One year ago — Sept. 1, 2022 — MTN opened its new Donor Care and Surgical Recovery Unit (DCU) after years of careful planning, preparation and training. Since then, we have cared for 131 donor patients from 29 area hospitals in our world-class DCU, providing 415 lifesaving organs to those who waited for a second chance.
In college, Barb Sheble passed out during track practice. A few months later, she got sick and passed out again. She was diagnosed with a congenital heart condition. She lived with the condition for 18 years before being placed on the transplant waitlist in January 2009, receiving a heart the same year. Sheble, whose heritage is Citizen Potawatomi Nation, is an MTN Ambassador who’s volunteered since 2013.
A sales competition among local teams at Colonial Life meant the winners could donate $1,000 to an organization of their choice. Amanda Liezert’s team won the contest and chose Midwest Transplant Network as their beneficiary.
Britney Machin’s professional career in healthcare includes experience as a community liaison in a clinical setting. She is our Staff Spotlight for National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month.
For the third consecutive year, Midwest Transplant Network is ranked among the top organ procurement organizations in the country by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services performance reporting. The 2023 OPO Annual Public Aggregated Report shows that based on 2021 data — the most recent data currently available — Midwest Transplant Network is rated as Tier 1A and is third in the nation for both donation and transplantation rates.
Midwest Transplant Network hosted the Greater Kansas City Black Nurses Association during National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month for a staff lunch and learn called Pathways to Trust.
CMS released the 2023 OPO Annual Public Aggregated Performance Report, which outlines individual OPO performance in 2021, the most recent year for which data is available. MTN ranks in Tier 1A – the highest possible performance standard – and No. 3 nationally for both donation and transplantation rates.
Midwest Transplant Network staff members recognize their partners in saving lives through organ, eye and tissue donation by presenting the annual Excellence in Donation Awards to hospitals, individuals and organizations in our community.
Each selfless gift given by an organ, eye and/or tissue donor has a true ripple effect. Learn about one heart recipient’s powerful and inspiring transplant journey.
Join MTN in reflecting on the work we did in 2022 to save lives with dignity and compassion as well as help celebrate 50 years of furthering our lifesaving and life-enhancing mission.
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