7 Million Californians Have Said, ”Yes! I Want to Be a Donor!” Todd Sato

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Summer 2010 7 Million Californians Have Said, ”Yes! I 3 Global Leadership Want to be a Donor!” Summit onate Life California, the state- 4 Organ and Tissue authorized organ and tissue Donation Data D donor registry, reached another milestone in early August as the number 5 El Puente Bilingual of registered donors hit the seven million Section mark, a national record. The news was announced by California Assembly 6 ‘Donate Life Film Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles), Festival’ Shines Donate Life California, and the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) at 8 ‘Donate Life Run the Hope Street Los Angeles DMV Field Walk’ Bigger and Office, one of the state’s busiest. Better Than Ever The number of registered donors is especially important in the face of the Todd Sato 9 Donate Life disproportionate need for donated organs Ambassadors in California. Of the more than 107,000 By Sabrina Ho In Action patients currently listed on the National Organ Transplant Waiting List, over o say that Todd Sato had a lot 13 OneLegacy Tissue 20,000 (nearly 20 percent) are registered of heart is to tell only half the Operations with California transplant centers. T story. Todd was born with a “Organ donation is very personal congenital heart defect, a form of Blue 14 Hospital Referral to me. My mother, before her death, Baby Syndrome. He was rushed to Data was on kidney dialysis for several years,” Children’s Hospital where they hoped said Pérez. “As I sat with her during medication would keep his heart treatments, I saw people of every age, valves open until he was 11 months every background and all walks of life old. Not quite six months later, when trying to beat the clock and survive long Todd went in for his normal check enough to receive an organ transplant. To up, the doctors found that his valves these seven million Californians who have were closing and they had to operate. volunteered to save lives as organ and One month later, Todd would tissue donors, thank you. You are giving undergo the procedure known as hope to every one of those patients.” the Mustard Operation, named after the doctor who developed it, which “It was only four years ago that DMV corrects abnormal blood circulation and Donate Life California teamed up for by transposition of the great arteries. this effort by making donor registration This ‘fix’ lasted until Todd graduated available to every Californian who renews high school, which had been his wish. their driver license or I.D. card,” added Please see Millions, Page 10 Please see TODD, Page 11 Southern California Coroner Offices and Global Leadership Summit Gathers Organ OneLegacy Work Together to Save Lives Donation Leaders From Across the Globe by Elena de la Cruz of potential organ and by Kari Williams tissue donors end up being he word “coroner” investigated by the coroner to he inaugural Transplant may not be associated varying degrees. In fact, over Donation Global Leadership with the business of 40 percent of organ cases Symposium (GLS) took place T and 70 percent of potential T giving life, but the critical May 10-13 in Del Mar, California to role they play in facilitating tissue donors recovered by give emerging leaders in donation from the gift of organ and tissue OneLegacy were at one point around the world focused information donation assures that they do a coroner’s case, and it is only on all aspects of the donation process exactly that: allow a second until coroners give clearance as well as leadership skills to help their chance or a better quality of that donation specialists organizations move forward. The GLS life to thousands of people. are allowed to proceed with was conceived by Tom Mone, CEO and Last May, Coroner offices coordinating recovery. Executive Vice President of OneLegacy; The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner was honored along in the seven counties that with their counterparts from Kern and Riverside counties at the annual The work involving Howard Nathan, President and CEO OneLegacy serves in Southern OneLegacy “Celebrating Our Partners” event held in May in Los Angeles. OneLegacy and the coroner’s of Gift of Life Donor Program; and California were recognized office is often a balancing act Susan Gunderson, CEO of LifeSource. for their role in saving lives The duty of the coroner is to inquire between attending both the The curriculum was based on the in their communities during the and determine the circumstances, desires of a donor or his family to help Transplant Procurement Management “Celebrating Our Partners” Donation (TPM) leadership training model from manner and cause of not only violent, those in need of transplants, and the Transplant leaders from around the world gather in beautiful Del Mar, California to learn and teach. and Transplantation Conference and but also sudden, unusual or unattended needs to determine the cause of death Barcelona, Spain. Awards Ceremony held in Los Angeles. Collaboration, Creating Donor organization and leadership skills had to deaths. Thus, a substantial portion Please see Coroner, Page 10 According to Mone, “U.S. donation professionals seldom have a chance to Hospital Partnerships in End of Life prevail in this exercise in order for it to experience the legal, cultural, and clinical Care, and Foundational Elements be successful. Kristina Wheeler, Organ differences that confront our field for OPO Performance. Breakout Procurement Supervisor at OneLegacy, Employee Spotlight: Jenna Graciano around the world. This was a unique and workshops gave the participants an participated in the exercise and said, s OneLegacy’s Manager of a little bit better. include developing the new employee remarkably successful chance for them opportunity to get hands-on experience “The biggest challenge [of the exercise] Training, Jenna Graciano likens Her personal training program. to