Jorge Gonzaga California Registry 20Th State to Adopt the Law

www.onelegacy.org notification or donor referrals 24-hour line for routine 800-338-6112 Performance Improvement Director, Quality Assurance and Sherry Watson Director, Recovery and Transplant Services Jim Trisch Director, Research Partnerships Maria Stadtler Director, Information Technology Vicki Simmons Interim Director, Hospital Services Karen Libs Director, Family Services Jeff Fleming Governmental Affairs Director, Governance and Esther-Marie Carmichael Vice President of Communications Bryan Stewart Vice President of Human Resources Anita Corliss Vice President of Quality Systems Alan Cochran Vice President of Tissue Operations Chief Information Officer and Prasad Garimella Vice President of Finance Chief Financial Officer and Bobby Patton Vice President of Operations Chief Operating Officer and Renee Hawthorne Executive Vice President Chief Executive Officer and Tom Mone Management Team The Bridge The community newsletter of OneLegacy, the non-profit organ and tissue recovery organization serving the greater Los Angeles area

Fall 2007 Gov. Schwarzenegger Return Service Requested Los Angeles, CA 90012 South Figueroa Street, Suite 500 221 Signs Revised UAGA CALIFORNIA JOINS NATIONWIDE 2 Minorities’ Critical Role in Donation MOVEMENT TO BRING UNIFORMITY TO ORGAN DONATION LAWS 3 81 Southland Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Oct. 13 Hospitals Honored signed Assembly Bill 1689, also known as the 4 Organ Donor Data revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA), that is part of a nationwide movement to bring 5 El Puente uniformity to state organ donation laws. A bipar- tisan bill by Speaker Pro Tempore Sally Lieber 6 2007 Donate Life (D-Mountain View) and heart recipient and Run/Walk Recap Assemblyman Tom Berryhill (R-Modesto), California’s revised UAGA brings California 8-9 Community Events donation law up to contemporary medical, legal, 12 Donate Life and bioethical practices and makes California the Jorge Gonzaga California Registry 20th state to adopt the law. The law was last revised in 1987. Hits 2 Million Mark BY YOLANDA GONZAGA The revised UAGA helps make the best of 14 Hospital Donor & Jorge David Gonzaga passed away at the Referral Data every single donation opportunity by clarifying young age of 20. He was an amicable and legal ambiguities and family dynamics that can kind-spirited man with a jovial personality and cause delay or stand in the way of an individual a big heart. Jorge was always willing to lend a or family’s choice to donate, said Bryan Stewart, helping hand and easily made friends and was adored by all who met him. He had the great- president of Donate Life California, which est sense of humor and the biggest smile that administers the state-authorized organ and tissue always made you forget your worries. donor registry. We thank Assemblywoman Lieber and Assemblyman Berryhill for their lead- Jorge was a sports enthusiast and he had a ership in bringing California’s existing laws on great love for the outdoors and drawing. He loved playing baseball, basketball and of donation into one standardized, uniform piece of course, football. When Jorge was sixteen he legislation that is consistent with other states. met his mentor and science teacher, Dr. Like most other states, the Donate Life Ramsey who challenged him and a few of his classmates to run the Los Angeles Marathon. O ANGELES CA LOS California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry is a EMT#32574 PERMIT U.S. POSTAGE

NON-PROFIT As expected, Jorge took on the challenge. For first-person consent registry that allows months he would rise at four in the morning to PAID Californians to make a legally binding decision to do his training. He successfully completed the be organ and tissue donors upon death, and does- marathon and his dedication, persistence and

Please see XXX, Page 13 Please see UAGA, Page 12 January 1 to December 31, 2006 Minorities Play Critical Role in Donation and Transplantation Organ Elig Organ Organs Tissue Organ Elig Organ Organs Tissue PEOPLE OF COLOR ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT strates the fairness of organ allocation rules. Refer Refer Donors Tx’d Donors Refer Refer Donors Tx’d Donors TWO-THIRDS OF ORGAN DONORS AND Latinos represent nearly half of kidney transplant candidates, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center 2 0 0 0 3 Moreno Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 2 RECIPIENTS IN GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA and the proportion of African Americans waiting for kidneys is two- Orange County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 15 Palo Verde Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 1 and-a-half times their share of the general population. In addition, Placentia Linda Community Hospital 1 0 0 0 6 Parkview Community Hospital Med Ctr 7 0 0 0 5 New data released in July from OneLegacy and Donate Life Asians/Pacific Islanders represent 14% of kidney transplant candi- Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 18 1 0 0 6 Rancho Springs Medical Center 5 1 1 4 0 San Clemente Hospital 0 0 0 0 2 Redlands Community Hospital 4 0 0 0 5 dates, which is substantially greater than their share of the general California, the administrator of the statewide organ and tissue donor South Coast Medical Center 0 0 0 0 3 Riverside Community Hospital 34 10 7 20 11 registry, confirm the critical role that minorities play in the fabric of population. St. Joseph Hospital 16 4 2 2 8 Riverside County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 18 organ donation and transplantation in the Southland. Latinos St. Jude Medical Center 17 2 1 3 7 Riverside County Regional Med Center 67 13 8 15 9 More than two-thirds of the more than 20,000 Californians on account for almost half of the donors (47%) in the area, while peo- UCI Medical Center 101 20 12 40 7 San Antonio Community Hospital 42 7 4 14 13 the national organ transplant waiting list are Latino, African West Anaheim Medical Center 3 0 0 0 0 San Bernardino County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 11 ple of color account for about two-thirds of deceased organ donors American, or Asian/Pacific Islander. Western Medical Center Anaheim 11 2 1 3 2 San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 3 1 1 2 3 and transplant recipients. Western Medical Center Santa Ana 63 15 11 48 13 St. Bernardine Medical Center 60 0 0 0 2 In the face of the critical need for organ donation, minorities are St. Mary Regional Medical Center 7 0 0 0 6 The Southland’s Latino, African American and Asian communi- RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES Vencor Hospital - Ontario 4 0 0 0 0 three times less likely than Caucasians to sign up as donors with the ties benefit directly from the generosity of their own, with people of Arrowhead Regional Medical Center 95 23 18 54 7 Victor Valley Community Hospital 6 0 0 0 4 state donor registry, according to Donate Life California. Barstow Community Hospital 1 0 0 0 6 color accounting for almost 80% of kidney recipients. Kidneys rep- Fortunately, area consent rates among Latinos (66%), African Bear Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 1 SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA COUNTIES resent the organ of greatest need across all ethnicities. Interestingly, Americans (46%) and Whites (72%) reached record levels in 2006, Chino Valley Medical Center 1 0 0 0 4 Commty Memorial Hosp of San Buenaventura 6 1 1 2 5 the percentage of multicultural kidney transplant recipients is virtu- Community Hospital of San Bernardino 7 1 0 0 4 Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital 1 0 0 0 1 and remain at similarly high levels in 2007. ally identical to the percentage on the waiting list, which demon- Corona Regional Medical Center 9 1 1 2 6 Lompoc District Hospital 0 0 0 0 2 Desert Regional Medical Center 63 11 5 15 12 Marian Medical Center 11 3 3 8 3 Please see MINORITIES, Page 13 Desert Valley Hospital 4 1 0 0 10 Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 18 4 2 6 13 Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 21 7 4 9 5 Santa Paula Memorial Hospital 2 1 0 0 0 Transplant Coordinator. Redlands: Gregory Wheeler, Procurement Transplant Coordinator. Hemet Valley Medical Center 12 1 0 0 19 Los Robles Regional Medical Center 16 5 5 12 7 Allen, Recovery Technician I…Aaron Cohen, Redlands: Manvir Behniwal, Assistant Donor Hi-Desert Medical Center 0 0 0 0 3 Ojai Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 1 Inland Valley Regional Medical Center 19 2 0 0 7 Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 12 5 4 13 6 Crossroads Manager of Recovery & Technical Information Coordinator...Scott Bunting, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center 1 0 0 0 2 St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital 3 1 0 0 0 Services…Kari Monahan, Procurement Procurement Transplant Coordinator...Dana John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 8 0 0 0 1 St. John's Regional Medical Center 35 9 4 14 8 Transplant Coordinator. Santa Ana: Mildred Castleberry, In-House Coordinator...Mary Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center 74 15 10 20 4 Ventura County Medical Center 14 3 1 3 1 MILESTONES Shannon White and Tony Chavez Reid, Recovery Technician I…Lisa Rubalcava, Coronado, Full-Time Family Care Kaiser Permanente Riverside Med Ctr 18 0 0 0 7 Ventura County Medical Examiner 0 0 0 0 1 welcomed daughter Olivia Rose Chavez on Loma Linda University Medical Center 134 35 23 66 17 Tissue Recovery Technician I. Sherman Oaks: Coordinator...Jenna Graciano, Quality Systems October 22…Laura Haddad delivered daughter Menifee Valley Medical Center 2 0 0 0 2 TOTAL 2705 505 300 927 772 Sandra Bolleurs, Hospital Services Training Specialist...Ray Lin, Surgical Recovery Katia on November 19...Angela Mascarenhas Coordinator…Daynine Bryant, Administrative Coordinator...Juan Ramirez, Per Diem gave birth to son Aidan on November 20. Assistant…Angelique Harris, Hospital Services Procurement Transplant Coordinator...Alisa Coordinator…Ieesha Johnson, Hospital Suarez, Per Diem Procurement Transplant Riverside County Regional Medical Center Receives Life Bridge Award WELCOME Los Angeles/Corporate: Rafael Services Coordinator…Diamond Tanner, Coordinator...Danielle Welzig, Per-Diem Aguilar, Surgical Recovery Pulsatile Perfusion Administrative Assistant…Monroe Tinker, Procurement Transplant Coordinator...Terilynn On July 25, OneLegacy was privileged to bestow Technician…Carlos Arias, Accountant I… Procurement Transplant Coordinator. Whitaker, Tissue Recovery Coordinator… our hall of fame honor, the Life Bridge Award, to Carolina Carrizosa, Tissue Recovery Riverside County Regional Medical Center Samantha Wright, Hospital Services Technician…Courtney Hernandez, Organ (RCRMC) for their meaningful and extraordinary ON THE MOVE The following employees have Coordinator. Santa Ana: Adena Evans, Donor Placement Coordinator…Amar Kapa, Per-Diem impact on organ and tissue donation. recently transitioned to a new role and/or office Information Coordinator. Sherman Oaks: Robert Donor Recovery Coordinator…Baco Lam, Tissue location within OneLegacy. Los Angeles: Prasad Coppel, Family Care Coordinator...Paula Lofy, RCRMC has exceeded the Collaborative cover- Recovery Technician…Karen Libs, Interim Garimella, Chief Information Officer and Vice Procurement Transplant Coordinator... Michelle sion rate goal (75%) for two years running. In 2006, Director of Hospital Services…Blanca Macias, President of Tissue Operations…Jason Hower, Oxenham, Procurement Transplant Coordinator. RCRMC s 19 organ donors placed them among the Manager of Donor Information…Esly Salazar, Organ Placement Coordinator…Jennifer top five in the seven-county greater Los Angeles Per-Diem Organ Placement Coordinator… Latham, HR Generalist. Long Beach: Scott BEST WISHES We wish the following employ- area, and their 83% conversion rate was the highest Deborah Tanner, Administrative Assistant, Bunting, In-House Coordinator...Mario Carrillo, ees the best of luck in their future endeavors: of any hospital with 10 or more eligible donors. Family Services. Bakersfield: Linda Baker, Family Care Coordinator...Mary Goodwin, In- Venkat Alapati, Todd Aust, Lori Caris, Juan RCRMC also facilitated the Inland Empire s first Recovery Technician I. Long Beach: Steve House Coordinator...Barbara Lake, In-House Dominguez, Richard Fogel, Daren Herrick, Jesse donation after cardiac death (DCD). Hospital services coordinator Louis Jackson (far left) and hospital services Hasty, Hospital Services Coordinator…Sandra Coordinator...Courtney Lepis, Procurement Mariscal, Seung Lee, Deena Murray, Kevin supervisor Mike Thomas (far right) present the OneLegacy Life Bridge Award to Haynes, Procurement Transplant Coordinator… The hospital s extraordinary results are due to Transplant Coordinator...Teresita Nuila, In- Nguyen, Silviea Rosu, Christopher Salazar, Dave Riverside County Regional Medical Center. Representing the hospital are Loyal Ieesha Johnson, Hospital Services close cooperation between the services and depart- Ward, Chaplain; Paul Woodward, Trauma Nurse Manager; Josie Hobbs, ACCU House Coordinator…Karleen Samartan, Sander, Joan Savoldelli, Kandy Smith and Coordinator…L.J. Mutuc, Procurement ments represented by the team pictured at right, Nurse Manager; Luis Orozco, Administrator; Louise O'Rourke, OR Nurse Manager; Procurement Transplant Coordinator...Kristina LaWanda Sweet-Buttleman. including the hospital s Donor Advisory Council. Kim Baumgarten, ED Nurse Manager; and Douglas Bagley, Director/CEO.

