeles OL Speaker Franklin High School Presentation4/11 Los Angeles OL Speaker Venice High School Presentation4/16 Los Angeles Speaker American Liver Foundation Hepetitis C Task

Force4/20 Hacienda Heights Speakers Hsi Lai Temple Presentation (Ch)4/25 Los Angeles Tabler National Donate Life Month at Kaiser Sunset4/26 Los Angeles Representative Cedars-Sinai Multi Organ Donor/Recipient

Run & Walk4/26 Los Angeles Community Ed Echo Park United Methodist Church Spank

Out Day4/26 Los Angeles Community Ed Virgil Middle School Family Festival (S)4/27 Los Angeles Tablers Fiesta Broadway (S)4/29 Various Community Ed Superior Services Workplace Initiative4/30 Los Angeles Tabler Aetna Workplace Initiative4/30 Los Angeles OL Speaker Metropolitan Skills Center Career Day (S)4/30 Los Angeles Tabler National Donate Life Month at Childrens

Hospital5/13 Los Angeles OL Speaker Organ Allocation and Distribution: Facts vs

Myths5/14 Los Angeles OL Speaker Virgin Middle School Parent Workshops (S)5/18 East Hollywood Tabler Thai CDC Community Health Fair5/18 El Monte Representative Vesak the Buddha Birthday Celebration (Ch)5/19 Los Angeles OL Speaker East Los Angeles Occupational Center Class

Presentation (S)5/20 Los Angeles Speaker Adat Shalom Synagogue Men's Group5/20 Los Angeles OL Speaker East Los Angeles Occupational Center Class

Presentation (S)5/21 Los Angeles Speaker Childrens Hospital Los Angeles In-Service5/21 Los Angeles OL Speaker East Los Angeles Occupational Center Class

Presentation (S)5/22 Pomona Speaker Pomona Valley Hospital5/24 Los Angeles OL Speaker East Los Angeles Occupational Center Class

Presentation (S)5/31 Los Angeles Tablers ALF Liver Run/Walk, Griffith Park6/7 Los Angeles Tablers St. Vincent Medical Center Health Fair6/9 San Gabriel OL Speaker Mission Medical Chiropractic Rehab Ctr (Ch)6/11 San Gabriel OL Speaker Asian Youth Center6/21 Los Angeles Speaker Seventh Day Adventist Church Presentation6/27 Los Angeles Speaker UCLA National Youth Leadership Forum6/29 Los Angeles Representative Gran Partido De Futbol, Crenshaw HS (S)

Rotary District President's Meeting OneLegacy Skills Day at UCI Medical CenterCalif. Music & Art Association Concert (V)Good Friday Breakfast Monarch Beach Rotary ClubNewport Balboa Rotary ClubParamedics, South Coast Medical CenterPlacentia Presbyterian Church Elder GroupGift of Life Run & Walk, Cal State FullertonFirst Presbyterian Church of AnaheimA Gift of Heart Transplant Support Group,

Mission Hospital30th Annual Nurse Recognition Conference

ve OC Asian & Pacific Islander Health Fair (V)Cal Optima Employee Health FairLions Club MeetingValley High School PresentationWoodbridge High School PresentationGarden Grove Rotary Club

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Cedars-Sinai MedicalCenter celebrated NationalDonate Life Month with theirMulti-Organ Donor/RecipientFun Run/Walk and ReunionPicnic. The April 26th eventwas attended by 120 transplantpatients, friends and familyalong with staff from Cedars-Sinai, OneLegacy and the AmericanLiver Foundation.

Vibrant transplant attendees and speakers gave powerfulreminders of what National Donate Life Month is all about. Heartrecipient Vincent Rankin (top photo, right), a former news programassignment editor for KCAL-9 and only two weeks post-surgery,expressed deep gratitude to his donor family and transplant physi-cians and testified to what a second chance at life has meant to himand his family. Dr. Ann Hickey (top photo, left) spoke on behalf ofthe Cardiothorasic Department, OneLegacy CEO Tom Moneshared the successes and challenges of increasing donation, and Dr.