learn from their colleagues while in training and education through an was not being able to see. How can you the organization’s work to a relay motto is “Seize interactive donation simulation lab, direct people if you can’t see? In order A “I always tell new staff that the sharing U.S. organizational management race. “The teamwork at OneLegacy is the Day!” and case study discussions about real-life to be a leader, you must have a vision of hospital plays the most important skills and their experiences with mature an amazing process. I used to run relay she’s serious donation scenarios, a session about the where you will be going.” role in the donation process because donation programs.” Participants from races, with each team member handing about it. Jenna Spain’s donation service model, and an without them and the relationships built 19 countries and presenters from off the baton to complete the race, each wakes up at overview of the Gift of Life Institute’s After four intense days, the by our Hospital Development team, around the world contributed to the playing a critical role to accomplish one 4 a.m. to ice- new WebInterview tool for practicing participants walked away armed with referrals wouldn’t happen. We work conference. goal. At OneLegacy, one department skate; a masters- family communication and consent knowledge and ready to share it with collaboratively to support the donation starts the donation process and hands level figure The program included plenary conversations online. Participants were their organizations. “The GLS was a process and I appreciate everything that off the baton to the next department skater, she competes at the national sessions such as Selecting and also provided with the opportunity fabulous experience,” said OneLegacy hospitals do to contribute toward our until the process is complete.” level and has qualified to compete Implementing Best Practices Through to discuss their own proven training Organ Procurement Supervisor Woodi mission.” internationally. After work she takes methods. Wooding. “I always enjoy learning what She ought to know. Not only has others are doing and how they are a yoga class or runs, with several When asked about what she loves Jenna taught running classes in the past, Ceferi Soler from Barcelona, Spain facing and overcoming the challenges marathons and 10K races on her docket about her job, Jenna said, “I love the but Jenna now oversees all education and Michelle Post from OneLegacy we all face. The difference here was each year. She takes time to relax by people we work with; each department and training for the various departments led the participants in an interactive bringing the international mix into it. hiking Torrey Pines and spending time is phenomenal and has so much to offer at OneLegacy. Jenna is also highly leadership and team building exercise We were able to collaborate with our with her family. to the mission of OneLegacy. I love motivated by teamwork; she confided in which attendees worked as a team to international colleagues and find new being a part of this organization; it’s full that she performed better in her relay Jenna’s drive translates well to her move “toxic waste”—represented by ways of facing old challenges. Plus, we of people who have so much passion races than in the individual events. work at OneLegacy. Her days are full heavy balls balanced on an upside-down had fun, made new friends and have for what we do.” coordinating training efforts that begin garbage can suspended by ropes held by already contacted them for ideas on The running analogy is not with writing policies and procedures blindfolded “helicopters”—from one meeting some of the challenges we face surprising once you get to know Jenna Team building was only one of the numerous and end in documentation. Her duties sessions that took place during the GLS. location to another. Communication, here at OneLegacy.”

2 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Summer 2010 Summer 2010 > The Bridge > OneLegacy 3 Organ Donation Data Una sección especial Following are key OneLegacy performance indicators for the first half of 2010. (Source: OneLegacy data) El Puente para la comunidad latina Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun YTD

Referrals 417 384 492 426 451 411 2581 Chivas USA y OneLegacy Se Eligible Referrals 30 31 61 39 48 49 258 Unen Para Salvar Vidas Donors Recovered 18 23 39 25 32 24 161 as alianzas con la comunidad son una de las formas Overall Consent Rate 56% 59% 66% 64% 64% 59% 62% en que OneLegacy inspira al Sur de California a donar Conversion Rate 55% 64% 64% 57% 65% 49% 59% L vida, y uno de nuestros aliados más involucrados en la comunidad latina es el club deportivo de futbol Chivas USA. Organs Recovered 50 78 148 96 118 86 576 Chivas organizó dos eventos muy especiales este verano Organs Transplanted 42 66 142 92 106 77 525 en el Home Depot Center de la ciudad de Carson. El 28 1 Organs T’planted/Donor 2.33 2.87 3.64 3.68 3.31 3.21 3.26 de julio Chivas invitó a pacientes pediátricos de Children’s Hospital de Los Angeles a ver al equipo en acción durante su entrenamiento y luego a un desayuno muy especial. Kidneys Recovered 30 43 70 48 56 48 295 El 14 de agosto Chivas invitó al público a ser parte de la Kidneys Transplanted 23 33 65 44 48 38 251 noche de Done Vida en el estadio. “La noche de Done Vida Hearts Transplanted 4 3 17 13 14 7 58 es una oportunidad para energizar a nuestros fanáticos mas Livers Transplanted 12 14 33 17 23 21 120 allá del amor que tienen por nuestro equipo e inspirarlos a celebrar la vida y a que se registren para ser donantes,” dijo Lungs Transplanted 2 12 23 10 14 6 67 Nadia Chavez, gerente de asuntos comunitarios de Chivas Pancreas Transplanted 1 4 4 8 7 5 29 USA. Small Int Transplanted 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chivas USA and OneLegacy 2 Organ Transplant Team up to Save Lives ommunity partnerships are one of the ways that Waiting List Data OneLegacy inspires the Southern California