United States
Heart of Ohio (Columbus)
Updated October 2008
President
Kim Waugh, RN
President-Elect
Joshua Gossett, RN
President-Emeritus
Irene DeAndero, RN, CCTC
Secretary
Missy Knox, LPN, CCTC
Treasurer
Dianne Goodrich, RN, CCTC
Recent Events
1/17/07: CMV & Solid Organ Transplants, Dr. Stanley Martin (transplant infectious disease specialist); 13 attended
7/18/07 – ITNS meeting; presentation given by Jim Collins, PhD, Gerontologist of Professional Development & Marketing – “The Challenging Family: Successful Interventions and Approaches.”
10/17/07 - Dinner meeting
Upstate New York
President: Judy Gierlach, RN, CCTN
judy_gierlach@urmc.rochester.edu
President Elect: Mary Vetter, ANP, CTCC
Mary_Vetter@urmc.rochester.edu
Treasurer: Linda Grinnell-Merrick ANP-C, CCTC
Linda_grinnellmerrick@urmc.rochester.edu
Secretary: Tomi Shisler, FNP-C, CCTC
Tomi_shisler@urmc.rochester.edu
Upper Midwest Heartland
Minnesota
Upper Midwest Heartland Chapter
Biannual Update
October 2006
President 06-07: Bonnie Potter, RN, CCTC potter.bonita@mayo.edu
Ethical Issues—Transplant Co-morbitities
Upper Midwest Heartland
Chapter Conference
September 21, 2007
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, Minneapolis South
Registration brochure (PDF)
Texas Medical Center Chapter
Updated: January 2007
President
Stephanie Washington, RN
The Methodist Transplant Center
SLWashington@tmhs.org
South Texas
South Texas Chapter
Biannual Update
October 2007
President: Shannon McCloskey
Shannon.McCloskey@uhs-sa.com
Current membership: 54
Updated: April 2007
Seattle
President: Jessica Buck, RN, BSN, CCTC
Jessica.Buck@vmmc.org
Biannual Update
Recent Events
November 16, 2006, dinner presentation “Kidney Paired Donation: Innovation for Incompatible Kidney Recipients and Their Donors” was presented by Janet Hiller, RN, MSN Transplant Clinical Nurse Specialist of Johns Hopkins Hospital.
The Seattle Chapter celebrated Transplant Nurse’s Day by sending cakes, balloons, posters, and stickers to each transplant unit and office at the 4 Transplant Centers in Seattle on April 18th, 2007.
April 19, 2007- a motivational dinner program “To The Edge And Back: An Evening With The Bounce-Back Kid” presented by Chris Klug, Snowboard Champion, 2002 Olympic Bronze Medalist, and liver transplant recipient.
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
Oklahoma Red Earth
Judy Ward, RN
jmward@saintfrancis.com
Northeast Florida
Biannual Chapter Update
April 2007
President Gene Richie, RN, CCRN
Richie.eugene@mayo.edu
Recent events
- December 2006 – Presentation on Sexuality after Transplant by Martin Mai, MD, Transplant Nephrologist
- March 2007 – Presentation on Organ Donor Collaborative and Donation issues by Danielle Cornell, RN, Lifequest OPO.
Upcoming events
North Carolina
Biannual Chapter Update
October 2007
President:
Lauren Kearns, MSN, RN-BC
lkearns@unch.unc.edu
Recent events
June 19, 2007
Psychosocial Evaluation of the Transplant Candidate: An Overview
Speaker: Benson Hoffman, Clinical Associate, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, DUMC.
Held at the Kirby Horton Hall, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Duke University Campus, Attendance = 25.
September 18th, 2007