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ORANGE COUNTY (4) Mission HospitalRegional Medical Center: OneLegacy pro-curement coordinator Tracy deGraaff, CHOCat Mission’s Wissy Wallis, OneLegacy hospital account executive TashaQuerantes, Johnny Carwell of American Red Cross Tissue Services andMission’s Margie Whittaker. (5) Garden Grove Hospital and MedicalCenter: Querantes, Garden Grove CEO Maxine Cooper, deGraaf andcommunity educator Vanessa Nguyen. (6) St. Joseph Hospital inOrange: Drawing winner Stephanie Riggs, RN welcomes the EasterBunny. (7) Western Medical Center, Santa Ana: OneLegacy procurementcoordinator Esther Montoya, kidney donor Julie Michaels and WestMed transplant coordinator Victoria Tomczak.

L.A. COUNTY (1) Donor momCathy Perez speaks to reportersfrom La Opinion, the region’slargest Spanish-language news-paper, at the OneLegacyNational Donate Life Month press confer-ence. (2) Community educator Sabrina Ho(center) represents OneLegacy at the May18th Buddha Birthday celebration inRosemead, a collaboration of areaBuddhist temples and the BuddhistInternational Association. (3) OneLegacyCEO Tom Mone (left) speaks at the St.Vincent Medical Center NDLM event.

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May 2 The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported ondonor Dekota Jimenez.

May 7 The San Bernardino County Sun profiledinland Empire support group United OrganTransplant Association (UOTA).

May 12 The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Inland ValleyDaily Bulletin and Pasadena Star-News ranfront-page stories on donor Sean Dinglasan.

May 19-21 Radio stations KFWB, KNX 1070 and KFI airedupdates pn Christopher Bowman, a donor atUCI Medical Center.

May 21 KTLA-5 (WB) News at 10 ran a piece on theweb-based Organ Transplant ResponseSystem, including an interview withOneLegacy CEO Tom Mone.

June 7 The Orange County Register recounted thegenerosity of 11-year-old donor Nathan Keith.

June 24 The Santa Barbara News-Press reported onseven-organ donor Ramiro Flores Lopez.

Donation in the Media

The African American HealthInitiative (AAHI) is a community-basedresource focused solely on improvinghealth among the African American com-munity of San Bernardino County. Theinitiative is a partnership of the SanBernardino Medical Society, the SanBernardino County Department of PublicHealth, Inland Wellness InformationNetwork (IWIN), and over 30 organiza-tions throughout the county.

The mission of AAHI is aimedat “reducing and eliminating healthrisks and improving overall healthquality among the AfricanAmerican population in SanBernardino County by buildingcoordinated health systems.”Towards achieving its overall mis-sion, AAHI has set several man-dates for change in the health risksof the African Americans, includ-ing increasing by 3% the number ofAfrican Americans who pledge tobe organ and tissue donors, as wellas increase the incidence of diag-nosed and controlled hypertensionto minimize stroke, renal failure,

and/or congestive heart failure among theAfrican American population.

AAHI’s Organ and Tissue Donationcommittee, which is co-chaired byOneLegacy employees Tamika Hams andMichelle Harris, focuses on booths athealth fairs and other community eventsto educate the public so they can make aneducated choice about donation.

African American Health InitiativeMay saw the launch of the Hispanic

division of the OneLegacy Ambassadorsvolunteer program. Like their English-speaking counterparts, the Embajadoresde OneLegacy willhave a wide variety ofroles, programs andcommitment levelsfrom which to choose.

"The Embajadoresare a key element ofour Hispanic outreach program," saidDahiana De Francisco, HispanicCommunications Coordinator forOneLegacy. "As we develop opportunitiesto educate the primarily Spanish-speakingcommunity, the Embajadores will beessential to our efforts."

Some of the most innovative outreachefforts in the Hispanic community areSpanish-language presentations to adulteducation centers, trade schools and par-ent workshops. "Addressing people intheir communities allows us to fullyanswer the questions and concerns raisedin the community," says De Francisco.