region to Donate Life, and one of our most enthusiastic California USA C partners in the Latino community has been the Chivas USA soccer team. Kidney 17,457 85,821 Chivas USA hosted two very special events this Summer Liver 3,486 16,007 at the Home Depot Center in Carson. On July 28 Chivas Pancreas 126 1,433 USA invited patients from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Kidney/Pancreas 424 2,189 to watch the Chivas USA team in action during practice, and 3 then treated the group to brunch at the stadium clubhouse. Heart 212 3,154 (1) Serpentinas de color verde y azul vuelan hacia la cancha Lung 186 1,816 On August 14 Chivas USA hosted Done Vida night at the durante la noche done vida en el Home Depot Center . (2) Home Depot Center.. “Done Vida night was an opportunity Los jugadores firmaron autógrafos para los jovenes pacientes 14 79 do Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. (3) Representantes de Heart/Lung for us to energize our fans beyond their excitement for our 33 249 done vida a media cancha antes del juego contra los Seattle Intestine team, moving and inspiring them to celebrate life and register Sounders. to become a donor,” said Chivas USA Senior Manager of (1) Green and blue streamers fly across the bleachers during Total 21,938 108,204 Community Affairs Nadia Gonzalez. Donate Life night. (2) Players signed autographs for patients from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (3) Donate life takes to the field before the game against the Seattle Sounders. Source: UNOS. Based on OPTN data as of 8/20/10

4 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Summer 2010 Summer 2010 > The Bridge > OneLegacy 5 Donate Life Film Festival Entertains, Hollywood Gets Inspired at the Second Enlightens and Inspires Annual Donate Life Film Festival by Tenaya Wallace and were “Extreme Makeover: Chris Sariego Home Edition,” “Army Wives,” “Three Rivers” and onate Life Hollywood’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” The second annual Donate awarded writers were clearly D Life Film Festival, moved, some in tears. featuring three events on June 11- One “Army Wives” writer 12 at the Paley Center for Media was so touched by the festival in Beverly Hills, California, was that she stated she is already a rousing success. The festival planning organ and tissue brought together inspiring donation storylines for next stories of organ and tissue season. “It is encouraging to see donation and transplantation and that Donate Life Hollywood leaders within the entertainment is influencing writers and industry. producers to produce accurate The Friday cocktail party, and inspiring organ and tissue hosted by Ann Lopez, living Alex O’Loughlin , star of CBS’s medical organ donation drama “Three donation stories,” said Donate Rivers,” won the “Donate Life Hollywood Person of the Year” award. kidney donor to and wife of Life Hollywood Campaign Olympic snowboarder and liver recipient Chris Klug smiles big for the comedian George Lopez, Director Tenaya Wallace. cameras on the red carpet at the Donate Life Inspire Awards Cocktail Party. brought 175 writers, producers and Life on Dialysis”); a PBS Independent Dr. Robert Kormos, surgeon and actors together with surgeons, organ Lens film, “Heart of Jenin”; and a advisor to “Three Rivers,” agreed: recovery professionals, recipients and feature-length documentary, “D Tour: “Within the realm of entertainment donor families to toast the nominees A Rock and Roll Film about Life, Death and especially film, lies a powerful Master of Ceremonies Ann Lopez, kidney donor to her husband, comedian of the Donate Life Hollywood Person and Bodily Functions.” weapon against the misconceptions of the Year Award: “Three Rivers” George Lopez, address the crowd at Friday’s award ceremony. Every one of the workshops and prejudices that surround actor Alex O’Loughlin, singer Alex transplantation.” Band, Olympian Chris Klug, Grammy- offered at the Film Festival was filled to winning R&B/pop group All-4-One, capacity: “Character First” on creating The festival is made possible and CBS executive Les Moonves. great medical TV stories by former through the generous support of executive producer of “ER” Dr. Joe Astellas Pharma US, Inc. Plans are “I have had the chance to meet Sachs; “Doctors Delve Deep” on the real already underway for the third Donate donor families, transplant recipients and stories of physicians’ lives, moderated Life Film Festival in June 2011. living donors, and their stories are simply by OneLegacy CEO Tom Mone; “Level incredible,” said Alex O’Loughlin, the Playing Field” with Academy Award Saturday night’s gala dinner honored writers and producers for getting it the winner of the 2010 Donate nominated producer Marc Smolowitz right, and for inspiring people worldwide to donate life. Life Hollywood Person of the Year on social networking; and for mystery Award. Alex expressed his continued writers, “Get a Clue!” moderated by commitment to organ donation as he C.S.I. Miami writer Krystal Houghon, accepted the award, “It’s an honor with LAPD Detective Dennis Kilcoyne, to use whatever platform I have to Los Angeles County Chief Medical promote the importance of registering Examiner-Coroner Dr. Lakshmanan to be an organ and tissue donor. I am Sathyavagiswaran, and OneLegacy humbled by this extraordinary honor COO Prasad Garimella. and I pledge my continued support to this important cause.” An elegant dinner concluded the day along with the presentation of Alex Band, formerly of rock band The Calling, was nominated for the Donate The Saturday film festival screened the Inspire Awards, given to television Life Hollywood Person of the Year Award. three original short films (“6 Days”, “The episodes with accurate donation Ann Lopez presents Alex O’Loughlin of ‘Three Rivers’ with the Person of Fallen Firefighter” and “Mamie Jackson: storylines. Among the the honorees Photos by Susan Whitney the Year Award. Votes were cast for five finalists through an online poll.

