1. Welcome to the TMF Awards Luncheon

2. Sponsored by LifeTrac Network
Category 1 Cost Reduction/Increase in Work Efficiency/Patient Care Safety Programs
Sponsored by
LifeTrac Network

3. Kidney Transplant – EDOU Collaborative to Decrease 30-Day Readmissions
Rebecca Farrell, BSN, RN, CCTC, Susanna Nazarian, MD, Kate Ventura, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

4. Category 2 Quality Assurance/Improvement/ Transplant Pharmacoeconomics
Sponsored by
OTTR Chronic Care Solutions

5. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Prognosticating Transplantation, Mortality, and Removal Rates from the Waitlist Using the Kidney Transplant Morbidity Index (KTMI)
Daniel Pieloch, MS, RD
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ

6. Category 3 Revenue Management/Optimizing Profitability
Sponsored by
Transplant Management Group, LLC

7. A Kidney Paired Donation Standard Acquisition Charge Pilot Program
Michael Rees, MD, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; Alliance for Paired Donation, Perrysburg, Ohio,
Laurie Reece, Alliance for Paired Donation, Perrysburg, Ohio,
Susan Rees, Alliance for Paired Donation, Perrysburg, Ohio,
Betty Crandall, MS, RN, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC,
Alan B Leichtman, MD, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan

8. Category 4 Transplant Center Initiatives to Increase Organ Donation
Sponsored by
eHealth Technologies

9. Living Donor Travel Program Applications Versus Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients: Donor Count Per Center
Amit Mathur, MD, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
Robert Merion, MD, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Arbor, MI; American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Arlington, VA, Jaiwei Xing, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Arbor, MI, Barry Hong, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Kimberly Gifford, MBA, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Arlington, VA, Patricia Holly Warren, RN, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Arlington, VA, Akinlolu Ojo, MD, PhD, MBA, University of Arizona Health Sciences, Tucson, AZ

10. Category 5 Transplant Data: Analysis, Reporting and Research
Sponsored by
XynManagement

11. A National Review of Transplant Quality Program Staffing Models
Makenzie Cook, MHA, Brian Modisett, MBA(2017), Lauren Smith, MBA(2017), Jerita Payne, ACNP-BC, MMHC, Edward Zavala, MBA
Vanderbilt Transplant Center
Nashville, TN

12. Sponsored by AST Transplant Administrators Community of Practice
Best of the Best
Sponsored by
AST Transplant Administrators
Community of Practice

13. St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Novel Method to Increase Organ Donation Registration at a Transplant Center
Gavin Ambrosi, MD, Levi Faber, Jennifer Kuhar, BS, Darla Granger, MD, FACS, Fauzia Butt, MD, FACS
St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Detroit, MI

14. 2017 Heckenkemper Leader in Transplant Administration Award
Sponsored by
Guidry & East, LLC

15. Gene Ridolfi, BA, RN, MHA Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO