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Waiting for the Call FA L L 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 4 • I S S U E 3 A PUBLICATION OF NJ SHARING NETWORK Innovative Lab Sciences Saving More Lives WAITING FOR THE CALL: One Woman’s Hope, Another Woman’s Faith We spend considerable time talking about the waiting list in New Jersey; right now there are nearly 5,000 people hoping and praying for a life-saving organ. At NJ Sharing Network, we celebrate every life saved BOARD OF TRUSTEES when an organ is matched with someone on this list. And, along with the families, we mourn the loss of a loved one Vito Pulito and those who simply couldn’t wait any longer. Chair Bruce I. Goldstein, Esq. Our organization is proud that we save as many lives as Vice Chair we do, but it haunts us to know that people still die every day waiting. Together, we must ensure Howard A. Nelson Treasurer that anyone who wants to be an organ donor knows about the process and is promptly registered. Marc H. Lory In this issue of Circle of Life, we tell the story of hope and perseverance through the eyes of Secretary Dorothea Duffy, who has been on the waiting list for a kidney since 2010. She recently visited Saint Patrick M. Buddle, MD Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, where she heard comforting words from Dr. Stuart R. Margaret Dreker Geffner, a transplant surgeon, and Gwendolyn Anderson, a Newark woman who was fortunate to Bonnie Evans receive a kidney nearly four years ago. Edward J. Florio, Esq. Michael P. Hedden NJ Sharing Network is also working to reduce the waiting list through the groundbreaking Aline M. Holmes, RN work of our on-site lab. Under the leadership of Dr. Prakash Rao, we are finding ways to make Anthony L. Marchetta more donated organs viable for transplant, helping ensure that precious gifts are not wasted. Vijay Rajput, MD You can learn more about Dr. Rao and his incredible team in this issue of the magazine, in Timothy J. Touhey which we are proud to profile their work, a state-of-the-art lab and his commitment to medical advances that will ultimately save lives in New Jersey and across the globe. ADVISORY BOARD During this year’s National Donor Sabbath Nov. 15-17, we focused on compassion, courage, Loretta Aigner, RN and charity – virtues of central significance for every major religion. As always, NJ Sharing Network Transplant Center Administrator Representative hosted events with clergy, who play a critical role in guiding families through serious lifetime Gail Clegg Organ and Tissue Donor Family Member Representative decisions. Roseann DiBrienza, RN, MS Thank you for your continued support of NJ Sharing Network. Together, we are making an Public Representative incredible difference in reducing the waiting list. Stuart R. Geffner, MD Transplant Surgeon Representative Michael Gould, MD Emergency Room Personnel Representative Sarah E. Jensen, Esq. Public Representative David A. Laskow, MD Transplant Surgeon Representative James Lim, MD Joseph S. Roth Transplant Surgeon Representative President and Chief Executive Officer Debra L. Morgan, MSW, LCSW NJ Sharing Network Transplant Center Administrator Representative Shamkant Mulgaonkar, MD Transplant Center Administrator Representative Trish O’Keefe, RN, MSN Hospital Administrator Representative Ty J. Olson, MD Neurosurgeon Representative John S. Radomski, MD Transplant Surgeon Representative Prakash Rao, PhD, MBA, FACHE, HCLD Human Histocompatibility Specialist Representative Bruce Stroever Tissue Bank Representative Harry Sun, MD Transplant Surgeon Representative Pictured (l-r): Dr. Stuart R. Geffner, Dorothea Dorian J. Wilson, MD Duffy, and Gwendolyn Anderson at Saint Transplant Surgeon Representative Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. Mark J. Zucker, MD Transplant Physician Representative On the Cover: Pictured (l-r): Dorothea Duffy, waiting for a kidney; Dr. Stuart R. Geffner, transplant surgeon at Saint Barnabas; Gwendolyn Anderson, kidney transplant recipient. 2 SUMMER 2013 FOUNDATION BOARD Peter Rooney, Chair Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide Resident of Mendham As the year comes to a close, I would like to reflect on Marla Bace, Vice Chair our successes and give thanks to all who have helped us in Circles, a division of Sodexo Resident of Berkeley Heights our life-saving mission. Let me start by telling you about Philip S. Kolm, Treasurer our 15th Annual Golf & Tennis Classic, held for the first Resident of Fort Lee time at the prestigious Baltusrol Golf Club. Golfers enjoyed Alberta D’Addio, Secretary Resident of Watchung playing on the same beautiful course that will host the Donna Albanese-DeMair, Immediate Past Chair 2016 PGA Championship, and we look forward to another Dairy Queen of Plainfield classic on October 6 of next year as our relationship with Resident of Scotch Plains J.D. de Leon Baltusrol continues. Resident of Jersey City Juanita DiNizo More important, the event helped us raise philanthropic dollars to further our efforts to save Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital lives through organ and tissue