6 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Summer 2010 Summer 2010 > The Bridge > OneLegacy 7 2010 Donate Life Donate Life Run/Walk Breaks Ambassadors In the Attendance Records Community he eighth annual rom hospitals and Donate Life Run/Walk DMVs to festivals and Tat Cal State Fullerton F civic plazas, Donate saw the event grow ever Life Ambassadors are the larger. The largest Donate 1 face of organ and tissue 1 Life community event in the donation to the public. Since country, the May 1st event February 2003, more than welcomed 8,000 participants, 900 recipients, living donors, including 184 donor families donor families, and donation and dozens of hospital and corporate teams. ABC7 morning professionals have been formally trained to be “the voices of anchor and living donor Phillip Palmer served as emcee our community in their communities.” For more information and the crowd was treated to a very special performance by on becoming a Donate Life Ambassador, e-mail Kathleen Grammy-winning group All-4-One. Mark your calendars Hostert, Community Programs Supervisor, at khostert@ now for the 2011 Donate Life Run Walk on Saturday, April onelegacy.org 30, 2011!

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(1) Phillip Palmer and All-4-One kick off the race at the (1) Assemblymember Norma J. Torres, center, stops by a starting line. (2) Phillip Palmer lights the Flame of Life, a new Donate Life booth. (2) Liver recipient Vicky Nguyen, left, feature at the eighth-year event. (3) Selected donor families records a PSA with OneLegacy’s Sabrina Ho. (3) Kidney- and recipients are given the opportunity to release a basket pancreas recipient Dave Hollon visits the staff of the DMV of doves during the opening ceremony. (4) Civic leaders, the Santa Ana Field Office. (4) Ambassadors build partnerships Chivas Girls and special guests gather for a photo prior to the with companies like Vons, which sent a team of 500 to the Opening Ceremony. (5) Hundreds of teams, including 184 Donate Life Run/Walk. (5) A daily fixture in the Placenetia donor families, ready for the 5K walk. (6) The “Circle of Life office, the Golden Girls contribute countless hours to Garden,” featuring dozens of memorial signs placed on picket supporting Ambassadors, partnerships and community fences, is a gathering place for family members to remember events year-round. (6) Director of Education and Organ & their loved ones. (7) Teams find unique ways to honor and Tissue Liaison Nurse Lee Abramo and Director of Security celebrate the lives of the donors and recipients who inspire Dave Linderman of Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center them to participate. participate in a Donate Life Flags Across America flag-raising event. (7) Ambassadors Daniel Ronco and Jan Grissinger at 6 7 6 7 the Donate Life Run/Walk.

