New York Organ Donor Network Work Values

Daily Duties at New York Organ Donor Network:

Responsible for organizing organ and tissue recovery in hospitals in our Donor Service. • Hired and trained new preservation technicians on kidney dissection to accommodate the quadruple increase in kidney machine pulsatile preservation (MPP), as a result allowing the department to reach MPP on 700- 750 kidneys (~23% of all performed in the US MPP) annually. • Developed and implemented optimized needle biopsy technique to better assess renal allograft quality. The technique has been approved by the NYODN Kidney/Pancreas committee, implemented and published. • Developed two new renal clamps for MPP (The Yushkov Clamp is in production by Krolman, Inc, the Universal clamp is in production by Organ Recovery Systems). • Performed clinical research related to MPP identifying the relationship between MPP parameters and renal allograft one-year and three-year graft function. • Wrote and implemented numerous SOPs standardizing work in Organ Preservation, MPP lab & Tissue Department. • Hired and trained new technicians to perform all types of tissue recovery. Developed three new recovery techniques for scapula recovery, femoral vessels recovery, and long aorto-femoral graft recovery that were accepted and recommended to other OPOs by MTF and Cryolife. • Prepared two projects for Internal Review Board submission. The first project was approved by Western IRB; the second project was reviewed and approved by Columbia, Montefiore, NYU and North Shore IRBs. • Improved the department stature among 9 Medical Examiner offices and 102 hospitals with which it interfaces.

What they like about New York Organ Donor Network:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

Organ preservation, Management, Research, Analytics, Innovation, Budjeting, Procurement, Dialysis, ICU, Protocol

Skills

Management, Innovation, Healthcare, Clinical research, Public speaking, Medicine, Clinical trials, Budgets, Transplant, Procurement, Dialysis, ICU, Protocol

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with New York Organ Donor Network: