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TEXAS ORGAN SHARING ALLIANCE 8122 DATAPOINT DR. SUITE 200
SAN ANTONIO, TX. 78229 210.614.7030 FAX: 210.614.2129
PROFESSIONAL CAREER SYNOPSIS
TEXAS ORGAN SHARING ALLIANCE, SAN ANTONIO, TX. December 2016
Chief Executive Officer TEXAS ORGAN SHARING ALLIANCE, SAN ANTONIO, TX February 2016Chief Operating Officer TEXAS ORGAN SHARING ALLIANCE, SAN ANTONIO, TX. Senior Director, Clinical Services 1997 - 2016
LIFELINK OF PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN, P.R. 1994 – 1997
Manager of Procurement
LIFELINK OF GEORGIA, ATLANTA, GA. 1993 – 1994
As Senior Vascular Coordinator, spent year preparing for the establishment of the P.R. office.
NEW YORK REGIONAL TRANSPLANT PROGRAM, NEW YORK, NY. 1988 – 1993
Procurement Manager, last position held.
CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1985 – 1987
Surgical House Officer
Changes in the Cadaver Donor Patterns in Puerto Rico, Presented at the 4th International Congress of the Pan-American Society for Dialysis and Transplantation, Published: Transplantation Proceedings
Transmission of Hepatitis B from HbcAb Positive Donors, Presented at the Organ Sharing 2nd International Congress, Published: American Journal of Transplant Surgeons
Impact of a Lung Transplantation Donor-Management Protocol on Lung Donation and Recipient Outcomes, Published: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Use of Organs for Transplantation from a Donor with Primary Meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri, Published: American Journal of Transplantation
Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Neurological Death Organ Donors: The RIPNOD Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial, Funded: Health Resources and Services Administration, Published: JAMA
Identifying Potential Ventilator Auto-Triggering Among Organ Procurement Organization Referrals, Published: Progress in Transplantation
Organ Procurement Organization Survey of Practices and Beliefs Regarding Pre-recovery Percutaneous Liver Biopsy in Donation after Neurologic Death, Published: Liver Transplantation
Hispanic Authorization Rates Influenced by Non-Trauma Deaths, Presented at the AOPO and NATCO annual meetings in 2015
EDUCATION
C.P.T.C. – Certified Procurement Transplant Coordinator – 1990
M.D. – Universidad Central del Este, Dominican Republic – 1984
B.S. – Universidad Central del Este, Dominican Republic – 1982
Miami Dade College, Miami, FL. – 1979
Bilingual: Fluent English/Spanish
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
UNOS Patient Affairs Committee
1999-2002
UNOS Patient Affairs Committee
2002-2003
UNOS Organ Procurement Committee
2003- 2015
National Conference on Donation after Cardiac Death 2005
Texas Transplant Society – Executive Committee
2012-2015
Co-Chair Clinical Coordinating Committee
Texas Organ Sharing Alliance 1997- Date
Ethics Committee – Texas Organ Sharing Alliance
Financial relationships
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