donation. These projects include the new organ and tissue donation Resident of Scotch Plains exhibit at Liberty Science Center, the publication of a children’s book that explores our annual Lenore C. Ford Resident of Morristown 5K fundraiser through the eyes of a child, and EffectiveArts, an organization that uses consulting, Randi Geffner research and training to improve consent rates. Resident of Livingston Honorable F. Michael Giles Your support also enables us to be represented on the Donate Life America Rose Parade float. Resident of West Orange Millions of television viewers will see Bergen County resident Pam Drozd honor her husband’s final Derlys M. Gutierrez, Esq. act of kindness — the gift of life — at the 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California Adams Stern Gutierrez & Lattiboudere, LLC Resident of Montclair on New Year’s Day. Pam’s husband, Mike, passed away in 2008 and became a tissue donor helping Thomas Ludlum, Esq. 57 people. Pam will decorate a “floragraph” portrait of Mike that will be displayed on the float. City of Paterson Law Department Ludlum Law Offices I hope you enjoy this issue, which includes a poignant article about the challenge of waiting for Resident of Glen Rock a life-saving organ, as well as an exploration of our state-of-the-art laboratory and its critical role in Lisa Meyers Summit YMCA our mission to save lives. On page 14 we list the supporters of our 2013 Annual Fund — and I want Resident of Summit to thank every one of them for their generosity and commitment to our work. Anthony E. Pizzutillo Smith Pizzutillo LLC And let me welcome Dan Sarnowski, the newest member of our Foundation board. Dan Resident of Lawrenceville volunteers to honor the gift of his longtime companion, Betsy Niles, who became an organ donor Helen Taverna Reagan Resident of Basking Ridge in 2011. I know our board will benefit from Dan’s insight, ideas and commitment. Suzann Rizzo Finally I want to tell you that we are already gearing up for next year’s 4th Annual NJ Sharing Investors Bank Resident of Staten Island Network 5K Walk & USATF-Certified Race. Mark your calendars for June 8, 2014, and please accept Daniel Sarnowski my heartfelt thanks for all the ways you support our mission to save lives. Resident of Cutchogue, NY Bernard Simon Resident of Edison Myles Varley Personal Resource Management Associates, Inc. Resident of Mount Olive Township Ex-Officio Members: Joseph S. Roth President and CEO Elisse Glennon NJ Sharing Network Executive Director, Foundation Barry Newman NJ Sharing Network Chief Financial Officer NJ Sharing Network Elisse Glennon Executive Director NJ Sharing Network Foundation EDITORIAL TEAM Mara Barlow Assistant Director, Marketing and Communications NJ Sharing Network Members of Team Liberty traveled to Houston, Texas, to attend the manager’s Lernard Freeman planning meeting for the 2014 Transplant Public Relations Manager Games of America taking place in the city. NJ Sharing Network Team Liberty, a program of the NJ Sharing Co-Produced by Jaffe Communications Network Foundation, supports transplant & Campbell Health Media community athletes who compete in Olympic-style games. Pictured (l-r) are Team Contributors: Liberty co-managers Victor DiSanto, Jay Arisso, Jr. Michael Strusiak, Michael DiPiano and Pam DeLuca Patti DiSanto. More information is available Jan Hines at GoTeamLiberty.org. David O’Hara www.NJSharingNetwork.org 3 SHARINGnews Hope, Healing at Remembrance Ceremony More than 300 people came together at the beautiful spirit forever in our hearts. May his annual Donor Remembrance Ceremony on legacy live on in his children and in those who October 20 to remember and honor our donors. received his gifts.” NJ Sharing Network staff, donor family members Some families paid tribute with poems or letters and recipients shared hugs and tears with the and other poignant words, as photographs families as their loved ones were remembered in flashed on a screen. Kevin Morales Mejill will a special photo and tribute presentation. It was “always be in our hearts” and Scott Miller’s a day of healing and hope as stories of courage, memory “remains in his ability to give others a generosity and love overflowed. reason to smile.” The family of Kurt Daniel Bund- Among those present were Ret. Honorable Judge schuh will “find comfort knowing that through his and Mrs. F. Michael Giles, who came to honor death he has helped others.” Tears fell as so their son, Dr. Randall Giles. A part of their tribute many other families remembered their loved to him read: “He was a physician who cared one’s legacy of hope and generosity. about people and always tried to ease discom- fort. He is truly one of the greatest blessings to grace our lives and we are blessed to have his CBS News: Training Dates A Hero’s Legacy Lives On Nursing Contact Hours An emotional and poignant segment on CBS national December 10, 2013 news tells the story of Mary DiNardo meeting the NJ Sharing Network Headquarters recipient of her husband's heart, Don Zolkwisky, a decorated war veteran from South Plainfield.
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