The inaugural Embajadores orienta-tion, which featured an overview of thewaiting list by OneLegacy organ place-ment coordinator Teresita Nuila, RN, wel-comed seven Spanish-speaking volunteers:

• Jose Bueno• Maria Bueno• Claudia Estrada• Patricia Elizarraraz• Edith Gonzalez• Luis Perez• Patricia Valladares

For more information about joiningEmbajadores or scheduling a Spanish-language presentation, please contactDahiana De Francisco at (213) 401-1222or ddefrancisco@onelegacy.org.

’Embajadores’Hispanic VolunteerProgram Launches

COMMUNITYSPOTLIGHT

Welcome to Our New Ambassadors!

A total of 75 donor family members, recipients and others touched by donationattended orientation workshops in May. Please join us in welcoming:

Nancy AnnisWilma BarlowDon & Pat BeemanAl BonifaceJohn & Belen BurlewRaul CamachoJack & Jeri CarrollHoratio (Ray) & Elsie

CogswellPat ColdinonJackie ColleranJill Cummings

Joe DargaSheila DayaBev DeBoerBrenda DeBoerGeorge DeCoutoRon FrancoKristine FrischEdith GonzalezPatricia GutierrezBonnie HartKathy HasanBrian & Kim Hinsley

Suzanne HollanderDianne JeffriesBonnie KodeschPaul & Ann LewinLeslie MarkelJohn & Terry MartinJennifer McFaddenSusan McGlothlinStephanie McMackinBob & Louise MiglinGeorge & Lucille

Miller

John MitasTim & Jennifer

MooreDebbie MorganHoa NguyenTonya ParksFred PhillipsRebecca PitreJane PodrebaracGene PrewittVida SheridanGary Short

Gayle ShueyPenny StrowgerMelissa SwigartRon & Arden

TaubmanRichard VaronMorgan WalshEdward & Marilyn

WardRichard WilsonAdrianne Zepeda

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AAHI and OneLegacy presented a certificate from theSurgeon General to Lance Gregory (left) at the Juneteenthcelebration in Riverside. Gregory is pictured with his fatherand mother, to whom he donated a kidney.

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Mone. "OneLegacy intends to maintain the high standards of tis-sue recovery service that have been offered by IETB." In order tocontinue this level of service, OneLegacy has extended offers toall key IETB personnel to join OneLegacy; most are expected toaccept this invitation.

Overseeing the new OneLegacy Tissue Services Department isAlan Cochran, Director of Tissue Services for OneLegacy, whomost recently was the National Director of Donor Services andOPO Relations for American Red Cross Tissue Services. Alongwith his incoming colleagues from IETB, he will focus the depart-ment’s efforts on bringing personalized attention to donor familiesas well as hospitals, coroners and funeral homes.

"Our goal is to increase tissue recovery from the current level,which hovers around 60% of the national average," said Cochran."We are confident that with the combination of IETB’s trackrecord and OneLegacy’s close relationships with area hospitalsand medical examiners/coroners, we will increase tissue donationdramatically."

The field of tissue donation and transplantation has undergonedramatic development in the past five years, marked by the devel-opment of "engineered grafts" that replace metal screws, wedgesand joints for spinal and joint surgical procedures.

OneLegacy Tissue Services will recover, process and distributeocular tissue including corneas and sclera to ophthalmologists. Inaddition. recovered musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and skin tis-sue will be provided to the most progressive tissue processors fordistribution, thus ensuring that orthopedists, neurosurgeons, burnsurgeons, dentists and other physicians who use donated tissue totreat patients in Southern California receive the finest and safestgrafts available.

OneLegacy Tissue Services will base its operations inRedlands, home of OneLegacy’s Inland Empire regional office

and 24-hour communication center. OneLegacy representativesare currently in the process of working with hospitals and coronersto ensure a seamless transition.

Tissue Services: Smooth Transition, Expansion of ServicesContinued from Page 1

truly is ‘America’s New Year’s tradition,"said Tom Mone, CEO of OneLegacy."From the very beginning, we saw thepotential to organize a national effort thatwould represent and energize the dona-tion and transplantation communityacross the country—and the world, forthat matter."