8 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Summer 2010 Summer 2010 > The Bridge > OneLegacy 9 CORONER: Working TODD: Recipient Then Giver of Life CORONER Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 10 to Save Lives In July of 1988, a few months after In 2008, it was decided that Todd assure the coroner that their forensic his 18th birthday, Todd was rushed to needed another heart transplant, and investigation is not being compromised. Through Organ UCLA to receive a heart transplant. he looked forward to the opportunity His new heart worked beautifully to receive a new heart. One afternoon, To facilitate the approval process Donation for ten years. Todd was able to go to after returning from a day of shopping, of a possible organ donor, OneLegacy Continued from Page 2 college and spent ten fulfilling years Todd and his mom were watching transplant coordinators also provide contributing to the community and TV when Todd suddenly collapsed. coroner investigators with thorough and preserve forensic evidence. providing leadership to youth groups Unfortunately, his heart was not strong documentation that, among others, “It can pose a lot of challenges and his church. He loved to do volunteer enough to wait for its replacement. On includes a physical assessment with clear when there is a criminal investigation work and joined many organizations. June 27, 2009, Todd passed away. records of all injuries, and paramedic Todd worked closely with a number of and hospital staff notes. and law enforcement involvement Todd was passionate about the in a donor case,” explains Anthony community groups, including Ties That Donate Life mission, and at the time of Recently, an 18-year-old was Maldonado, Medical Examiner Blind, Intercollegiate Nikkei Council, his passing, he was able to be a donor declared brain dead at a hospital Liaison for OneLegacy. “Yet, we can Chinatown Service Center and Japanese through OneLegacy. with gunshot wounds to the head work collaboratively for the common American Citizens League (JACL) Health and shoulder. After the transplant Donate Life California celebrated seven million Californians registering as organ and tissue donors with good, without interfering in forensic Forums at the Little Tokyo Center. He The 2010 Donate Life Rose coordinator determined that there was a press conference commemorating the milestone. From left: Bryan Stewart, President, Donate Life investigations.” was very active in the Gardena Valley Parade Float carried a floragraph (a California; California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez; Judi Woodford, donor mother; Leiauna Anderson, no damage to vital organs, and provided Baptist Church where he was a student portrait decorated with floral materials) liver recipient; Chuyen Nguyen, donor father; Dixon James, DMV Acting Regional Administrator; Tom To face those challenges, OneLegacy X-rays and CT scans to the coroner, Mone, OneLegacy CEO and Executive Vice President; and Mike Jones, kidney recipient. counselor. He was also involved in honoring Todd which was decorated clearance was given to proceed with and coroner offices in the seven-county JACL, serving as a past National Youth/ not only by his family, but by members recovery of the heart, lungs, liver and greater Los Angeles area have a long- Student Representative and President of the community where Todd was so kidneys for transplant. A family was MILLIONS: Registry Reaches Milestone standing partnership supported by a of the Progressive Westside JACL deeply ingrained. This community will given the consolation of saving lives; Continued from Page 2 working protocol that allows each case chapter. Todd was also a Donate Life carry Todd’s story in their own hearts; two people got a second chance at life, to be evaluated individually. Depending Ambassador for OneLegacy, talking Todd didn’t just have a lot of heart, he and the coroner’s office was able to do DMV Director George Valverde. “Our Californians in need of transplants. on the details of each case, there is to various organizations and audiences won over many more. team effort has been a great success in Since the registry was introduced in a battery of diagnostic testing that about his transplant experience. their job. OneLegacy can perform at a hospital reaching this milestone, but there are 2005, donors from the registry have In tissue donation, the coroner has that will assist in a forensic investigation millions more out there who still need saved more than 1,000 lives through jurisdiction if a death does not occur without disabling the donation process. to check ‘Yes!’ and potentially save organ donation and healed more than at a medical establishment. Tissue someone’s life.” 35,000 through cornea and tissue OneLegacy’s goal is “zero coroner recovery must be initiated within 24 donation. In 2009 alone, 134 registered declines,” with the needs for both a hours of cardiac arrest, so OneLegacy Although Donate Life California organ donors and 414 registered tissue complete investigation and recovery sends donation specialists to coroner has more registered donors than any donors gave the gift of life through of all transplantable organs and tissues offices three to four times a day to other state donor registry, when offered the state’s organ and tissue recovery fully met. accelerate the evaluation process and the opportunity to register as donors a organizations. relatively low percentage of Californians carry out the decision of the donor or “We can provide CT scans, X-rays, choose to do so. In Q2 2010, only 27 “When my father