2 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 15 Hospital Referral Data 81 Southland Hospitals Honored for Achieving Organ Elig Organ Organs Tissue Organ Elig Organ Organs Tissue Refer Refer Donors Tx’d Donors Refer Refer Donors Tx’d Donors Organ, Tissue Donation Benchmarks KERN COUNTY Huntington Hospital 48 11 8 28 8 Bakersfield Heart Hospital 0 0 0 0 5 Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Med Ctr 8 2 0 0 3 30 HOSPITALS ACHIEVE NATIONAL GOAL OF Bakersfield Memorial Hospital 18 1 0 0 5 Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 9 1 0 0 1 Achievement of 75% Conversion Rate* Delano Regional Medical Center 5 0 0 0 1 LA County Olive View / UCLA Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0 75% ORGAN DONATION RATE Kern County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 8 Lancaster Community Hospital 9 1 1 4 1 Childrens Hospital of Orange County 100% Kern Medical Center 64 14 7 31 3 Methodist Hospital of Southern California 15 4 1 1 7 OneLegacy honored 81 Southland hospitals for their perform- Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 75% Kern Valley Hospital 0 0 0 0 2 Mission Commty Hospital - Panorama City 0 0 0 0 1 ance in support of organ and tissue donation at June’s Celebrating Mercy Hospital 57 6 3 8 4 Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 29 6 4 14 5 Glendale Adventist Medical Center 80% Our Partners Donation and Transplantation Conference and Mercy Southwest Hospital 0 0 0 0 4 Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Med Ctr 4 0 0 0 3 Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 100% Awards Ceremony. Ridgecrest Regional Hospital 1 0 0 0 4 Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 32 12 6 21 11 Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 86% San Joaquin Community Hospital 22 5 3 6 2 Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center 0 0 0 0 5 St. Joseph Medical Center 21 3 2 7 2 The awards reflect the success of the partnership between Huntington Hospital 100% LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL Valley Presbyterian Hospital 7 0 0 0 1 OneLegacy and area hospitals energized by the national Organ Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 100% Alhambra Hospital Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0 Verdugo Hills Hospital 5 2 2 6 2 Donation and Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative, an ini- Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center 80% Brotman Medical Center 4 2 2 3 0 West Hills Regional Medical Center 6 0 0 0 4 Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 83% California Hospital Medical Center 60 13 7 26 9 tiative launched by the U.S Department of Health and Human Kern Medical Center 75% Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 55 6 2 2 2 LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH Services in 2003 to save and enhance thousands of lives annually by Century City Doctor's Hospital 4 0 0 0 3 Beverly Hospital 14 2 2 9 3 LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 92% spreading best practices to the nation’s largest hospitals. Children's Hospital Los Angeles 20 3 1 3 3 Catalina Island Hospital 0 0 0 0 1 Lakewood Regional Hospital 75% Citrus Valley Intercommunity Hospital 12 2 1 3 1 Centinela Freeman RMC, Centinela Campus 35 11 4 10 11 Thirty hospitals achieved donation conversion rates of at least Little Company of Mary Hospital 83% Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley 23 3 2 5 5 Centinela Freeman RMC, Marina Campus 3 0 0 0 5 City of Angels Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0 Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 3 0 0 0 2 75% over twelve consecutive months during the 23 months ending Los Alamitos Medical Center 75% City of Hope National Medical Center 1 0 0 0 0 Downey Regional Medical Center 26 6 4 14 6 April 30, more than double the number that achieved the benchmark Los Robles Regional Medical Center 100% Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Med Ctr 1 0 0 0 3 East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital 1 0 0 0 1 during a comparable period a year ago. In addition, fourteen hospi- Mercy Hospital 83% Garfield Medical Center 12 3 1 3 0 Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Med Ctr 6 1 1 0 1 Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 100% Good Samaritan Hospital 16 4 1 3 4 LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 50 10 8 29 12 tals achieved conversion rates of 65% to 74%, double the number Greater El Monte Community Hospital 2 0 0 0 2 Lakewood Regional Hospital 11 6 4 6 8 that achieved this second-tier threshold last year. Donation conver- Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 82% Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 89% Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Med Ctr 9 0 0 0 9 Little Company of Mary - San Pedro Hospital 19 1 1 5 6 sion rates represent the percentage of actual donors out of all eligi- Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med Ctr 53 8 2 8 5 Little Company of Mary Hospital 24 2 1 3 8 Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 86% ble donors. Kaiser Permanente West LA Med Ctr 20 3 3 8 3 Long Beach Community Medical Center 3 1 1 1 0 Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 92% Kindred Hospital Los Angeles 1 0 0 0 0 Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 32 10 4 12 8 LAC + USC Medical Center 100 22 16 60 11 Martin Luther King, Jr.-Harbor Hospital 19 3 1 1 2 In addition, 24 hospitals were recognized for their extraordinary Providence St. Joseph Medical Center 100% Los Angeles Community Hospital 1 0 0 0 1 Memorial Hospital of Gardena 9 2 1 7 2 support of tissue donation, providing life-saving and life-enhancing Riverside County Regional Medical Center 89% Los Angeles County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 70 Miller Children's Hospital 7 4 3 17 1 gifts of tissue donation to the community. Honored hospitals either Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 100% Montclair Hospital Medical Center 0 0 0 0 3 Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 21 1 1 2 4 San Antonio Community Hospital 75% Monterey Park Hospital 1 0 0 0 0 Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center 1 0 0 0 8 referred six or more recovered tissue donors through the first four Olympia Medical Center 1 0 0 0 0 St. Francis Medical Center 72 24 13 49 13 months of 2007, or were among the leaders in complying with Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 83% OneLegacy Hospice (Home) 0 0 0 0 1 St. Mary Medical Center 26 8 4 12 6 guidelines to refer potential donors within one hour of death. Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 80% Pacific Alliance Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0 Torrance Memorial Medical Center 53 1 1 1 4 St. Joseph Hospital 100% Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 21 3 3 7 10 VA Hospital - Long Beach 0 0 0 0 1 Also recognized were 24 hospitals which facilitated donation USC University Hospital 75% Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presb Med Ctr 18 5 3 15 3 Whittier Hospital Medical Center 1 0 0 0 1 San Dimas Community Hospital 6 1 0 0 3 after cardiac death (DCD). White Memorial Medical Center 75% San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 2 0 0 0 1 ORANGE COUNTY *Highest organ donation conversion rate achieved in one 12-month St. John's Hospital and Health Center 5 1 1 2 3 Anaheim General Hospital 1 0 0 0 1 period between 6/1/05 and 4/30/07 St. Vincent Medical Center 3 0 0 0 0 Anaheim Memorial Medical Center 21 2 0 0 6 Representatives of the 30 hospitals achieving a 75% conversion Tri-City Regional Medical Center 0 0 0 0 1 Chapman Medical Center 2 0 0 0 2 rate celebrate in unision. UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica 1 0 0 0 2 Childrens Hospital of Orange County 20 5 1 0 0 UCLA Medical Center - Westwood 78 11 7 21 5 CHOC at Mission 1 0 0 0 0 USC University Hospital 8 0 0 0 0 Coastal Communities Hospital 6 2 2 6 0 VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System 1 0 0 0 0 Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Med Ctr 36 2 1 5 2 White Memorial Medical Center 21 1 1 4 1 Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 6 0 0 0 3 Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 33 8 6 11 15 LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTH Huntington Beach Hospital 0 0 0 0 4 Antelope Valley Hospital 30 6 2 1 12 Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 2 0 0 0 3 Encino-Tarzana Regional Med Ctr, Tarzana 7 2 1 7 2 Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Med Ctr 47 10 4 14 3 Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 4 0 0 0 1 Kindred Hospital Westminster 2 0 0 0 0 Glendale Adventist Medical Center 4 2 2 7 2 La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 3 0 0 0 4 Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 19 0 0 0 2 Los Alamitos Medical Center 7 2 2 6 2 Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 17 4 3 5 4 Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 15 3 3 13 7

