By Donate Life Twig
A symposium entitled "Personal & Clinical Perspectives on Organ and Tissue Donation" which will be co-hosted by SU Twig 1, the Donate Life Twig of the Overlook Hospital Auxiliary and The New Jersey Sharing Network, will be held in the hospital’s Wallace Auditorium on Thursday, October 21 from 10 a.m. until Noon with refreshments beginning at 9:30 a.m. The public is encouraged to attend this informative and timely symposium. Parking tickets will be validated at the symposium.
Dr. Norman Luka, Medical Director of Clinical Affairs at Overlook Hospital, will welcome everyone to the event. The program will highlight many of the important aspects of Organ and Tissue donation. Martha Anderson, Executive VP of Donor Services and Kimberly Young a tissue recipient, both representatives from the Musculo-Skeletal Transplant Foundation, will discuss the personal and clinical aspects of Tissue Donation. Jack LoCicero, father of an organ donor and Mike Strusiak a double organ recipient, will address the same issues as they relate to Organ Transplantation. Rounding out the presentation, William Reitsma, Medical Director of Clinical Affairs for the New Jersey Sharing Network, will present a report detailing some of the exciting new breakthroughs on both the clinical and medical sides of this issue. He will also update everyone on the impact of recent new legislation relevant to this issue.
Today more than 100,000 Americans are waiting for life saving organs which includes 4,500 people from the state of New Jersey alone. Each year, organ transplantation gives a second chance at life to many grateful recipients. Tissue donation enhances the quality of life for so many recipients through bone, cornea, skin, ligament and heart valve transplants.
The goals of the Donate Life Twig are to encourage the gift of organ and tissue donation, to dispel myths surrounding this gift and to educate the public on the various aspects of donation. Pre-registration for this event is required. Please contact the Auxiliary Business office at madonna.lee@atlantichealth.org or tel. 908-522-2004 if you plan to attend.
Photo above: Members of the Donate Life Committee planning the symposium: Back row, left to right: Dorothy Moxley, Mickey Wynne, June Wessel, Simone Shelby, Wally Shelby and Susan Hoag Front row, left to right:Earle Pearson, Diantha Pearson, Winnie O’Connell and Joan Murphy
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