passed away, he donor’s family. Coroner offices in Los echocardiograms and biopsies,” says percent of DMV customers applying had his organs donated,” said Pérez. Angeles and Orange counties have Maldonado. “If the coroner says they for or renewing their drivers’ licenses “In that painful moment, I was deeply dedicated tissue recovery facilities, while need more information on a case before and ID cards checked ‘Yes’ on their comforted knowing that my father space is provided for the procedure at they release it, we can even provide forms to register as donors, ranking would be able to give others a second Kern, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa photographic evidence on request, and in the bottom fifth. Of California’s 26 chance at life. That is why I encourage Barbara and Ventura county coroners. add diagnostic tests like angiograms not million licensed drivers and ID holders, everyone to sign up to be a donor.” available to them otherwise.” The relationship between an organ only 27 percent have signed up to be The Registry continues to grow and tissue agency with the Coroner’s organ and tissue donors. In Los Angeles Approval or restriction of a case Family members decorate a floragraph honoring Todd Sato on the 2010 Donate Life Rose Parade Float. rapidly, adding approximately 35,000 office, while faced with some challenges, County, the ratio is even lower, with only can depend on the type of case and legal donors each week through the DMV’s can be a well-built and a trusting one. In 18 percent of eligible county residents factors involved—especially if the case driver license and ID card application Sign up to be the end, as Maldonado states, “We are enrolled as donors. will go to trial—the type of wounds and and renewal process. This pace of working together to save lives.” location, and evidence collection, all of an Organ and Tissue Donor! Despite the state’s lower donor growth is projected to continue through which can be addressed confidently to registration rates, the Donate Life July 2011, when the registry completes www.DonateLifeCalifornia.org California Registry plays an increasingly its first five-year DMV renewal cycle. www.DoneVidaCalifornia.org essential role in saving and healing Please see Coroner, Page 11

10 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Summer 2010 Summer 2010 > The Bridge > OneLegacy 11 OneLegacy Honors 49 Hospitals at OneLegacy is Now World’s Largest Tissue Has Who Can be a Annual Learning Symposium Tissue Recovery Organization Many Healing Tissue Donor? Applications ithin the last few years, innovative plan to increase the quality OneLegacy has become of approaches to the families of Many people don’t join the the largest tissue recovery potential tissue donors, 75 percent of Most allografts made from W state donor registry because organization in the world, helping whom are approached for consent via recovered tissues are used as hundreds of thousands of people in phone within hours of death. Until they feel they are too old or follows: need of cornea, bone, skin and other August of 2008, local families had been their medical condition will put • Bone allografts can be used tissue transplants to lead more fulfilling approached for consent by a contracted a recipient at risk. All people for patients whose bones have lives. provider. OneLegacy has since should consider themselves degenerated or been damaged. established a tissue operations facility The astonishing growth of potential organ and tissue A femur, tibia, fibula, ilium, with a Family Care Center employing OneLegacy’s tissue operations is a direct or rib, among others, prevent highly trained consenters; four teams of donors. Potential donors are result of the organization’s efforts amputations and restore tissue recovery technicians; centralized evaluated for suitability when to fulfill the growing need for tissue patients’ mobility. supplies and sterilization; and additional the occasion arises. Until then, allografts, including corneas to prevent staff who work closely with hospitals, • Cornea transplants are used to blindness; skin for healing burns; bone carry your pink dot with pride! coroner offices and funeral homes. help restore sight and prevent for fractures and to prevent amputation; blindness in the visually heart valves to repair genetic defects; “Subsequent safeguarding evalua- You Are Never Too Old impaired. tendons for reconstructive knee tions to determine the medical and to Say ‘Yes’ Hospital representatives from across the Southland gathered to learn and be honored at the annual • Heart valves repair cardiac surgeries; and veins for cardiac bypass social history of the potential donor “Celebrating Our Partners” conference at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. defects and are used as surgery. resulted in approximately 1,110 families No one is too old or too replacements for children born per month being presented with the “The building of our tissue recovery young. When someone is neLegacy honored 49 support of tissue donation, which with damaged valves and other opportunity to donate tissue. Of these, capabilities, coupled with the generosity in a position to be an actual Southland hospitals for their provides life-saving and healing gifts of defects of the heart. approximately 350 families, or 32 of donors and their families, has placed performance in support of donated bone, skin, veins, connective percent of those approached, embraced donor, medical professionals O • Vascular tissues can be used in Los Angeles as the capital of tissue organ and tissue donation during 2009 tissue and corneas. Three of them— the chance to save and heal lives by determine whether your both limb and cardiac bypass donation, giving us the opportunity at May’s “Celebrating Our Partners” Riverside Community Hospital, St. donating tissue,” said chief operating surgeries to restore blood flow. to save and enhance 100,000 people’s tissues and/or corneas are Learning Symposium and Awards Francis Medical Center, and Antelope officer and chief information officer lives each year,” said Tom Mone, Chief suitable for donation. & Recognition Ceremony held at Valley Hospital—received awards for • Human skin allografts are used Prasad Garimella. Executive Officer and Executive Vice the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in the most tissue donors, totaling 119 to prevent infection and heal Downtown Los Angeles. donors between them. burn wounds, as well as to President of OneLegacy. The staff members responsible for Medical Condition? approaching families are highly trained help regenerate new soft tissue OneLegacy recovers tissue from In 2009, seventeen hospitals Apart from hospitals, six coroner to make an initial assessment of whether Don’t Rule Yourself Out! for cancer patients, trauma deceased donors at hospitals, coroner achieved donation conversion rates offices were recognized for practices a potential donor’s tissues are medically victims and patients with severe offices and funeral homes, and then Medical staff evaluate of at least 75%, including three that supportive of organ and tissue safe for transplantation, as well as to abdominal defects. Skin also distributes the recovered tissue to tissue accomplished a 100% conversion donation: Kern County Sheriff ’s Office sensitively interact with a family within the condition of your organs helps reconstruction from processing organizations that prepare rate: Eisenhower Medical Center, Coroner Section; Los Angeles County mastectomy procedures. a few hours of their loved one’s passing. and tissue when the time Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Department of Coroner; Orange the allografts for medical application. arises. The decision of Among OneLegacy’s partners are “It is a hard phone call to make at and Presbyterian Intercommunity County Sheriff-Coroner Department; • Soft tissue allografts, such whether or not to proceed as ligaments, tendons and Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation such an emotional time for the family, Hospital. Two hospitals awarded for Riverside County Coroner’s Bureau; San with the donation process is conversion rates of at least 75% were Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner’s meniscus, are used to repair or (MTF), Tissue Banks International but it is the only way many patients also recognized for meeting the national Department; and Santa Barbara County replace damaged tissue or joints. (TBI), CryoLife and RTI Donor can live without pain, return to full based on a combination of Services. goal of 3.75 organs transplanted per Coroner’s Office. • mobility, or regain their sight,” said factors, including the physical Mandibles can be used to Tami Dewell, family care manager. “It’s donor: CHOC Children’s at Mission reconstruct and repair damage A tissue recovery agency since condition of the donor at the “OneLegacy is proud to honor also an opportunity for the potential Hospital and CHOC Children’s from trauma or neoplasm, 2003, OneLegacy has consolidated time of death, medical and these partners for their commitment donor’s family to gain comfort by giving Hospital of Orange County. restoring normal facial features tissue recovery in the Los Angeles to donation,” said Prasad Garimella, life to others and leaving a legacy of social history, and the types of and allowing for normal eating area over the past several years. In In addition, 17 hospitals were Chief Operating Officer and Chief compassion for their loved one.” tissues that can be recovered. recognized for their extraordinary Information Officer. habits. 2008, OneLegacy implemented an

12 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Summer 2010 Summer 2010 > The Bridge > OneLegacy 13 Hospital Referral Data January 1 to June 30, 2010

Organ Organ Organ Organ Organ Organ Organ Organ Name Referral Eligible Name Referral Eligible Name Referral Eligible Name Referral Eligible Donors Tx'd Donors Tx'd Donors Tx'd Donors Tx'd Kern County Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 14 0 0 0 Orange County San Bernardino County Kern Medical Center 38 8 5 26 LAC+USC Medical Center 96 15 7 18 Anaheim Regional Medical Center 25 0 0 0 Arrowhead Regional Medical Center 68 5 6 26 Mercy Hospital of Bakersfield 18 1 1 2 Lakewood Regional Medical Center 4 0 0 0 Chapman Medical Center 6 0 0 0 Barstow Community Hospital 4 0 0 0 Bakersfield Memorial Hospital 11 1 0 0 Lancaster Community Hospital 13 0 0 0 Children's Hospital of Orange County 10 2 1 3 Community Hospital of San Bernardino 7 1 1 0 San Joaquin Community Hospital 39 2 1 6 Little Company of Mary Hosp - San Pedro 16 1 1 1 CHOC at Mission 2 1 1 5 Desert Valley Hospital 3 0 0 0 Bakersfield Heart Hospital 1 0 0 0 Little Company of Mary Hospital - Torrance 12 2 4 16 Coastal Communities Hospital 5 0 0 0 Hi-Desert Medical Center 2 0 0 0 Mercy Southwest Hospital 7 0 0 0 Long Beach Community Medical Center 4 0 0 0 Fountain Valley Regional Hosp and Med Ctr 31 1 0 0 Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center 47 2 0 0 Total 114 12 7 34 Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 37 10 3 9 Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 