14 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 3 Jorge: “Even in death he Organ Donation Data continues to make a difference.” Message to Adults 50+: Continued from Page 1 Don’t Rule Yourself Out! Following are key OneLegacy performance indicators through September 2007. (Source: OneLegacy data) commitment to both fitness and Research across the country reveals that a significant percent- academic excellence was admired age of DMV customers 50 and older are ruling themselves out of Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept TOTAL and respected by his peers. Jorge’s being designated donors, thinking that their age or medical condi- Organ Donors 32 45 33 42 30 26 20 38 34 300 marathon pursuits were featured in tions make them ineligible to donate. the Los Angeles Times (dated Kidneys Recovered 60 87 61 75 54 48 34 69 63 551 March 1, 2002) and his accom- In fact, there are relatively few conditions that automatically Kidneys Transplanted 50 68 55 64 47 41 26 58 48 457 plishments were recognized as a rule out a potential organ or tissue donor, with HIV/AIDS and beacon of motivation for all youth. Extra-Renals Recovered 38 78 60 81 68 43 31 49 43 491 metastasized cancer being two of the more common conditions. Throughout his childhood and Diabetes or ineligibility to donate blood do not automatically pro- Extra-Renals Transplanted 37 76 60 80 63 38 32 50 39 475 early teens Jorge always expressed hibit someone from donating organs and tissues. Hearts Transplanted 6 15 11 12 15 9 9 7 6 90 a strong interest in one day becom- In the greater Los Angeles area, in the first six months of 2007, ing a policeman. He was an active Livers Transplanted 24 37 30 33 23 15 18 25 25 230 26% of organ donors were age 50 and older, 9% were age 60 and student and cadet in the Police older, and two were in their seventies. Among tissue donors, 67% Lungs Transplanted 5 13 13 22 19 9 2 11 7 101 Academy Magnet Program at were age 50 and older, nearly half were age 60 and older, and 18% Dorsey High School. He joined the Pancreases Transplanted 2 11 6 11 6536151 were in their seventies, while the average age was 53. football team and made major contributions to the team’s winning Consent Rate 65.0% 77.3% 59.1% 64.9% 50.8% 57.7% 54.2% 73.3% 66.1% 63.1% seasons. The bottom line: if you want to help others, sign up on the Donate Life California Registry online or through the DMV and Conversion Rate 68.9% 81.8% 66.7% 68.3% 56.6% 59.5% 61.8% 74.5% 73.9% 68.0% Jorge’s compassionate side came to light when he was in the 10th leave it to the medical professionals to determine whether or not grade. When he told me, I want to become an organ donor, I did Organs Recovered 98 165 121 156 122 91 65 118 106 1042 you can be a donor upon death. Until then, rest assured that your not take it seriously. I thought, like always, he was playfully kidding decision to donate will be honored. Organs Transplanted 87 144 115 144 110 79 58 108 87 932 me. In the 11th grade during the school’s annual Red Cross Blood Organs Recovered Per Donor 3.06 3.67 3.67 3.71 4.07 3.50 3.25 3.11 3.12 3.14 Drive, Jorge donated blood and when he arrived home, he said, Mom, I already registered myself to donate my organs. made me the happiest woman in the world. Many times I said it to Organs Transplanted Per Donor 2.72 3.20 3.48 3.43 3.67 3.04 2.90 2.84 2.56 2.81 you. Jorge, my heart only knows pain for losing you but at the same On January 22, 2006, my life changed forever. He was admitted time I am so proud of you. Jorge, you unselfishly gave the gift of life to the hospital fatally wounded. On January 27, 2006, the doctors to others and hope to some. Because of your generousity and other declared him brain dead. It was then a nurse approached me, and U.S. ORGAN TRANSPLANT priceless things you did while you were alive, you are a hero . I do talked to me about donating his organs. I remembered what Jorge had not want to say goodbye to you but instead see you soon. WAITING LIST STATISTICS told me a year earlier. I found his California ID where I knew he had placed the organ donor sticker. I realized right then that I had to It is a powerful message that donors like my son give the rest of honor his wishes. California USA us. A single donor makes the difference in the lives of many. Let’s honor him and all of the organ donors by following their example I agreed to donate his organs, allowing Jorge to make a valuable Kidney 15,650 73,908 and make a commitment to donate our organs and/or tissue. difference in the lives of others. By donating his organs and tissue, Liver 3,740 16,748 even in death Jorge continues to make a difference by giving hope Pancreas 166 1,645 and life to others. OneLegacy made all the arrangements necessary to fulfill the desire and wishes of my son. MINORITIES Kidney/Pancreas 505 2,322 Continued from Page 2 Heart 333 2,690 Since my eight-year-old niece, KayCee, was born, Jorge was her big brother. He took this nurturing role seriously and he would be Lung 194 2,294 Whenever someone says ’yes’ to donation, it’s something we so proud to know that KayCee carries on his values. Like Jorge, celebrate, said OneLegacy CEO and Executive Vice President Heart/Lung 15 108 KayCee has become a big sister to Jorge’s children, and a very car- Tom Mone. It’s a very rare and special opportunity to leave such Intestine 27 225 ing granddaughter to their grandma. KayCee is proud of her big a remarkable legacy. The choice to donate life makes a tremen- brother Jorge. She keeps him in her prayers and knows that Jorge is dous difference in our community - it saves lives, strengthens ‘LIFE TAKES FLIGHT’ AT ROSE PARADE Follow the inspiring journey of Total 20,156 97,485 now her guardian angel . families and helps our community. Donate Life’s fifth Rose Parade float entry at www.donatelifefloat.org. Source: UNOS. Based on OPTN data as of November 23, 2007 Jorge, you are my Eternal Love . When you were born, you

4 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 13 Donate Life California Registry Passes 2 Million Mark Una secci n especial More than two million Californians have signed up to become eligible to donate. That’s why every single opportunity to donate El Puente para la comunidad latina organ and/or tissue donors on the state’s Donate Life California counts. Organ & Tissue Donor Registry, doubling the state’s number of According to George Valverde, director of the DMV, "We are designated donors in only eight months. The ongoing surge in reg- proud that this partnership is truly making a difference and saving istrations is due predominantly to the ability of Californians to Seis latinos en el Desfile de las Rosas 2008 lives. Through our involvement in this effort, we’ve also come to sign up as donors at the same time they apply for or renew drivers POR ELENA DE LA CRUZ ¥ Jes s Nava (West Covina), embajador know how the lives of employees in our own DMV family have licenses or I.D. cards at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) de OneLegacy y beneficiado por un been touched by organ donation. Some have donated organs to La carroza Done Vida/Donate Life del trasplante de coraz n hace dos a os. through a program that began July 1, 2006. This year, 97% of Desfile de las Rosas 2008 cuenta este a o loved ones, received transplants themselves or are still in need of Donate Life California’s signups have come through the DMV. con m s representaci n latina que nunca. El Asimismo, caminando junto a la car- life-saving donations. We are heartened to know the DMV’s pr ximo 1 de enero, diez latinos ser n hor- roza, sujetando un cord n que les conecta enrollment of designated donors gives hope to those whose lives nados en la carroza de una manera u otra. a la fotograf a floral de su ser querido, desfilar n: hang in the balance. Los participantes que desfilar n sobre 1 2 la carroza, todos beneficiados por un ¥ Josie Flores (Miami, FL) una joven de trasplante, ser n: 30 a os que don los rganos de su madre. UAGA ¥ Ozzie Herrera (Whittier, CA), de 49 a os, que recibi un ri n tras cinco ¥ Eva P rez (Los Angeles, CA) una Continued from Page 1 a os en di lisis. madre de 42 a os cuyo hijo, Hern n n’t require the consent of any other person. The revised UAGA makes Aispuro salv varias vidas tras con- As a result of our partnership with the DMV, each week ¥ Sara L pez (Alburquerque, NM), una vertirse en donante. other states’ first-person consent registries legally binding in approximately 30,000 DMV customers are checking ’Yes’ on their joven de 18 a os que recibi un h ga- California in the event that an out-of-state designated donor dies with- do a los 2. Finalmente, los donantes Hern n DMV forms to register as organ and tissue donors, stated Bryan 3 4 in the state. The reciprocal is true in states where the revised UAGA Aispuro, de 6 a os, Trinity Pereira, de 2 Stewart, president of Donate Life California, the non-profit organ- ¥ Indra Michaca (Moreno Valley), una meses, Elizabeth Aguilar, de 19 a os, y is adopted. joven estudiante receptora de un h gado. ization created in 2004 to administer the state-authorized donor Juan J uregui, de 23, ser n honrados con fotograf as florales colocadas a ambos registry. In doing so, those registrants are helping the more than In all cases in which an eligible donor has not registered with lados de la carroza. 20,000 fellow Californians who are waiting for a life-saving organ Donate Life California, the donation decision falls to the potential donor’s closest legal contacts, starting with immediate family mem- Latinos y donación transplant, and many more who rely on the gift of donated tissue (1) Josie Flores, (2) Ozzie Herrera, (3) Sara bers. In the absence of family members, the newly approved UAGA López, (4) Indra Michaca (derecha) con su to restore sight, heal burns and regain mobility. POR ELENA DE LA CRUZ expands the list of individuals who can make this decision to include hermana Zulma, (5) Jesus Nava y (6) Eva Pérez. (7) La carroza Done Vida, La Vida The shortage of organs is not due simply to a lack of giving, domestic partners, grandchildren and close friends who exhibited Los latinos juegan un papel fundamental Despega. 5 6 but rather to the rarity with which the opportunity to donate organs special care and concern for the deceased individual. en las donaciones que se realizan en el área de servicio de OneLegacy, que presents itself. Only one in 100 deaths results in a patient being The new law also affects the family’s donation decision. When an incluye los condados de Los Angeles, individual does not leave an advance directive, the new UAGA allows Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, majority rule, rather than unanimity, among a class of available fam- Ventura, Santa Barbara y Kern. ily members (such as children) of the decedent to make an anatomi- En una reciente rueda de prensa, a la que cal gift decision. OneLegacy invitó a todos los medios de comunicación de Los Angeles, se dio a In addition, the revised UAGA maintains ethical standards and conocer que casi la mitad de los continues the prohibition against the same physician being involved donantes, el 47%, son latinos. Asimismo, in both the treatment of the potential donor and the recovery of la tasa de consentimiento entre los lati- organs, while ensuring that the most qualified professionals are nos es la más alta en la historia: el 65% de las familias latinas a las que se les brinda involved in the actual recovery of donated organs. The legislation also la oportunidad de donar lo hacen. maintains existing law requiring county coroners to cooperate with Desafortunadamente, también son el organ procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to grupo étnico con mayor necesidad de un Source: Donate Life California recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, or transplante en California. education. 7

12 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 5 Donate Life Run/Walk High School Program Donation in the Media Reaches New Heights 1 2 Drives Donor Designation General Market The images of organ and tissue donors on 1,500 T-shirts inspired the record Apr 5 LA Daily News spotlighted two Pierce College alumni 5,000 participants at April’s fifth annual Donate Life Run/Walk. Many of the 73 Youth education coordinator Simera and the American Red Cross Donate Life partnership. donor family teams gathered in the Circle of Life Garden, an elegant display Nichols and many Donate Life Apr 9 Ventura County Star ran a story on the history of the of 88 signs with photos and personal messages dedicated to donors and Ambassadors have been busy edu- Donate Life California Registry. recipients alike. Cedars-Sinai cating first-time drivers throughout Apr 28 KBAK-29 (CBS) Bakersfield covered Kern County Medical Center, St. Joseph OneLegacy’s seven-county service Ambassadors’ Donate Life Run/Walk participation. Hospital, UCI Medical Center, Apr 20 Press-Enterprise interviewed Riverside County firefight- area about their opportunity to sign er Barry Rezac about his need for a lung transplant. Washington Mutual, and especially up with the Donate Life California Mayor Shawn Nelson and the City Apr 28-29 Orange County Register ran two stories on the Donate Registry on their DMV drivers Life Run/Walk and founders Kathleen & Craig Hostert. of Fullerton led dozens of sponsors license applications. May 3 San Fernando Valley Sun featured the Legacy of Life who joined participants to raise Baseball Tournament honoring Frankie Hernandez. funds for public education cam- Apr 2 Los Angeles James A. Foshay Learning Center Apr 28-29 Orange County Register highlighted eight OC hospitals paigns promoting enrollment in the receiving HHS Medals of Honor. 3 Apr 3 Alta Loma Rancho Cucamonga High School Donate Life California Organ & Jul 12 Los Angeles Times featured Erica Rangel-Baez, moth- Tissue Donor Registry. Apr 5 Banning New Horizons High School er of donor Frankie Hernandez, in a story on the role Apr 20 Cerritos Gahr High School of minorities in donation and transplantation. SAVE THE DATE: In keeping with tradition, the 2008 Donate Life Run/Walk Apr 24 Lakewood Artesia High School Aug 12 Los Angeles Business Journal published a commen- will be held on the last Saturday of National Donate Life Month, April 26. tary by Tom Mone on TV portrayals of organ donation. May 14 Irvine Woodbridge High School Aug 16 ABC7 shared the story of a living kidney donation May 15 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara High School between DMV employees Hooshabg Torabi and recip- May 18 Bakersfield Bakersfield Adventist Academy ient Gaston Gonzalez. May 21 Bakersfield Foothill High School Multicultural May 23 Carpinteria Carpinteria High School 4 5 Apr 1 People en español profiled donor mom Erica Rangel- May 24 San Gabriel San Gabriel High School Báez and her son's heart recipient, Juan Pérez. May 24 Westlake Village Westlake High School Apr 1 LA Focus highlighted lung recipient’s Eunice Gibson’s May 25 Los Angeles Venice High School dedication to being an Ambassador. Apr 20 SBTN Television featured the Donate Life Run/Walk. May 31 Corona Centennial High School Apr 23 El Cucuy de la mañana interviewed donor parents Jun 5 North Hills Monroe High School Police Academy Eva and Arnoldo Pérez and OneLegacy family care Jun 7 Woodland Hills Taft High School coordinator Max Calderón. Jun 8 Fullerton La Vista High School Apr 28 Primer Impacto featured Hermán and Angie Trevizo, parents of donor Christopher Trevizo. Jun 11 Santa Barbara San Marcos High School May 10 LA Sentinel recounted Navaline Smith’s regret over Jun 14 La Habra La Habra High School not having donated her daughter’s organs. Jun 19 Los Angeles Fremont High School May Phu Nu Magazine featured liver recipients Tony Tuan 7 Jun 26 Irvine Woodbridge High School Nguyen and Hoang Huynh. 6 Jun 29 Los Angeles UCLA Nat’l Youth Leadership Forum Jun 28 KMEX-34 (Univision) 'A Su Lado' devoted an evening to donation. (See Community Highlights, Page 10) (1) Event founders Craig and Kathleen Hostert address the 5,000 Jul 11 Bakersfield Foothill High School attendees prior to the race. (2) Kelly O’Quinn adds to the festivity Jul 8 KLOVE-FM, KTNQ-FM, Recuerdo and La Nueva spot- as the Pink Donor Dot mascot. (3) Family and friends celebrate the Jul 13 Los Angeles UCLA Nat’l Youth Leadership Forum lighted tissue donation by interviewing Liz Peñaloza life of Brian Scott Campbell in the Circle of Life Garden. (4) Kidney Jul 17 Irvine Woodbridge High School and OneLegacy’s Sandra Madera. Jul 11 Noticiero Univision (Ch. 34) covered OneLegacy's recipient Victor Leon receives a warm onstage embrace from Jul 20 Huntington Beach Marina High School Miss Fullerton. (5) The family of Donovan Burdick gathers around press conference announcing the vital role Latinos his sign in the Circle of Life Garden. (6) With a ceremonial release Jul 20 Irvine University High School play in organ and tissue donation. of balloons, the 5K run and 1K walk are underway. (7) Mayors and Aug 1 Irvine University High School Jul 14 Asian Journal featured liver recipient Liberato civic leaders from 16 Orange County cities and join sponsor rep- Sep 18 Bakersfield South High School Bumacod in a focus on Filipino Americans Jul 17 Sky Link TV covered the story of liver recipient Kenny resentatives, transplant surgeons, Donate Life Ambassadors, and Oct 11-12 Irvine Northwood High School Donate Life Workplace Partners. (8) City of Fullerton Mayor Shawn Wong and the Donate Life California Registry. Nelson addresses the crown during the pre-race ceremony. Oct 15 Pomona Pomona Catholic High School July 12 Korean Times featured liver recipients Sun Chin and (9) A BMX Bike Show was a highlight of the post-race Family Oct 17 Moorpark Moorpark College Death & Dying Class Fredrick Hun. Festival. Oct 18 Irvine Woodbridge High School July 21 Phoenix TV highlighted the organ donation consent rate among Asian-Americans. Oct 25 Irvine University High School Aug 25 Piolín por la Mañana interviewed living donor Leana Oct 25 Los Angeles Gompers Middle School Padilla and her recipient, father Salvador Padilla. 8 9

6 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 11 1 2 3 4 Community Highlights August’s Donate Life Community Conference shined an awards spotlight on the most active volunteer Donate Life Ambassadors, including (1) Arnoldo and Eva Perez, pos- ing with thematically attired Sandra Madera of OneLegacy, and (2) Rookie of the Year Michael Benbow (right) with African American community development coordinator Ralph Sutton. (3) DMV Thousand Oaks field office employee and kidney donor Hooshang Torabi is interviewed on a blue-screen set at the Persian Broadcasting Company. (4) Attending the Inter-Cultural Social and Education Services Awards Dinner are Los Angeles Chinatown Miss Friendship Mandy Ho, Asian community development coordinator Sabrina Ho, and volunteer Agnes Tham. (5) A contingent of 5 40 Embajadores de OneLegacy fielded more than 500 phone calls as organ donation was the featured issue on KMEX-34’s “A Su Lado”. (6) Liver recipient Indra Michaca (standing, third from left) and her sister Zulma led Donate Life “Club Rush” activities at Riverside Community College. (7) Announcing the Inglewood Area Minister’s Alliance’s (IAMA) support of the Give Thanks, Give Life campaign are African American community development coordinator Ralph D. Sutton with IAMA officers Sandra Green, Rev. Barbara Williams, Pastor Chris Ward, Rev. Jewett Walker, Donate Life Ambassador and kidney recipient Michael Benbow, IAMA president Dr. Austin Williams and Cynthia Manker. (8) On November 17, the DMV held a drawing at California Science Center to select employees to participate in the DMV’s Donate Life Rose Parade Float decorating shift. Float committee chairman Bryan Stewart of OneLegacy and Janet Mendoza of DMV Media Relations flank winner Rosalina Gutierrez of DMV Winnetka Field Office and friend. (9) Collaborative specialist Carla Talley-Hentz, CEO and executive vice president Tom Mone, and Marcia Penido, LCSW of Huntington Hospital attended the Organ Donation and Transplantation Collaborative’s National Learning 6 Congress, October 9-10 in Nashville.

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10 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 7 From Santa Maria to Lynwood, Indio to El Segundo, and Canyon Lake to San Dimas, Donate Life Ambassadors and OneLegacy professionals reach out Spanning the Southland to communities throughout the greater Los Angeles area.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

Apr 30 Los Angeles Table NDLM at MLK/Harbor Hospital May 4 Irvine Table NDLM Workplace Partnership Event May 8 Riverside OL Speaker Chicanos/Latinos in Community Medicine, UC May 5 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speaker Social Concerns Forum May 8-9 Anaheim OL Speaker Everest College Nursing Students Presentation Riverside May 5 Lynwood Table Autentico 5 de Mayo Jun 27-29 Anaheim Table National Athletic Trainers Association May 12 Moreno Valley Table Community Health Awareness Day May 5 Whittier Table Washington Mutual Customer Appreciation Day Aug 22 Orange Table JCPenney Blood Drive May 12 Riverside Table Kids Health and Safety Fair May 19 Lynwood Table Women's Health Fair, St. Francis Medical Center Sep 29 Brea Table Wellness Festival 2007 May 12 Riverside Table Volunteer Firefighters Pancake Breakfast Jun 9 Los Angeles Table 8th Annual Community Unity Day Sep 29 Huntington Beach OL Speaker RSN National Meeting May 23 Riverside AMB Speaker UC Riverside Students for Donation Jun 16 Gardena Table Juneteenth Celebration at Rawley Park Oct 9 Fullerton OL Speaker Cal State Fullerton Sociology Class Jun 1-3 Temecula Table Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival Jul 23,30 Inglewood In-Service Morningside Adult Daycare Center Oct 10 Tustin Table AT&T Tustin 6th Annual Health and Safety Fair Jun 2 Riverside Table Juneteenth Celebration Aug 10 Long Beach Table Long Beach Memorial Med Ctr Houssel's Forum Oct 17 Yorba Linda OL Speaker Classic Cruisers of North Orange County Jun 23 Rialto Table State Route 210 Pre-Grand Opening Aug 28 Wilmington Table ConocoPhillips Blood Drive Oct 25 Santa Ana Table Orange County Coroner's Convention Jul 28 Riverside Table California Baptist Univ. Healthy Heritage Sep 1 Inglewood Table Jazz In the Park Wellness Conference Sep 21,23 Los Angeles Tabke Black Business Expo Aug 26 Riverside OL Speaker RSN Patient Lifestyle Meeting Sep 29 Compton Gathering Regalo de Vida, La Costa Restaurant Aug 29 Riverside Table Multicultural Fair, Kaiser Riverside Oct 14 Bellflower Table Bethel Church 2nd Annual Health Fair SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA COUNTIES Sep 22 Canyon Lake Table Taste of Paradise Oct 20 Whittier Table Presbyterian Intercommty Hospital Health Fair Oct 27 Riverside Table Bud's Tire and Wheel ClassicCarShow Oct 30-31 Wilmington Table ConocoPhillips Halloween Oct 28 Loma Linda Table 2007 LLUMC Family Health Fair May 2 Goleta AMB Speaker DMV In-Service May 12 Oxnard Table Mother's Day Festival May 19 Santa Barbara Table Santa Barbara Arthritis Walk LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL Jun 5 Ventura AMB Speaker Assn of Critical Care Nurses of Ventura County Jun 13 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker DMV In-Service Jul 10 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Heart Walk Committee Meeting Apr 29 Los Angeles Table Fiesta Broadway Aug 7 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Santa Barbara Heart Walk Kick-Off Meeting Donate Life Ambassadors Adopt DMVs May 2 Los Angeles Table Screen Actors Guild's 5th Annual Health Fair Aug 12 Goleta Table St. Raphael Church Blood Drive May 3 Irwindale Participant Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Sep 1 Lompoc Table Special Olympics Car Show Dozens of Donate Life Ambassadors May 4 Los Angeles Table NDLM Workplace Partnership Event Sep 9 Santa Barbara Table Mitzvah Day 2007 answered the call to Adopt-A-DMV , Donate May 6 Santa Monica AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath at 1st United Methodist Church Sep 13 Carpinteria AMB Speaker Rotary Club of Carpinteria Life California s campaign to maintain and build May 12 Alhambra AMB Speaker Curves Organ and Tissue Donation Class Sep 15 Santa Maria Table Heart Walk at Waller Park the state donor registry s relationship with the May 13 San Dimas Participant Tzu Chi Foundation Mother's Day Celebration Sep 21 Thousand Oaks AMB Speaker Los Robles Regional Medical Center May 25 Covina Table Covina Valley USD Health Fair Oct 4 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker St. Frances Parish Nurses California Department of Motor Vehicles 9,000 May 26 Los Angeles Registry Table Clear Channel Hot Summer Nights Oct 20 Camarillo OL Speaker St. Columba Episcopal Church Health Ministries employees. Jun 9 Los Angeles Table Community Unity Day End of Life Program Jun 9 Los Angeles AMB Speaker Celebrating Our Partners Oct 20-21 Goleta Table Saint Raphel Ministry Fair Between October and January, Donate Life Jun 29 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speaker UCLA National Youth Leadership Forum Oct 21 Goleta Table California Lemon Festival Ambassadors will join OneLegacy staff to present Jul 13 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speaker UCLA National Youth Leadership Forum Oct 23 Goleta Table Raytheon Benefits Health Fair certificates commemorating the DMV s crucial Aug 11 Puente Hills Table 11th Annual Staying Fit Community Health Fair Oct 25 Ventura AMB Speaker Ventura County Student Nurses Training Aug 11-12 Los Angeles Table NBC Health and Fitness Expo role in signing up more than two million desig- Aug 22 Arcadia Table Vons Diversity Health Fair nated donors. Once introduced to their adopted Aug 25 Los Angeles Table Free Family Health Fair Sep 21-23 Culver City Table East West Health Quest field offices, Ambassadors will visit the location Sep 23 Arcadia Table Harvest Moon Festival KERN COUNTY on a quarterly basis to thank DMV employees for Sep 26 Arcadia OL Speaker Vons Brown Bag Luncheon their support, share news about the registry s Oct 6 Los Angeles Table 6th Annual St. Vincent Health Fair May 9 Bakersfield Table Wasco State Prison Employee Health Fair progress, and garner feedback regarding employ- Oct 12-Nov 28 Hollywood Table/AMB Speak "The God Committee" Jun 19 Littlerock Table Juneteenth at Jackie Robinson Park Oct 20 Los Angeles Table HealthCare Partners Health Fair ees and customers perceptions of the Donate Aug 12 Bakersfield Table Women's and Children's Health & Safety Expo Life California Registry. Sep 8 Bakersfield Table KGET Health Expo Oct 20 Bakersfield Table Heart Walk at Cal State Bakersfield LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTH Oct 21 Bakersfield Table Wasco Health Fair Above, Ambassador Dave Hollon presents a Oct 25 Bakersfield Table Stockdale High School Health Fair “2 Million!” certificate to DMV Fullerton Field Office Oct 30 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Collaborative Learning Session manager Yvonne Rowden. Below, DMV Van Nuys Sep 16 Pasadena Table PKD Run/Walk at Rose Bowl Field Office manager Robert Nelson is flanked by Sep 19 Simi Valley AMB Speaker Simi Valley Hospital In-service Ambassadors Sid and Melinda Adelman. Sep 29 Van Nuys Table 2007 Health and Safety Fair

8 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 9 From Santa Maria to Lynwood, Indio to El Segundo, and Canyon Lake to San Dimas, Donate Life Ambassadors and OneLegacy professionals reach out Spanning the Southland to communities throughout the greater Los Angeles area.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

8 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 9 1 2 3 4 Community Highlights August’s Donate Life Community Conference shined an awards spotlight on the most active volunteer Donate Life Ambassadors, including (1) Arnoldo and Eva Perez, pos- ing with thematically attired Sandra Madera of OneLegacy, and (2) Rookie of the Year Michael Benbow (right) with African American community development coordinator Ralph Sutton. (3) DMV Thousand Oaks field office employee and kidney donor Hooshang Torabi is interviewed on a blue-screen set at the Persian Broadcasting Company. (4) Attending the Inter-Cultural Social and Education Services Awards Dinner are Los Angeles Chinatown Miss Friendship Mandy Ho, Asian community development coordinator Sabrina Ho, and volunteer Agnes Tham. (5) A contingent of 5 40 Embajadores de OneLegacy fielded more than 500 phone calls as organ donation was the featured issue on KMEX-34’s “A Su Lado”. (6) Liver recipient Indra Michaca (standing, third from left) and her sister Zulma led Donate Life “Club Rush” activities at Riverside Community College. (7) Announcing the Inglewood Area Minister’s Alliance’s (IAMA) support of the Give Thanks, Give Life campaign are African American community development coordinator Ralph D. Sutton with IAMA officers Sandra Green, Rev. Barbara Williams, Pastor Chris Ward, Rev. Jewett Walker, Donate Life Ambassador and kidney recipient Michael Benbow, IAMA president Dr. Austin Williams and Cynthia Manker. (8) On November 17, the DMV held a drawing at California Science Center to select employees to participate in the DMV’s Donate Life Rose Parade Float decorating shift. Float committee chairman Bryan Stewart of OneLegacy and Janet Mendoza of DMV Media Relations flank winner Rosalina Gutierrez of DMV Winnetka Field Office and friend. (9) Collaborative specialist Carla Talley-Hentz, CEO and executive vice president Tom Mone, and Marcia Penido, LCSW of Huntington Hospital attended the Organ Donation and Transplantation Collaborative’s National Learning 6 Congress, October 9-10 in Nashville.

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10 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 7 Donate Life Run/Walk High School Program Donation in the Media Reaches New Heights 1 2 Drives Donor Designation General Market The images of organ and tissue donors on 1,500 T-shirts inspired the record Apr 5 LA Daily News spotlighted two Pierce College alumni 5,000 participants at April’s fifth annual Donate Life Run/Walk. Many of the 73 Youth education coordinator Simera and the American Red Cross Donate Life partnership. donor family teams gathered in the Circle of Life Garden, an elegant display Nichols and many Donate Life Apr 9 Ventura County Star ran a story on the history of the of 88 signs with photos and personal messages dedicated to donors and Ambassadors have been busy edu- Donate Life California Registry. recipients alike. Cedars-Sinai cating first-time drivers throughout Apr 28 KBAK-29 (CBS) Bakersfield covered Kern County Medical Center, St. Joseph OneLegacy’s seven-county service Ambassadors’ Donate Life Run/Walk participation. Hospital, UCI Medical Center, Apr 20 Press-Enterprise interviewed Riverside County firefight- area about their opportunity to sign er Barry Rezac about his need for a lung transplant. Washington Mutual, and especially up with the Donate Life California Mayor Shawn Nelson and the City Apr 28-29 Orange County Register ran two stories on the Donate Registry on their DMV drivers Life Run/Walk and founders Kathleen & Craig Hostert. of Fullerton led dozens of sponsors license applications. May 3 San Fernando Valley Sun featured the Legacy of Life who joined participants to raise Baseball Tournament honoring Frankie Hernandez. funds for public education cam- Apr 2 Los Angeles James A. Foshay Learning Center Apr 28-29 Orange County Register highlighted eight OC hospitals paigns promoting enrollment in the receiving HHS Medals of Honor. 3 Apr 3 Alta Loma Rancho Cucamonga High School Donate Life California Organ & Jul 12 Los Angeles Times featured Erica Rangel-Baez, moth- Tissue Donor Registry. Apr 5 Banning New Horizons High School er of donor Frankie Hernandez, in a story on the role Apr 20 Cerritos Gahr High School of minorities in donation and transplantation. SAVE THE DATE: In keeping with tradition, the 2008 Donate Life Run/Walk Apr 24 Lakewood Artesia High School Aug 12 Los Angeles Business Journal published a commen- will be held on the last Saturday of National Donate Life Month, April 26. tary by Tom Mone on TV portrayals of organ donation. May 14 Irvine Woodbridge High School Aug 16 ABC7 shared the story of a living kidney donation May 15 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara High School between DMV employees Hooshabg Torabi and recip- May 18 Bakersfield Bakersfield Adventist Academy ient Gaston Gonzalez. May 21 Bakersfield Foothill High School Multicultural May 23 Carpinteria Carpinteria High School 4 5 Apr 1 People en español profiled donor mom Erica Rangel- May 24 San Gabriel San Gabriel High School Báez and her son's heart recipient, Juan Pérez. May 24 Westlake Village Westlake High School Apr 1 LA Focus highlighted lung recipient’s Eunice Gibson’s May 25 Los Angeles Venice High School dedication to being an Ambassador. Apr 20 SBTN Television featured the Donate Life Run/Walk. May 31 Corona Centennial High School Apr 23 El Cucuy de la mañana interviewed donor parents Jun 5 North Hills Monroe High School Police Academy Eva and Arnoldo Pérez and OneLegacy family care Jun 7 Woodland Hills Taft High School coordinator Max Calderón. Jun 8 Fullerton La Vista High School Apr 28 Primer Impacto featured Hermán and Angie Trevizo, parents of donor Christopher Trevizo. Jun 11 Santa Barbara San Marcos High School May 10 LA Sentinel recounted Navaline Smith’s regret over Jun 14 La Habra La Habra High School not having donated her daughter’s organs. Jun 19 Los Angeles Fremont High School May Phu Nu Magazine featured liver recipients Tony Tuan 7 Jun 26 Irvine Woodbridge High School Nguyen and Hoang Huynh. 6 Jun 29 Los Angeles UCLA Nat’l Youth Leadership Forum Jun 28 KMEX-34 (Univision) 'A Su Lado' devoted an evening to donation. (See Community Highlights, Page 10) (1) Event founders Craig and Kathleen Hostert address the 5,000 Jul 11 Bakersfield Foothill High School attendees prior to the race. (2) Kelly O’Quinn adds to the festivity Jul 8 KLOVE-FM, KTNQ-FM, Recuerdo and La Nueva spot- as the Pink Donor Dot mascot. (3) Family and friends celebrate the Jul 13 Los Angeles UCLA Nat’l Youth Leadership Forum lighted tissue donation by interviewing Liz Peñaloza life of Brian Scott Campbell in the Circle of Life Garden. (4) Kidney Jul 17 Irvine Woodbridge High School and OneLegacy’s Sandra Madera. Jul 11 Noticiero Univision (Ch. 34) covered OneLegacy's recipient Victor Leon receives a warm onstage embrace from Jul 20 Huntington Beach Marina High School Miss Fullerton. (5) The family of Donovan Burdick gathers around press conference announcing the vital role Latinos his sign in the Circle of Life Garden. (6) With a ceremonial release Jul 20 Irvine University High School play in organ and tissue donation. of balloons, the 5K run and 1K walk are underway. (7) Mayors and Aug 1 Irvine University High School Jul 14 Asian Journal featured liver recipient Liberato civic leaders from 16 Orange County cities and join sponsor rep- Sep 18 Bakersfield South High School Bumacod in a focus on Filipino Americans Jul 17 Sky Link TV covered the story of liver recipient Kenny resentatives, transplant surgeons, Donate Life Ambassadors, and Oct 11-12 Irvine Northwood High School Donate Life Workplace Partners. (8) City of Fullerton Mayor Shawn Wong and the Donate Life California Registry. Nelson addresses the crown during the pre-race ceremony. Oct 15 Pomona Pomona Catholic High School July 12 Korean Times featured liver recipients Sun Chin and (9) A BMX Bike Show was a highlight of the post-race Family Oct 17 Moorpark Moorpark College Death & Dying Class Fredrick Hun. Festival. Oct 18 Irvine Woodbridge High School July 21 Phoenix TV highlighted the organ donation consent rate among Asian-Americans. Oct 25 Irvine University High School Aug 25 Piolín por la Mañana interviewed living donor Leana Oct 25 Los Angeles Gompers Middle School Padilla and her recipient, father Salvador Padilla. 8 9