The float is being designed and built inPasadena, Calif. by float builder PhoenixDecorating Co., the largest builder ofRose Parade floats. "We are proud of thefloat our designers have created," saidBill Lofthouse, President of PhoenixDecorating Co. "We hope the inspirationthat propelled our design efforts will beshared by millions of parade spectatorsand television viewers come January."

The 115th Rose Parade, themed MusicMusic Music, will take place onThursday, January 1, 2004 at 8:00am PST.

For more information about Coalitionon Donation Rose Parade Float partner-ship opportunitites, please contact BryanStewart at (213) 401-1226 or bstew-art@onelegacy.org.

Rose Parade Float: A Symphony of LifeContinued from Page 3

Alan Cochran Director of Tissue ServicesNancy Brewster Executive Assistant to Mr. CochranBetsy Allen Operations DirectorDana Darwazeh Technical DirectorSeung Lee Quality Systems ManagerJack Creasy Recovery Supervisor (IE)Richard Sparks Recovery Supervisor (Kern)Maggie Acosta Communication Center SupervisorJose Mercado Donor Coordinator ILyvette Garcia Donor Coordinator IJanelle Ovesen Donor Coordinator IRandy Wilson Donor Coordinator IISamantha Traven Lab & Ocular Dist. Coord.Stacey Wolcott Quality Systems Coord.Jeremiah Kroeker Recovery CoordinatorTerilynn Whitaker Recovery CoordinatorChristian Maningo Triage Specialist I

Recovery Technicians

Bob DiTraglia, MD Medical Director - TissueChristopher Blanton, MD Medical Director - Ocular

Chris SalazarTim Teel

Jose CastroFrancisco Contreras (Kern)

Carla Goldis (Kern)Tina Lee

Mike Mitchell

Luis OcegueraLora SmithChris Teves

Michelle TurnerJacquetta Wagner

Gloria Wright (Kern)

OneLegacy Tissue Services Staff

Paul Martin spoke on behalf of theHepatologist group. Dr. Verling and Dr.Cohen from Neurology were also present.

At the event, contributions were

accepted for a newly establishedTransplant/Donor Awareness EducationFund for educational materials to helpfamilies who are experiencing difficultiesthrough the pre-transplant phases.

process and tell us, "You’re going to bewith her every step of the way," and thatyou’re going to make sure she’s treatedwith the honor and dignityand respect that wasreflected in her life.

Bonnie’s life hastouched so many peopleand now she’s able to givelife to others. I found outthis morning that herorgans went to three otherpeople. We also did tissuedonation for corneas. Shehas such beautifulsparkling eyes, it’s wonderful to think thatshe’ll be giving sight to someone else thatcan look through the beauty of her eyesand how she saw life. It’s good to knowher spirit and energy and love for life getsto live on in other people and bring hap-piness to their families. I know that nowshe’s left the natural life, she’s dancingand laughing and singing in her heavenlybody and is free from the pain of life.

I want to share an experience we hadat the hospital. Bonnie was pronouncedtechnically brain dead on October 15th,and the hospital staff kept her on a venti-lator so this donor program could work atits highest level. I was the one that had theprivilege of holding Bonnie’s hand as werolled her hospital bed to the operatingroom to say goodbye to her. I couldn’tleave the hospital without standing in theparking lot waiting for the helicopter totake off and take Bonnie’s gift of life tosomeone else. We gathered in the parking

lot, there must have been 15 or 20 of us,and Tracy deGraaf from OneLegacy, whohad been in the operating room and keep-ing us posted on everything, came out andstood with us. As the helicopter blades

started to revolve on top of thehospital building, we could seethe red lights reflecting in theblades. It made sort of a redneon star, kind of an angelicthing. The blades started rotat-ing faster and faster and final-ly lifted off the hospital roofand flew off to the west forUCLA to give life to some-body else. We stood there andshouted out and waved good-

bye to Bonnie: "We love you! We missyou!" What a beautiful tribute to be ableto say goodbye to her.

In life, Bonnie didn’t give birth to herown child, but in her death she gave life toothers. There’s nothing greater that we cando, to allow our lives to live on in thehearts of others and in the bodies of others.

I know that this has changed my per-sonal thoughts about being an organdonor. I have no fear of it now. I’m goingto fill out my form and make sure myfamily knows so that they don’t have tomake these difficult decisions withoutknowing my wishes.

Bonnie contributed so much to us inher life, and she’s going to continueteaching us lessons in how we honor herspirit and her memory.

Lt. Bondell GoldenBonnie’s life partner

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NEWMAN: “A perfect reflection of who she was.” In Brief

L.A. Sheriff’s Department GolfTournament to Benefit OneLegacy

On August 18th, the Los Angeles CountySheriff’s Department will hold the PatriciaMadera de Waldie Memorial GolfTournament to benefit OneLegacy’s highschool outreach program, Bridging Lives.Friendly Hills Country Club in Whittier willhost the tournament, which honors the giftof organ donation by Mrs. Madera deWaldie, the wife of a Sheriff’s deputy. Thefoursome team scramble format will belimited to 144 players. For more informa-tion contact Sgt. Jim Wolak, (323) 981-5852or Sgt. Cheryl Newman, (323) 981-5853.

Life Bridge Award Presented toLAC+USC’s Barbara Oliver

Barbara Oliver, Administrator of theWomen's and Childrens Hospital at LACounty + USC Medical Center, was hon-ored with the OneLegacy Life BridgeAward at the 10th Annual Trauma/CriticalCare Symposium. Pictured with Ms. Oliver(center) are Renee Hawthorne,South/Metro Regional Director and ThomMendoza, Hospital Account Executive forthe Metro Region.

UNOS Region 5 Meeting in Sept.

OneLegacy hosts the UNOS Region 5Transplant Forum in September. The meet-ings are split into two sessions: theClinical Forum (Sept. 4th, Westin LAX) andand Regional Meeting (Sept 5th, LasVegas). Invitations to the meetings will bemailed over the next several weeks. Formore information, contact AlexisVasilchak at (213) 401-1225.

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Cedars-Sinai: National Donate Life Month PicnicContinued from Page 10

BAKERSFIELDBakersfield Heart Hospital 1 0 0Bakersfield Memorial Hospital 10 2 4Delano Regional Medical Center 2 0 0Good Samaritan Hospital 0 0 0Health South BK Rehab Hospital 0 0 0Kern Medical Center 16 3 13Kern Valley Hospital 0 0 0Mercy Hospital 18 0 0Mercy Westside Hospital 0 0 0Ridgecrest Community Hospital 1 0 0San Joaquin Community Hospital 7 1 2Tehachapi Hospital 0 0 0West Side District Hospital 0 0 0

INLAND EMPIREArrowhead Regional Medical Center 27 6 17Barstow Community Hospital 1 0 0Bear Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0Chino Valley Medical Center 2 0 0Colorado River Medical Center 0 0 0Community Hospital of San Bernadino 16 0 0Corona Regional Medical Center 3 0 0Desert Regional Medical Center 13 2 7Desert Valley Hospital 0 0 0Doctor's Hospital Medical Center of Montclair 0 0 0Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 5 0 0Hemet Valley Medical Center 2 0 0Heritage Hospital 0 0 0Hi-Desert Medical Center 2 0 0Inland Valley Regional Medical Center 2 0 0Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center 0 0 0John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 6 0 0Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center 28 2 5Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center 4 0 0Loma Linda Community Medical Center 0 0 0Loma Linda University Medical Center 39 12 46Menifee Valley Medical Center 3 0 0Moreno Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0Mountains Community Hospital 0 0 0Palo Verde Hospital 1 0 0Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center 7 0 0Rancho Springs Medical Center 5 0 0Redlands Community Hospital 3 0 0Riverside Community Hospital 27 4 22Riverside County Regional Med Center 27 3 15Robert H Ballard Rehab Hospital 0 0 0San Antonio Community Hospital 7 1 3San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 3 0 0St. Bernardine Medical Center 27 1 6St. Mary Regional Medical Center 0 0 0Twenty-Nine Palms Naval Hospital 1 0 0US Family Care Medical Center 0 0 0Valley Plaza Doctors Hospital 0 0 0Vencor Hospital - Ontario 0 0 0Victor Valley Community Hospital 1 0 0Weed Army Hospital 0 0 0

