Hospital Professionals
Our medical and hospital partners play a crucial role in making donation possible by identifying and referring potential donors in a timely manner. When medical eligibility and consent for donation are confirmed, we collaborate to support donor families, coordinate successful donation and, ultimately, provide lifesaving and life-enhancing organ and tissue transplants for people in need.
Gift of Hope Hospital Development offers a series of Continuing Education Webinars. Registration is required. See below for more information.
Upcoming Events
To suggest a future webinar topic, contact your Hospital Development contact, found here.
Effective End of Life Conversations and their Impact on Donation
Thursday, September 22
Noon-1:00 p.m.
1 CEU for nurses offered
Presenters include:
Deepak S. Nair, MD, Vascular & Critical Care Neurologist,
OSF Healthcare Saint Francis, OSF Illinois Neurological Institute
Karen C. White, MD, PhD, Critical Care/Neurocritical Care Specialist
Carle Foundation Hospital
Emily Dillon, MA, LCPC, Manager, Donation Specialists
Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network
Topics presented will include:
- improving communication with the care team, family and Gift of Hope
- preparing families for brain death testing and end of life decisions
- explaining brain death to families
- bridging the conversation to the subject of donation
- the importance of timing in conversations about donation.
Register for the FREE online webinar by September 9.
Ethics in Organ and Tissue Donation
December – date TBA
Past Webinars
Changing Criteria to Expand the Donor Pool
Thursday, June 16
3-4:00 pm
Speakers:
- David Lee, MD, Loyola Medicine
- Lacey Deloera, MSN, RN, CPTC, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network
- Family of an HIV+ organ donor
Case Studies: Considerations in Pediatric Brain Death Donation
Thursday, April 21
Speakers:
- Sue J. Hong, MD, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
- Meghana Nadiger, MD, FAAP, OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois
- Kelsey Bastian, RN, mother of a pediatric heart transplant recipient
To suggest a future webinar topic, contact your Hospital Development contact, found here.
Check back as new continuing education opportunities and programs are announced.
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