6 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 11 Donate Life California Registry Passes 2 Million Mark Una secci n especial More than two million Californians have signed up to become eligible to donate. That’s why every single opportunity to donate El Puente para la comunidad latina organ and/or tissue donors on the state’s Donate Life California counts. Organ & Tissue Donor Registry, doubling the state’s number of According to George Valverde, director of the DMV, "We are designated donors in only eight months. The ongoing surge in reg- proud that this partnership is truly making a difference and saving istrations is due predominantly to the ability of Californians to Seis latinos en el Desfile de las Rosas 2008 lives. Through our involvement in this effort, we’ve also come to sign up as donors at the same time they apply for or renew drivers POR ELENA DE LA CRUZ ¥ Jes s Nava (West Covina), embajador know how the lives of employees in our own DMV family have licenses or I.D. cards at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) de OneLegacy y beneficiado por un been touched by organ donation. Some have donated organs to La carroza Done Vida/Donate Life del trasplante de coraz n hace dos a os. through a program that began July 1, 2006. This year, 97% of Desfile de las Rosas 2008 cuenta este a o loved ones, received transplants themselves or are still in need of Donate Life California’s signups have come through the DMV. con m s representaci n latina que nunca. El Asimismo, caminando junto a la car- life-saving donations. We are heartened to know the DMV’s pr ximo 1 de enero, diez latinos ser n hor- roza, sujetando un cord n que les conecta enrollment of designated donors gives hope to those whose lives nados en la carroza de una manera u otra. a la fotograf a floral de su ser querido, desfilar n: hang in the balance. Los participantes que desfilar n sobre 1 2 la carroza, todos beneficiados por un ¥ Josie Flores (Miami, FL) una joven de trasplante, ser n: 30 a os que don los rganos de su madre. UAGA ¥ Ozzie Herrera (Whittier, CA), de 49 a os, que recibi un ri n tras cinco ¥ Eva P rez (Los Angeles, CA) una Continued from Page 1 a os en di lisis. madre de 42 a os cuyo hijo, Hern n n’t require the consent of any other person. The revised UAGA makes Aispuro salv varias vidas tras con- As a result of our partnership with the DMV, each week ¥ Sara L pez (Alburquerque, NM), una vertirse en donante. other states’ first-person consent registries legally binding in approximately 30,000 DMV customers are checking ’Yes’ on their joven de 18 a os que recibi un h ga- California in the event that an out-of-state designated donor dies with- do a los 2. Finalmente, los donantes Hern n DMV forms to register as organ and tissue donors, stated Bryan 3 4 in the state. The reciprocal is true in states where the revised UAGA Aispuro, de 6 a os, Trinity Pereira, de 2 Stewart, president of Donate Life California, the non-profit organ- ¥ Indra Michaca (Moreno Valley), una meses, Elizabeth Aguilar, de 19 a os, y is adopted. joven estudiante receptora de un h gado. ization created in 2004 to administer the state-authorized donor Juan J uregui, de 23, ser n honrados con fotograf as florales colocadas a ambos registry. In doing so, those registrants are helping the more than In all cases in which an eligible donor has not registered with lados de la carroza. 20,000 fellow Californians who are waiting for a life-saving organ Donate Life California, the donation decision falls to the potential donor’s closest legal contacts, starting with immediate family mem- Latinos y donación transplant, and many more who rely on the gift of donated tissue (1) Josie Flores, (2) Ozzie Herrera, (3) Sara bers. In the absence of family members, the newly approved UAGA López, (4) Indra Michaca (derecha) con su to restore sight, heal burns and regain mobility. POR ELENA DE LA CRUZ expands the list of individuals who can make this decision to include hermana Zulma, (5) Jesus Nava y (6) Eva Pérez. (7) La carroza Done Vida, La Vida The shortage of organs is not due simply to a lack of giving, domestic partners, grandchildren and close friends who exhibited Los latinos juegan un papel fundamental Despega. 5 6 but rather to the rarity with which the opportunity to donate organs special care and concern for the deceased individual. en las donaciones que se realizan en el área de servicio de OneLegacy, que presents itself. Only one in 100 deaths results in a patient being The new law also affects the family’s donation decision. When an incluye los condados de Los Angeles, individual does not leave an advance directive, the new UAGA allows Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, majority rule, rather than unanimity, among a class of available fam- Ventura, Santa Barbara y Kern. ily members (such as children) of the decedent to make an anatomi- En una reciente rueda de prensa, a la que cal gift decision. OneLegacy invitó a todos los medios de comunicación de Los Angeles, se dio a In addition, the revised UAGA maintains ethical standards and conocer que casi la mitad de los continues the prohibition against the same physician being involved donantes, el 47%, son latinos. Asimismo, in both the treatment of the potential donor and the recovery of la tasa de consentimiento entre los lati- organs, while ensuring that the most qualified professionals are nos es la más alta en la historia: el 65% de las familias latinas a las que se les brinda involved in the actual recovery of donated organs. The legislation also la oportunidad de donar lo hacen. maintains existing law requiring county coroners to cooperate with Desafortunadamente, también son el organ procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to grupo étnico con mayor necesidad de un Source: Donate Life California recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, or transplante en California. education. 7

12 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 5 Jorge: “Even in death he Organ Donation Data continues to make a difference.” Message to Adults 50+: Continued from Page 1 Don’t Rule Yourself Out! Following are key OneLegacy performance indicators through September 2007. (Source: OneLegacy data) commitment to both fitness and Research across the country reveals that a significant percent- academic excellence was admired age of DMV customers 50 and older are ruling themselves out of Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept TOTAL and respected by his peers. Jorge’s being designated donors, thinking that their age or medical condi- Organ Donors 32 45 33 42 30 26 20 38 34 300 marathon pursuits were featured in tions make them ineligible to donate. the Los Angeles Times (dated Kidneys Recovered 60 87 61 75 54 48 34 69 63 551 March 1, 2002) and his accom- In fact, there are relatively few conditions that automatically Kidneys Transplanted 50 68 55 64 47 41 26 58 48 457 plishments were recognized as a rule out a potential organ or tissue donor, with HIV/AIDS and beacon of motivation for all youth. Extra-Renals Recovered 38 78 60 81 68 43 31 49 43 491 metastasized cancer being two of the more common conditions. Throughout his childhood and Diabetes or ineligibility to donate blood do not automatically pro- Extra-Renals Transplanted 37 76 60 80 63 38 32 50 39 475 early teens Jorge always expressed hibit someone from donating organs and tissues. Hearts Transplanted 6 15 11 12 15 9 9 7 6 90 a strong interest in one day becom- In the greater Los Angeles area, in the first six months of 2007, ing a policeman. He was an active Livers Transplanted 24 37 30 33 23 15 18 25 25 230 26% of organ donors were age 50 and older, 9% were age 60 and student and cadet in the Police older, and two were in their seventies. Among tissue donors, 67% Lungs Transplanted 5 13 13 22 19 9 2 11 7 101 Academy Magnet Program at were age 50 and older, nearly half were age 60 and older, and 18% Dorsey High School. He joined the Pancreases Transplanted 2 11 6 11 6536151 were in their seventies, while the average age was 53. football team and made major contributions to the team’s winning Consent Rate 65.0% 77.3% 59.1% 64.9% 50.8% 57.7% 54.2% 73.3% 66.1% 63.1% seasons. The bottom line: if you want to help others, sign up on the Donate Life California Registry online or through the DMV and Conversion Rate 68.9% 81.8% 66.7% 68.3% 56.6% 59.5% 61.8% 74.5% 73.9% 68.0% Jorge’s compassionate side came to light when he was in the 10th leave it to the medical professionals to determine whether or not grade. When he told me, I want to become an organ donor, I did Organs Recovered 98 165 121 156 122 91 65 118 106 1042 you can be a donor upon death. Until then, rest assured that your not take it seriously. I thought, like always, he was playfully kidding decision to donate will be honored. Organs Transplanted 87 144 115 144 110 79 58 108 87 932 me. In the 11th grade during the school’s annual Red Cross Blood Organs Recovered Per Donor 3.06 3.67 3.67 3.71 4.07 3.50 3.25 3.11 3.12 3.14 Drive, Jorge donated blood and when he arrived home, he said, Mom, I already registered myself to donate my organs. made me the happiest woman in the world. Many times I said it to Organs Transplanted Per Donor 2.72 3.20 3.48 3.43 3.67 3.04 2.90 2.84 2.56 2.81 you. Jorge, my heart only knows pain for losing you but at the same On January 22, 2006, my life changed forever. He was admitted time I am so proud of you. Jorge, you unselfishly gave the gift of life to the hospital fatally wounded. On January 27, 2006, the doctors to others and hope to some. Because of your generousity and other declared him brain dead. It was then a nurse approached me, and U.S. ORGAN TRANSPLANT priceless things you did while you were alive, you are a hero . I do talked to me about donating his organs. I remembered what Jorge had not want to say goodbye to you but instead see you soon. WAITING LIST STATISTICS told me a year earlier. I found his California ID where I knew he had placed the organ donor sticker. I realized right then that I had to It is a powerful message that donors like my son give the rest of honor his wishes. California USA us. A single donor makes the difference in the lives of many. Let’s honor him and all of the organ donors by following their example I agreed to donate his organs, allowing Jorge to make a valuable Kidney 15,650 73,908 and make a commitment to donate our organs and/or tissue. difference in the lives of others. By donating his organs and tissue, Liver 3,740 16,748 even in death Jorge continues to make a difference by giving hope Pancreas 166 1,645 and life to others. OneLegacy made all the arrangements necessary to fulfill the desire and wishes of my son. MINORITIES Kidney/Pancreas 505 2,322 Continued from Page 2 Heart 333 2,690 Since my eight-year-old niece, KayCee, was born, Jorge was her big brother. He took this nurturing role seriously and he would be Lung 194 2,294 Whenever someone says ’yes’ to donation, it’s something we so proud to know that KayCee carries on his values. Like Jorge, celebrate, said OneLegacy CEO and Executive Vice President Heart/Lung 15 108 KayCee has become a big sister to Jorge’s children, and a very car- Tom Mone. It’s a very rare and special opportunity to leave such Intestine 27 225 ing granddaughter to their grandma. KayCee is proud of her big a remarkable legacy. The choice to donate life makes a tremen- brother Jorge. She keeps him in her prayers and knows that Jorge is dous difference in our community - it saves lives, strengthens ‘LIFE TAKES FLIGHT’ AT ROSE PARADE Follow the inspiring journey of Total 20,156 97,485 now her guardian angel . families and helps our community. Donate Life’s fifth Rose Parade float entry at www.donatelifefloat.org. Source: UNOS. Based on OPTN data as of November 23, 2007 Jorge, you are my Eternal Love . When you were born, you

4 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 13 Hospital Referral Data 81 Southland Hospitals Honored for Achieving Organ Elig Organ Organs Tissue Organ Elig Organ Organs Tissue Refer Refer Donors Tx’d Donors Refer Refer Donors Tx’d Donors Organ, Tissue Donation Benchmarks KERN COUNTY Huntington Hospital 48 11 8 28 8 Bakersfield Heart Hospital 0 0 0 0 5 Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Med Ctr 8 2 0 0 3 30 HOSPITALS ACHIEVE NATIONAL GOAL OF Bakersfield Memorial Hospital 18 1 0 0 5 Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 9 1 0 0 1 Achievement of 75% Conversion Rate* Delano Regional Medical Center 5 0 0 0 1 LA County Olive View / UCLA Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0 75% ORGAN DONATION RATE Kern County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 8 Lancaster Community Hospital 9 1 1 4 1 Childrens Hospital of Orange County 100% Kern Medical Center 64 14 7 31 3 Methodist Hospital of Southern California 15 4 1 1 7 OneLegacy honored 81 Southland hospitals for their perform- Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 75% Kern Valley Hospital 0 0 0 0 2 Mission Commty Hospital - Panorama City 0 0 0 0 1 ance in support of organ and tissue donation at June’s Celebrating Mercy Hospital 57 6 3 8 4 Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 29 6 4 14 5 Glendale Adventist Medical Center 80% Our Partners Donation and Transplantation Conference and Mercy Southwest Hospital 0 0 0 0 4 Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Med Ctr 4 0 0 0 3 Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 100% Awards Ceremony. Ridgecrest Regional Hospital 1 0 0 0 4 Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 32 12 6 21 11 Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 86% San Joaquin Community Hospital 22 5 3 6 2 Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center 0 0 0 0 5 St. Joseph Medical Center 21 3 2 7 2 The awards reflect the success of the partnership between Huntington Hospital 100% LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL Valley Presbyterian Hospital 7 0 0 0 1 OneLegacy and area hospitals energized by the national Organ Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 100% Alhambra Hospital Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0 Verdugo Hills Hospital 5 2 2 6 2 Donation and Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative, an ini- Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center 80% Brotman Medical Center 4 2 2 3 0 West Hills Regional Medical Center 6 0 0 0 4 Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 83% California Hospital Medical Center 60 13 7 26 9 tiative launched by the U.S Department of Health and Human Kern Medical Center 75% Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 55 6 2 2 2 LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH Services in 2003 to save and enhance thousands of lives annually by Century City Doctor's Hospital 4 0 0 0 3 Beverly Hospital 14 2 2 9 3 LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 92% spreading best practices to the nation’s largest hospitals. Children's Hospital Los Angeles 20 3 1 3 3 Catalina Island Hospital 0 0 0 0 1 Lakewood Regional Hospital 75% Citrus Valley Intercommunity Hospital 12 2 1 3 1 Centinela Freeman RMC, Centinela Campus 35 11 4 10 11 Thirty hospitals achieved donation conversion rates of at least Little Company of Mary Hospital 83% Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley 23 3 2 5 5 Centinela Freeman RMC, Marina Campus 3 0 0 0 5 City of Angels Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0 Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 3 0 0 0 2 75% over twelve consecutive months during the 23 months ending Los Alamitos Medical Center 75% City of Hope National Medical Center 1 0 0 0 0 Downey Regional Medical Center 26 6 4 14 6 April 30, more than double the number that achieved the benchmark Los Robles Regional Medical Center 100% Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Med Ctr 1 0 0 0 3 East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital 1 0 0 0 1 during a comparable period a year ago. In addition, fourteen hospi- Mercy Hospital 83% Garfield Medical Center 12 3 1 3 0 Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Med Ctr 6 1 1 0 1 Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 100% Good Samaritan Hospital 16 4 1 3 4 LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 50 10 8 29 12 tals achieved conversion rates of 65% to 74%, double the number Greater El Monte Community Hospital 2 0 0 0 2 Lakewood Regional Hospital 11 6 4 6 8 that achieved this second-tier threshold last year. Donation conver- Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 82% Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 89% Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Med Ctr 9 0 0 0 9 Little Company of Mary - San Pedro Hospital 19 1 1 5 6 sion rates represent the percentage of actual donors out of all eligi- Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med Ctr 53 8 2 8 5 Little Company of Mary Hospital 24 2 1 3 8 Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 86% ble donors. Kaiser Permanente West LA Med Ctr 20 3 3 8 3 Long Beach Community Medical Center 3 1 1 1 0 Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 92% Kindred Hospital Los Angeles 1 0 0 0 0 Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 32 10 4 12 8 LAC + USC Medical Center 100 22 16 60 11 Martin Luther King, Jr.-Harbor Hospital 19 3 1 1 2 In addition, 24 hospitals were recognized for their extraordinary Providence St. Joseph Medical Center 100% Los Angeles Community Hospital 1 0 0 0 1 Memorial Hospital of Gardena 9 2 1 7 2 support of tissue donation, providing life-saving and life-enhancing Riverside County Regional Medical Center 89% Los Angeles County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 70 Miller Children's Hospital 7 4 3 17 1 gifts of tissue donation to the community. Honored hospitals either Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 100% Montclair Hospital Medical Center 0 0 0 0 3 Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 21 1 1 2 4 San Antonio Community Hospital 75% Monterey Park Hospital 1 0 0 0 0 Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center 1 0 0 0 8 referred six or more recovered tissue donors through the first four Olympia Medical Center 1 0 0 0 0 St. Francis Medical Center 72 24 13 49 13 months of 2007, or were among the leaders in complying with Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 83% OneLegacy Hospice (Home) 0 0 0 0 1 St. Mary Medical Center 26 8 4 12 6 guidelines to refer potential donors within one hour of death. Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 80% Pacific Alliance Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0 Torrance Memorial Medical Center 53 1 1 1 4 St. Joseph Hospital 100% Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 21 3 3 7 10 VA Hospital - Long Beach 0 0 0 0 1 Also recognized were 24 hospitals which facilitated donation USC University Hospital 75% Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presb Med Ctr 18 5 3 15 3 Whittier Hospital Medical Center 1 0 0 0 1 San Dimas Community Hospital 6 1 0 0 3 after cardiac death (DCD). White Memorial Medical Center 75% San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 2 0 0 0 1 ORANGE COUNTY *Highest organ donation conversion rate achieved in one 12-month St. John's Hospital and Health Center 5 1 1 2 3 Anaheim General Hospital 1 0 0 0 1 period between 6/1/05 and 4/30/07 St. Vincent Medical Center 3 0 0 0 0 Anaheim Memorial Medical Center 21 2 0 0 6 Representatives of the 30 hospitals achieving a 75% conversion Tri-City Regional Medical Center 0 0 0 0 1 Chapman Medical Center 2 0 0 0 2 rate celebrate in unision. UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica 1 0 0 0 2 Childrens Hospital of Orange County 20 5 1 0 0 UCLA Medical Center - Westwood 78 11 7 21 5 CHOC at Mission 1 0 0 0 0 USC University Hospital 8 0 0 0 0 Coastal Communities Hospital 6 2 2 6 0 VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System 1 0 0 0 0 Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Med Ctr 36 2 1 5 2 White Memorial Medical Center 21 1 1 4 1 Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 6 0 0 0 3 Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 33 8 6 11 15 LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTH Huntington Beach Hospital 0 0 0 0 4 Antelope Valley Hospital 30 6 2 1 12 Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 2 0 0 0 3 Encino-Tarzana Regional Med Ctr, Tarzana 7 2 1 7 2 Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Med Ctr 47 10 4 14 3 Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 4 0 0 0 1 Kindred Hospital Westminster 2 0 0 0 0 Glendale Adventist Medical Center 4 2 2 7 2 La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 3 0 0 0 4 Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 19 0 0 0 2 Los Alamitos Medical Center 7 2 2 6 2 Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 17 4 3 5 4 Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 15 3 3 13 7

