SHANNON Gow
San Leandro
Summary
Dynamic Organ Procurement Coordinator with extensive experience at Stanford Health Care, excelling in organ recovery, allocation, and logistics coordination. Demonstrated expertise in enhancing workflow efficiency and ensuring UNOS compliance. Skilled in critical thinking and effective communication, dedicated to maximizing organ donation outcomes and supporting transplant teams with expertise and enthusiasm.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Organ Procurement Coordinator
Stanford Health Care
Palo Alto
12.2021 - Current
- Responsible for the adult and pediatric organ recovery program, including evaluating organ offers, discussing organ quality and matches with appropriate transplant teams, coordinating recipient admission and transplant, and setting up logistics for organ procurement.
- Works with Stanford Health Care leadership to support clinical and quality compliance, research, and the goals of the program.
- Ensures accurate and up-to-date electronic medical record documentation through workflows on a daily basis.
- Provides preservation for the pediatric thoracic surgical teams during donor procurement, and ensures appropriate organ packaging by UNOS policy to ensure the safety of the recipient.
- Train and assist in onboarding new hires, creating training materials, and offering mentorship and education to team members on a daily basis.
- Provides and develops improvements to workflows for the transplant organ team's efficiency.
- Participates in quality assurance meetings and weekly selection meetings to stay up to date on patient listings and status.
Clinical Procurement Coordinator
Donor Network West
East Bay
06.2020 - 01.2022
- Responded to and provided on-site consultation to hospitals that referred potential organ and tissue donors, and determined medical suitability with other clinical personnel.
- Collaborated with hospital staff and developed a plan for referral management from the initial referral through the declaration of death/DCD (donation after cardiac death) evaluation.
- Used clinical knowledge and critical thinking skills to manage donors, using approved donor protocols, and developed plans to share with the clinical team in order to maintain organ function.
- Provided support and answered questions for donor families, and provided resources for family needs as necessary.
- Completed organ allocation in conjunction with DNWest's allocation team according to established organizational allocation policies and UNOS policy, and coordinated organ recovery with OR staff and OPO recovery staff.
- Maintained proficiency in organ packaging, as required by the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) standards.
Organ Preservation Coordinator
Donor Network West
San Ramon
01.2018 - 06.2020
- Assisted with back-table setup, using proper sterile technique for donor recoveries, while working with hospital staff to ensure that all OR equipment and supplies are available for use during the organ recovery.
- Responsible for assisting and setting up the perfusion of organs for abdominal and thoracic transplant teams on organ donor recoveries.
- Responsible for the packaging and labeling of organs, with required tissues and paperwork, according to UNOS policy.
- Assist with the dissection, cannulation of kidneys, and placement of kidneys for transplant on kidney perfusion pumps.
- Responsible for setting up arrangements for ground and air travel for donor case recoveries.
- Assisted surgeons as a first assistant in organ donor recoveries.
Placement Coordinator
Donor Network West
San Ramon
07.2014 - 02.2018
- Managed organ donor allocation while adhering to national transplant policies and quality assurance, serving as the allocation expert to transplant teams and coordinators.
- Consult with clinical experts, follow allocation trends and data to determine medical suitability of donors, and developed strategies to minimize organ loss and maximize organ donation.
- Managed import organ offers from outside OPOs and analyzed clinical and anatomical data to accept or decline offers.
- Oversaw infectious disease testing and cultures before and after donation and acted as the patient safety contact to UNOS to ensure all potential disease transmissions have been reported.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Molecular Environmental Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California06.2013
Skills
- Sterile Technique
- Organ recovery
- Quality assurance
- UNOS compliance
- Donor management
- Team collaboration
- Effective communication
- Critical thinking
- Logistics coordination
- Workflow improvement
Certification
ACLS Certified
Timeline
Organ Procurement Coordinator
Stanford Health Care
12.2021 - Current
Clinical Procurement Coordinator
Donor Network West
06.2020 - 01.2022
Organ Preservation Coordinator
Donor Network West
01.2018 - 06.2020
Placement Coordinator
Donor Network West
07.2014 - 02.2018
Bachelor of Science - Molecular Environmental Biology
University of California, Berkeley
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