LOS ANGELES CENTRALAlhambra Hospital 3 0 0

Organ Organ OrgansHospital Referrals Donors Transpl’d

Organ Donor Referral DataBarlow Respiratory Hospital 0 0 0Brotman Medical Center 6 0 0California Hospital Medical Center 12 1 3Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 17 2 10Century City Hospital 1 0 0Charter Oak Hospital 0 0 0Children's Hospital Los Angeles 10 1 4Citrus Valley MC-Inter-Community Campus 6 0 0Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley Campus 8 1 3City of Angels Medical Center 0 0 0City of Hope National Medical Center 0 0 0Doctor's Hospital West Covina 0 0 0East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital 0 0 0Edgemont Hospital (closed) 0 0 0Garfield Medical Center 6 0 0Good Samaritan Hospital 3 0 0Greater El Monte Community Hospital 2 0 0Hollywood Community Hospital of Hollywood 0 0 0Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center 5 0 0Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center 25 2 6Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center 4 0 0Lincoln Hospital 0 0 0Los Angeles Community Hospital 0 0 0Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center 0 0 0Midway Hospital Medical Center 1 1 3Monterey Park Hospital 1 0 0Orthopedic Hospital 0 0 0Pacific Alliance Hospital 0 0 0Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 12 2 6Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presbyterian Med Ctr 2 0 0San Dimas Community Hospital 1 0 0San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 4 0 0Santa Marta Hospital 0 0 0St. John's Hospital and Health Center 3 1 2St. Vincent Medical Center 2 0 0Temple Community Hospital 0 0 0UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica 2 0 0UCLA Medical Center - Westwood 26 7 17USC University Medical Center 3 1 4USC-Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Center 0 0 0West Los Angeles Veterans Hospital 0 0 0White Memorial Medical Center 3 0 0

LOS ANGELES METROLA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 12 2 10LA County King / Drew Medical Center 34 5 22LAC + USC Medical Center 64 8 30

LOS ANGELES NORTHAntelope Valley Hospital 12 0 0Community Hospital of Huntington Park 0 0 0Community Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura 3 0 0Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, Encino 0 0 0Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, Tarzana 2 1 3Foothill Presbyterian Hospital - Johnson Memorial 2 0 0Glendale Adventist Medical Center 5 0 0Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 3 1 4Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital 1 0 0Granada Hills Community Hospital 1 0 0Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 5 3 9

Organ Organ OrgansHospital Referrals Donors Transpl’d

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January 1 to March 31, 2003

Huntington East Valley 0 0 0Huntington Hospital 11 2 5Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center 0 0 0Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center 7 0 0Lancaster Community Hospital 0 0 0Lompoc District Hospital 1 0 0Los Angeles County High Desert Hospital 0 0 0LA County Olive View / UCLA Medical Center 3 0 0Los Robles Regional Medical Center 1 0 0Marian Medical Center 3 0 0Methodist Hospital of Southern California 7 0 0Mission Community Hospital - Panorama City 0 0 0Mission Community Hospital - San Fernando 0 0 0Monrovia Community Hospital 1 0 0Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital 0 0 0Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 16 5 19Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Sherman Way 0 0 0Ojai Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Medical Center 0 0 0Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 22 5 14Rehab Institute of Santa Barbara 0 0 0Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 9 3 12Santa Paula Memorial Hospital 1 0 0Santa Teresita Hospital 2 0 0Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital 0 0 0Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center 1 0 0Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 3 0 0St. Francis Medical Center - Santa Barbara 0 0 0St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital 1 0 0St. John's Regional Medical Center 8 2 7St. Joseph Medical Center 5 1 3St. Lukes Medical Center (closed) 0 0 0Valley Presbyterian Hospital 6 1 1Ventura County Medical Center 9 1 3Verdugo Hills Hospital 4 0 0West Hills Regional Medical Center 1 0 0