14 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 3 January 1 to December 31, 2006 Minorities Play Critical Role in Donation and Transplantation Organ Elig Organ Organs Tissue Organ Elig Organ Organs Tissue PEOPLE OF COLOR ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT strates the fairness of organ allocation rules. Refer Refer Donors Tx’d Donors Refer Refer Donors Tx’d Donors TWO-THIRDS OF ORGAN DONORS AND Latinos represent nearly half of kidney transplant candidates, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center 2 0 0 0 3 Moreno Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 2 RECIPIENTS IN GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA and the proportion of African Americans waiting for kidneys is two- Orange County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 15 Palo Verde Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 1 and-a-half times their share of the general population. In addition, Placentia Linda Community Hospital 1 0 0 0 6 Parkview Community Hospital Med Ctr 7 0 0 0 5 New data released in July from OneLegacy and Donate Life Asians/Pacific Islanders represent 14% of kidney transplant candi- Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 18 1 0 0 6 Rancho Springs Medical Center 5 1 1 4 0 San Clemente Hospital 0 0 0 0 2 Redlands Community Hospital 4 0 0 0 5 dates, which is substantially greater than their share of the general California, the administrator of the statewide organ and tissue donor South Coast Medical Center 0 0 0 0 3 Riverside Community Hospital 34 10 7 20 11 registry, confirm the critical role that minorities play in the fabric of population. St. Joseph Hospital 16 4 2 2 8 Riverside County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 18 organ donation and transplantation in the Southland. Latinos St. Jude Medical Center 17 2 1 3 7 Riverside County Regional Med Center 67 13 8 15 9 More than two-thirds of the more than 20,000 Californians on account for almost half of the donors (47%) in the area, while peo- UCI Medical Center 101 20 12 40 7 San Antonio Community Hospital 42 7 4 14 13 the national organ transplant waiting list are Latino, African West Anaheim Medical Center 3 0 0 0 0 San Bernardino County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 11 ple of color account for about two-thirds of deceased organ donors American, or Asian/Pacific Islander. Western Medical Center Anaheim 11 2 1 3 2 San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 3 1 1 2 3 and transplant recipients. Western Medical Center Santa Ana 63 15 11 48 13 St. Bernardine Medical Center 60 0 0 0 2 In the face of the critical need for organ donation, minorities are St. Mary Regional Medical Center 7 0 0 0 6 The Southland’s Latino, African American and Asian communi- RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES Vencor Hospital - Ontario 4 0 0 0 0 three times less likely than Caucasians to sign up as donors with the ties benefit directly from the generosity of their own, with people of Arrowhead Regional Medical Center 95 23 18 54 7 Victor Valley Community Hospital 6 0 0 0 4 state donor registry, according to Donate Life California. Barstow Community Hospital 1 0 0 0 6 color accounting for almost 80% of kidney recipients. Kidneys rep- Fortunately, area consent rates among Latinos (66%), African Bear Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 1 SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA COUNTIES resent the organ of greatest need across all ethnicities. Interestingly, Americans (46%) and Whites (72%) reached record levels in 2006, Chino Valley Medical Center 1 0 0 0 4 Commty Memorial Hosp of San Buenaventura 6 1 1 2 5 the percentage of multicultural kidney transplant recipients is virtu- Community Hospital of San Bernardino 7 1 0 0 4 Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital 1 0 0 0 1 and remain at similarly high levels in 2007. ally identical to the percentage on the waiting list, which demon- Corona Regional Medical Center 9 1 1 2 6 Lompoc District Hospital 0 0 0 0 2 Desert Regional Medical Center 63 11 5 15 12 Marian Medical Center 11 3 3 8 3 Please see MINORITIES, Page 13 Desert Valley Hospital 4 1 0 0 10 Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 18 4 2 6 13 Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 21 7 4 9 5 Santa Paula Memorial Hospital 2 1 0 0 0 Transplant Coordinator. Redlands: Gregory Wheeler, Procurement Transplant Coordinator. Hemet Valley Medical Center 12 1 0 0 19 Los Robles Regional Medical Center 16 5 5 12 7 Allen, Recovery Technician I…Aaron Cohen, Redlands: Manvir Behniwal, Assistant Donor Hi-Desert Medical Center 0 0 0 0 3 Ojai Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 1 Inland Valley Regional Medical Center 19 2 0 0 7 Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 12 5 4 13 6 Crossroads Manager of Recovery & Technical Information Coordinator...Scott Bunting, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center 1 0 0 0 2 St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital 3 1 0 0 0 Services…Kari Monahan, Procurement Procurement Transplant Coordinator...Dana John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 8 0 0 0 1 St. John's Regional Medical Center 35 9 4 14 8 Transplant Coordinator. Santa Ana: Mildred Castleberry, In-House Coordinator...Mary Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center 74 15 10 20 4 Ventura County Medical Center 14 3 1 3 1 MILESTONES Shannon White and Tony Chavez Reid, Recovery Technician I…Lisa Rubalcava, Coronado, Full-Time Family Care Kaiser Permanente Riverside Med Ctr 18 0 0 0 7 Ventura County Medical Examiner 0 0 0 0 1 welcomed daughter Olivia Rose Chavez on Loma Linda University Medical Center 134 35 23 66 17 Tissue Recovery Technician I. Sherman Oaks: Coordinator...Jenna Graciano, Quality Systems October 22…Laura Haddad delivered daughter Menifee Valley Medical Center 2 0 0 0 2 TOTAL 2705 505 300 927 772 Sandra Bolleurs, Hospital Services Training Specialist...Ray Lin, Surgical Recovery Katia on November 19...Angela Mascarenhas Coordinator…Daynine Bryant, Administrative Coordinator...Juan Ramirez, Per Diem gave birth to son Aidan on November 20. Assistant…Angelique Harris, Hospital Services Procurement Transplant Coordinator...Alisa Coordinator…Ieesha Johnson, Hospital Suarez, Per Diem Procurement Transplant Riverside County Regional Medical Center Receives Life Bridge Award WELCOME Los Angeles/Corporate: Rafael Services Coordinator…Diamond Tanner, Coordinator...Danielle Welzig, Per-Diem Aguilar, Surgical Recovery Pulsatile Perfusion Administrative Assistant…Monroe Tinker, Procurement Transplant Coordinator...Terilynn On July 25, OneLegacy was privileged to bestow Technician…Carlos Arias, Accountant I… Procurement Transplant Coordinator. Whitaker, Tissue Recovery Coordinator… our hall of fame honor, the Life Bridge Award, to Carolina Carrizosa, Tissue Recovery Riverside County Regional Medical Center Samantha Wright, Hospital Services Technician…Courtney Hernandez, Organ (RCRMC) for their meaningful and extraordinary ON THE MOVE The following employees have Coordinator. Santa Ana: Adena Evans, Donor Placement Coordinator…Amar Kapa, Per-Diem impact on organ and tissue donation. recently transitioned to a new role and/or office Information Coordinator. Sherman Oaks: Robert Donor Recovery Coordinator…Baco Lam, Tissue location within OneLegacy. Los Angeles: Prasad Coppel, Family Care Coordinator...Paula Lofy, RCRMC has exceeded the Collaborative cover- Recovery Technician…Karen Libs, Interim Garimella, Chief Information Officer and Vice Procurement Transplant Coordinator... Michelle sion rate goal (75%) for two years running. In 2006, Director of Hospital Services…Blanca Macias, President of Tissue Operations…Jason Hower, Oxenham, Procurement Transplant Coordinator. RCRMC s 19 organ donors placed them among the Manager of Donor Information…Esly Salazar, Organ Placement Coordinator…Jennifer top five in the seven-county greater Los Angeles Per-Diem Organ Placement Coordinator… Latham, HR Generalist. Long Beach: Scott BEST WISHES We wish the following employ- area, and their 83% conversion rate was the highest Deborah Tanner, Administrative Assistant, Bunting, In-House Coordinator...Mario Carrillo, ees the best of luck in their future endeavors: of any hospital with 10 or more eligible donors. Family Services. Bakersfield: Linda Baker, Family Care Coordinator...Mary Goodwin, In- Venkat Alapati, Todd Aust, Lori Caris, Juan RCRMC also facilitated the Inland Empire s first Recovery Technician I. Long Beach: Steve House Coordinator...Barbara Lake, In-House Dominguez, Richard Fogel, Daren Herrick, Jesse donation after cardiac death (DCD). Hospital services coordinator Louis Jackson (far left) and hospital services Hasty, Hospital Services Coordinator…Sandra Coordinator...Courtney Lepis, Procurement Mariscal, Seung Lee, Deena Murray, Kevin supervisor Mike Thomas (far right) present the OneLegacy Life Bridge Award to Haynes, Procurement Transplant Coordinator… The hospital s extraordinary results are due to Transplant Coordinator...Teresita Nuila, In- Nguyen, Silviea Rosu, Christopher Salazar, Dave Riverside County Regional Medical Center. Representing the hospital are Loyal Ieesha Johnson, Hospital Services close cooperation between the services and depart- Ward, Chaplain; Paul Woodward, Trauma Nurse Manager; Josie Hobbs, ACCU House Coordinator…Karleen Samartan, Sander, Joan Savoldelli, Kandy Smith and Coordinator…L.J. Mutuc, Procurement ments represented by the team pictured at right, Nurse Manager; Luis Orozco, Administrator; Louise O'Rourke, OR Nurse Manager; Procurement Transplant Coordinator...Kristina LaWanda Sweet-Buttleman. including the hospital s Donor Advisory Council. Kim Baumgarten, ED Nurse Manager; and Douglas Bagley, Director/CEO.

2 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2007 Fall 2007 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 15 www.onelegacy.org notification or donor referrals 24-hour line for routine 800-338-6112 Performance Improvement Director, Quality Assurance and Sherry Watson Director, Recovery and Transplant Services Jim Trisch Director, Research Partnerships Maria Stadtler Director, Information Technology Vicki Simmons Interim Director, Hospital Services Karen Libs Director, Family Services Jeff Fleming Governmental Affairs Director, Governance and Esther-Marie Carmichael Vice President of Communications Bryan Stewart Vice President of Human Resources Anita Corliss Vice President of Quality Systems Alan Cochran Vice President of Tissue Operations Chief Information Officer and Prasad Garimella Vice President of Finance Chief Financial Officer and Bobby Patton Vice President of Operations Chief Operating Officer and Renee Hawthorne Executive Vice President Chief Executive Officer and Tom Mone Management Team The Bridge The community newsletter of OneLegacy, the non-profit organ and tissue recovery organization serving the greater Los Angeles area

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