Southern California

Lisa Griffin, RN, CCTC
President 2007-2008
Lisa.A.Griffin@kp.org

October 207

Recent events:

March 22, 2007 – Presentation on Islet Cell Transplantation by Arlene LaRose, RN, BSN, CCTC
April 18, 2007: Transplant Nursing Day celebrated with cake and gift packs
April 26, 2007: Transition Mtg of Officers, Spaghetti Factory, Riverside
June 17, 2007: Chapter Officers Meeting
July 12, 2007: Quarterly Meeting with educational offering of Revamping the Kidney Allocation System, presented by Dr. Albin Gritsch, UCLA.

Upcoming events

October 11, 2007 - educational offering by Dr. Baldwin, LLUMC Laparoscopic Living Donor Transplant
December 9 – 11, 2007, Clinical Transplant Certification Review course Doubletree Hotel, Ontario CA
March 13, 2008 (tentative) educational offering by Dr. Ojogho, Loma Linda or Dr. Singer, UCLA, topic to be determined.

To increase interest and membership, we will be rotating meetings between LA, San Diego, and Inland Empire areas.

Current membership – 28 members