ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Diane Hall, Donation Coordinator with LifeSource, was named the Genzyme Transplant Coordinator of Excellence by the North American Transplant Coordinators Organization (NATCO). The award was presented on August 3 at the NATCO annual meeting in San Francisco.
The Genzyme Transplant Coordinator of Excellence is presented to a clinical and procurement coordinator in the trenches who brings compassion, innovation and dedication to all aspects of his or her profession while providing high quality service. A coordinator is responsible for managing organ and tissue donation cases by working closely with the hospital staff, providing information about donation and support to families in grief, facilitating allocation and surgical recovery of organs, and managing clinical aspects of a donation case.
Diane received this award for her skill and expertise in the job as well as for her leadership in a regional office and her initiative and expansion of her role of donation coordinator including community and professional educator, media representative and public relations contact. Diane Hall is a donation coordinator in the LifeSource Rochester office. She serves as chair of the NATCO Committee on Bylaws and co-chair of LifeSource Neuroadvisory Committee.
“Diane Hall is the kind of exemplary Coordinator that every organization would be honored to have as a member of their team,” said Meg Rogers, Director of Procurement. “She is motivated to learn, grow, and contribute at every level. Diane’s compassion and sensitivity with donor families is identified frequently by direct feedback from families. She is adept at understanding the family’s needs and how to best serve those needs.”
Mick Lovvik, whose wife Mary donated her organs after her death, said of Diane, “Diane expressed a deep compassion and concern for Mary. She showed our family a passion I’ve never seen before.”
NATCO is a member organization for transplant professionals whose mission is to support, develop and advance the knowledge and practice of its members and to influence the effectiveness, quality and integrity of donation and transplantation.
LifeSource, Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization, Inc. is a not- for-profit, federally designated organization responsible for management of donation activities in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and portions of western Wisconsin. LifeSource also manages tissue recovery programs. For more information about organ and tissue donation, contact LifeSource at http://www.organdonation.org/ or 1-888-5-DONATE.
LifeSource
CONTACT: Susan Mau Larson of LifeSource, +1-651-603-7852, or cell,+1-612-968-2940, smlarson@life-source.org
Web site: http://www.organdonation.org/
