"We recently added an outreach coordinator to
our staff, which further connects us to our com-
munity partners and brings our assistance closer
to them," Morris says. "As a result, we hope to be
able to waitlist even more patients in our area and
beyond. In addition, we are part of the National
Kidney Registry, which helps us assist transplant
candidates in finding better living-donated kidney
matches. We have the expertise to pick the right
organ for each patient and transplant it well."
As the Upstate Transplant Program grows, its
nurses are poised to play a central role.
"Referring nephrologists and other providers can
count on us as a strong nursing team with many
years of experience," Jones says. "We're a caring
group of nurses who will give our all to help every
patient succeed in our program."
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For more information, visit upstate.edu/transplant.
"
Our program gives a chance to
patients who might otherwise be rejected
as transplant candidates by other programs.
Our physicians are extremely skilled
at finding the right organ for the right
recipient, even in complex cases. As a
result, we waitlist and transplant sicker
patients than do other programs, and we're
able to offer specialized forms of care."
— JANINE MORRIS, EdD, MPH, RN, ADMINISTRATOR
OF THE UPSTATE TRANSPLANT PROGRAM
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