LOS ANGELES SOUTHAvalon Municipal Hospital 0 0 0Bay Harbor Hospital 0 0 0Bellflower Medical Center 0 0 0Bellwood General Hospital 0 0 0Beverly Hospital 1 0 0Centinela Hospital Medical Center 10 2 2Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 0 0 0Community Hospital of Gardena 0 0 0Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital 0 0 0Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital 15 3 6Del Amo Hospital 0 0 0Downey Regional Medical Center 8 0 0Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center 1 1 2Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Medical Center 3 1 8Kindred Hospital Los Angeles 0 0 0LA Metropolitan Medical Center - Hawthorne Campus 0 0 0Lakewood Regional Hospital 4 1 3Little Company of Mary - San Pedro Hospital 7 0 0Little Company of Mary Hospital 13 1 4Long Beach Community Medical Center 3 0 0Long Beach Memorial Med Ctr / Miller Children's Hospital 17 4 9Long Beach Veterans Administration Medical Center 0 0 0

Organ Organ OrgansHospital Referrals Donors Transpl’d

Organ Organ OrgansHospital Referrals Donors Transpl’d

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Memorial Hospital of Gardena 5 2 7Mission Hospital of Huntington Park 0 0 0Norwalk Community Hospital 0 0 0Pacific Hospital Long Beach 1 0 0Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 4 2 6Rancho Los Amigos 0 0 0Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center 8 1 0Specialty Hospital of So. Calif. - West Covina 0 0 0St. Francis Medical Center 19 5 19St. Mary Medical Center 11 0 0Suburban Medical Center 0 0 0Torrance Memorial Medical Center 4 0 0Tri-City Regional Medical Center 0 0 0Whittier Hospital Medical Center 1 0 0

ORANGE COUNTYAnaheim General Hospital 0 0 0Anaheim Memorial Medical Center 4 0 0Brea Community Hospital 0 0 0Chapman Medical Center 1 1 5Childrens Hospital of Orange County 4 0 0CHOC at Mission 2 1 4Coastal Communities Hospital 0 0 0College Hospital Costa Mesa 0 0 0Fairview Developmental Center 0 0 0Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center 14 0 0Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 5 0 0Healthbridge Children's Rehab Hospital 0 0 0Hoag Hospital 9 0 0Huntington Beach Hospital 4 1 3Irvine Regional Hospital 0 0 0Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center 13 1 2Kindred Hospital Brea 0 0 0Kindred Hospital Westminster 1 0 0La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 0 0 0Los Alamitos Medical Center 3 0 0Martin Luther Hospital 0 0 0Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 9 3 7Newport Bay Hospital 0 0 0Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center 2 0 0Placentia Linda Community Hospital 2 0 0Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 6 1 3San Clemente Hospital and Medical Center 2 0 0Santa Ana Hospital Medical Center 0 0 0South Coast Medical Center 2 0 0Specialty Hospital of So. Calif. - La Mirada Campus 0 0 0Specialty Hospital of So. Calif. - Orange County Campus 0 0 0St. Joseph Hospital, Orange 4 0 0St. Jude Medical Center 5 1 2Tustin Hospital and Medical Center 0 0 0Tustin Rehabilitation Hospital 0 0 0UCI Medical Center 28 4 14West Anaheim Medical Center 2 0 0Western Medical Center - Anaheim 1 0 0Western Medical Center - Santa Ana 25 7 21

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Tom MoneChief Executive Officer

Bobby PattonChief Financial Officer

Cheryl BodeDirector of Corporate Operations

Alan CochranDirector of Tissue Services

Anita CorlissDirector of Human Resources

Renee HawthorneRegional Director South/Metro LA Region

Mike RossonRegional Director Inland Empire & Kern County Regions

Mary SchneiderDirector of Quality Assurance

Bryan StewartDirector of Communications

Jim TrischRegional Director North/Central LA Regions

Sherry WatsonRegional Director Orange County Region

Management Team