11 0 1 2 Loma Linda University Medical Center 128 12 11 33 Marina Del Rey Hospital 1 0 0 0 Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 33 1 1 3 Rancho Specialty Hospital 1 0 0 0 Los Angeles County Memorial Hospital of Gardena 4 1 1 4 Huntington Beach Hospital 14 0 0 0 Redlands Community Hospital 14 0 0 0 Alhambra Hospital Medical Center 3 0 0 0 Methodist Hospital 12 1 1 4 Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Med Ctr 33 2 0 0 Saint Bernardine Medical Center 84 7 3 9 Antelope Valley Hospital 57 6 4 19 Miller Children's Hospital 9 3 1 5 Kaiser Permanente OC-Irvine Med Ctr 12 1 1 2 Saint Mary Medical Center - Apple Valley 17 0 0 0 Beverly Hospital 12 2 0 0 Mission Community Hosp - Panorama City 2 0 0 0 La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 1 1 0 0 San Antonio Community Hospital 32 0 0 0 Brotman Medical Center 5 0 0 0 Monterey Park Hospital 1 0 0 0 Los Alamitos Medical Center 16 2 2 4 Victor Valley Community Hospital 16 0 0 0 California Hospital Medical Center 45 11 7 22 Northridge Hospital Medical Center 21 8 3 12 Mission Hospital 17 2 2 4 Total 423 27 21 68 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 46 2 2 3 Olive View - UCLA Medical Center 6 0 1 0 Mission Hospital - Laguna Beach 1 0 0 0 Centinela Hospital Medical Center 41 7 5 11 Olympia Medical Center 2 0 0 0 Placentia- Linda Hospital 1 0 0 0 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Med Ctr 5 1 1 3 Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 34 4 1 4 Saddleback Memorial Med Ctr - Laguna Hills 12 1 0 0 Marian Medical Center 7 0 0 0 Childrens Hospital Los Angeles 16 3 2 5 Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 22 1 1 1 Saddleback Memorial MC - San Clemente 2 0 0 0 Marian Medical Center - West 1 1 0 0 Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Inter-Community 10 0 0 0 Promise Hospital of East LA - Suburban 1 0 0 0 Saint Joseph Hospital 18 0 0 0 Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 14 4 2 9 Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley 15 0 0 0 Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 30 7 4 28 Saint Jude Medical Center 32 1 1 1 Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care 1 0 0 0 City of Hope National Medical Center 1 0 0 0 Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center 22 2 0 0 UC Irvine Medical Center 53 4 5 11 Total 23 5 2 9 Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 3 2 1 2 Providence Tarzana Medical Center 7 2 1 0 West Anaheim Medical Center 6 0 0 0 Community Hospital of Long Beach 2 0 0 0 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center 54 8 5 17 Western Medical Center Anaheim 6 1 0 0 Ventura County Downey Regional Medical Center 26 0 1 1 Saint Francis Medical Center 43 14 10 45 Western Medical Center Santa Ana 35 4 2 3 Community Memorial Hospital 3 0 0 0 Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 16 2 1 1 Saint John's Health Center 3 0 0 0 Total 382 24 17 38 Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center 13 0 0 0 Garfield Medical Center 17 0 0 0 Saint Mary Medical Center 21 3 1 6 Saint John's Pleasant Valley Hospital 1 0 0 0 Glendale Adventist Medical Center 24 1 1 3 Saint Vincent Medical Center 2 0 0 0 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Saint John's Regional Medical Center 21 4 2 8 Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Ctr 10 0 0 0 San Dimas Community Hospital 2 0 0 0 Corona Regional Medical Center 6 0 0 0 Santa Paula Hospital 3 1 1 2 Good Samaritan Hospital - Los Angeles 42 4 3 10 San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 2 0 0 0 Desert Regional Medical Center 53 4 2 9 Simi Valley Hospital 12 1 1 4 Greater El Monte Community Hospital 2 0 0 0 Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center 8 1 1 1 Eisenhower Medical Center 25 0 2 2 Ventura County Medical Center 17 1 1 3 Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 40 4 1 7 Sherman Oaks Hospital 3 0 0 0 Hemet Valley Medical Center 11 0 0 0 Total 70 7 5 17 Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 20 2 2 4 Torrance Memorial Medical Center 44 3 1 1 Inland Valley Medical Center 16 1 1 4 Huntington Hospital 47 6 6 22 Tri-City Regional Medical Center 1 0 0 0 John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 16 0 0 0 GRAND TOTAL 2581 258 161 525 Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Med Ctr 22 0 0 0 USC University Hospital 29 2 2 5 Kaiser Permanente Riverside Med Ctr 12 0 0 0

Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center 8 2 1 1 Valley Presbyterian Hospital 11 0 0 0 Menifee Valley Medical Center 7 0 0 0 Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med Ctr 59 5 2 7 Vista Specialty Hosp of San Gabriel Valley 1 0 0 0 Moreno Valley Community Hospital 5 0 0 0 Honor donors and celebrate the Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Med Ctr 12 1 0 0 West Hills Hospital and Medical Center 5 0 0 0 Parkview Community Hospital Med Ctr 17 0 0 0 gift of life with a personal message Kaiser Permanente South Bay Med Ctr 11 0 0 0 White Memorial Medical Center 26 7 2 5 Rancho Springs Medical Center 9 1 2 4 of love, hope and remembrance. Kaiser Permanente West LA Med Ctr 11 1 0 0 Whittier Hospital Medical Center 8 2 0 0 Riverside Community Hospital 80 9 6 23 Dedicate a rose on the 2011 Total 1261 159 91 303 Riverside County Regional Medical Center 44 9 5 14 Donate Life Rose Parade oat. San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 6 0 0 0 Visit the Family Circle Total 307 24 18 56 at www.donatelife oat.org

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