The SBHCS Renal and Pancreas Transplant Centers continued
to excel in the field of transplantation throughout 1999
thanks to the specialized staff members who comprise each
team. As experts in the field, they contributed journal articles,
made professional presentations to their peers, and have
strived to make advances in the treatment of patients with
renal failure.
Milestones
- NBIMC’s first laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, July
1999
- NBIMC’s second successful heart-kidney transplant,
July 1999
- NBIMC's first clinical research trial for Novartis Corporation,
October 1999
- SBMC performs a kidney transplant on the state’s
youngest patient, November 1999
Presentations, Publications, Participation. . .
- Verna Willis, R.N., B.S.N., transplant coordinator,
NBIMC, presented "Management of the Renal Transplant Recipient" at
the NBIMC Critical Care Course, January 1999
- Rachel Dowell-Cherry, R.N., transplant coordinator,
SBMC, presented "New Options in Transplantation" at the
ANNA Conference in Bridgeport, N.J., March 1999
- SBHCS transplant management staff participated in the
UNOS Management Forum in San Diego, Calif., April 1999
- SBHCS staff attended the UNOS Clinical Forum and Regional
Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., April 1999
- Shamkant Mulgaonkar, M.D., chief of Renal and
Pancreas Transplant Centers for SBHCS, and Debbie Morgan,
M.S.W., administrative director of the transplant
center at SBMC, participated in a NEWS12 medical series
highlighting the critical problems faced by transplant
patients in the state who lack adequate insurance coverage,
June 1999.
- Carmen Flores, R.N.C., transplant coordinator; Sadanand
Palekar, M.D., clinical director; Scott Ames, M.D., director
of transplant surgery; and Catherine Schneider, M.D., attending
surgeon; of NBIMC, were interviewed in Spanish for the
television program, Sin Limites on Chan. 38, to educate
the Latino community about advances in living kidney donation
and laparoscopic donation, August 1999.
- Eleanor Simchera, R.N., transplant coordinator,
attended the "8th International Transplant Nurses Society
Symposium" in Toronto, Canada, August 1999
- Alison Jacobs, R.N., M.S.N., transplant program
manager, and Eleanor Simchera, R.N., transplant
coordinator, SBMC, were interviewed for "Trends in Living
Donor Transplantation," published in The Nursing Spectrum,
August 23, 1999
- Three Transplant Coordinators from SBMC attended the
North American Transplant Coordinators Organization's “Advances
in Transplantation,” Seattle, Wash., September 1999
- Pat Lipere, R.N., B.S.N., transplant coordinator,
and Debbie Morgan, M.S.W., administrative director
of the transplant program at SBMC, presented "The Living
Donor: Clinical and Psychosocial Issues" at the Annual
Nephrology Nursing Conference on Renal Transplantation
in Long Island, N.Y., October 1999
- Doreen White-Hatke, R.N., B.S.N., and Rachel
Dowell-Cherry, R.N., transplant coordinators at
SBMC, presented lectures on dialysis and transplantation
to nursing students at County College of Morris and St.
Francis School of Nursing
Awards and Appointments
- Carmen Flores, R.N.C., NBIMC transplant coordinator, received the "1999
Medical-Surgical Division Excellence in Nursing" Award
during National Nurses Week, May 1999
- Rachel Dowell-Cherry, R.N., transplant coordinator, SBMC,
received a Volunteer Award by the National Kidney Foundation
of N.Y./N.J. for her work with the annual walkathon
- Shamkant Mulgaonkar, M.D., chief of Renal and Pancreas Transplant Centers
for the SBHCS was the recipient of this year’s prestigious
National Medical Award by the National Kidney Foundation
of N.Y./N.J. in June 1999
- SBMC Transplant coordinators Pat Lipere, R.N., B.S.N.; Laura Bogert,
R.N., B.S.N.; Rachel Dowell-Cherry, R.N.;
and Eleanor Simchera, R.N.; as well as research
assistant, David DeMaio; and inpatient coordinator, Debi
Girone, R.N., B.S.N.; all from SBMC, were recipients
of the "Excellence in Caring Award," June 1999
- Debbie Morgan, M.S.W., administrative director of the transplant program
at SBMC and Paul Mertz, executive director of
NBIMC, were elected to the New Jersey Organ and Tissue
Sharing Network Board of Trustees in June 1999. Shamkant
Mulgaonkar, M.D., also serves on the Board
- Laura Bogert, R.N., B.S.N.; Meg Caputo, R.N., B.S.N.; and Melissa
Dowd, R.N., B.S.N.; transplant nurses at SBMC, and Verna
Willis, R.N., B.S.N., transplant coordinator; and Jennifer
Hinkis, R.N., B.S.N., transplant nurse at NBIMC,
passed credentialing exams for Certified Clinical Transplant
Coordinator, July 1999.
- Debi Girone, R.N., B.S.N., inpatient coordinator, of SBMC received
the "1999 Award for Humanistic Care" by the Healthcare
Foundation of N.J., July 1999
An Emphasis on Education
· The
SBHCS Renal Center sponsored or were represented at the
following events:
- SBHCS-sponsored Transplant Surgeon Designee Course for New Designees, at SBMC – January
1999
- The Pediatric Symposium for Patients and Families, at SBMC – March 1999
- National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week at SBMC and NBIMC, April 1999
- National Kidney Foundation Health and Education Fair at Rutgers University,
April 1999
- NBIMC and Parkside Dialysis Renal Health Fair, Newark, N.J., April 1999
- Semi-Annual Transplant Symposium for Patients and Families, at NBIMC – May
1999 and at SBMC – June 1999
- Lillian Booth Renal Health Fair, Westwood, N.J., June 1999
- The Sharing Network of New Jersey Golf Invitational fundraiser, June 1999
- SBHCS-sponsored "Advances in Transplantation" for transplant nephrologists,
surgeons and referring physicians, SBMC, October 1999
- SBHCS Annual Recertification Course for Transplant Surgeon Designees at the
Doubletree Hotel in Somerset, N.J., October 1999
- SBHCS Semi-Annual Transplant Symposium for Patients and Families at the Doubletree
Hotel, October 1999
- Jersey City Medical Center Renal Health Fair, November 1999
- Multiple Preceptorship Programs were presented throughout the year by SBMC clinical
staff to pharmaceutical companies training new staff in
the area of transplantation
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