About the event
Transplant administrators from across the country attend the UNOS Transplant Management Forum each year for its educational sessions and networking opportunities. While many of the sessions are geared to transplant administrators, the forum is also an excellent opportunity for clinical and financial coordinators, social workers, OPO executive directors, physicians and surgeons, to enhance their understanding of how a program operates.
Sessions help to increase collaboration between transplant hospitals and OPOs, and to expand transplant professionals’ knowledge of operations, finances, strategies, and more.
*This activity was approved by the Virginia Nurses Association for approval to award up to 15.75 nursing contact hours. The Virginia Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
*This activity was approved by the American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) to award 16 Category I Continuing Education Points for Transplant Coordinators (CEPTCs).
Photos from TMF 2025
2025 TMF Highlights
Thank you to our 2025 sponsors
We gratefully acknowledge our 2025 sponsors for their support.
TMF 2025 speakers
Ankit Mathur, MBA, MSIS: AI in Transplant and OPO Operations
Laura Butler, MMHC, M.S.N.: Collaborative leadership in transplantation
Samantha Ramirez, DNP, FNP-BC: Evolving role of transplant coordinators
Cathi Murphey, BS. Ph.D.: Kidney Paired Donation
Sara Geatrakas, MSN, RN; Clare Socci, BSN, RN: Creating a Healthy Relationship between transplant staff and the C-Suite
Increasing collaboration.
Expanding knowledge.
Questions?
- For sponsorship, email Dan Noreen.
- For general questions, email the UNOS TMF team.
Awarding excellence
Heckenkemper Leader in Transplant Administration / Quality Award
Honoring individuals for their significant contributions and positive impact on transplant administration.
Award is graciously sponsored by Guidry & East, LLC
2025
Derek Ginos, MHA, FACHE
Administrative Director, Director of operations for abdominal transplant services, Intermountain Health
2024-2025 Advisory Group Roster
2024-2025
Chair
Joshua Gossett
Director, Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Center, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Vice Chair
Martha Stipsits
Director, Transplant Services; Interim Director, Surgical Services, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
At Large
Dana Blayney
Director, Transplant & Dialysis Services, HCA Healthcare
Celeste Braly
Director, Quality & Compliance, UW Health Transplant Center
Robert Howey
Private Consultant
Kristy Mastalarz
Organ Placement Coordinator, Trinity Medical Solutions
Janine Vallen
Director of Transplant Services, Virtua Advanced Transplant and Organ Health
John Martens
Data and Quality Administrator, University Rochester Medical Center
Candy Wells
Director, Organ Utilization, LifeCenter Northwest
Vicki Hunter
Director of Nursing CardioThoracic Vascular Care Units, CommonSpirit Health, Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy
Heather Osipowicz
Director of Hospital Services, Nevada Donor Network
Linda Irwin
Director of Quality, Compliance and Clinical Education, Massachusetts General Hospital
Diana Harter
Director of Nursing, Transplant Services and Palliative Care, Texas Children’s Hospital
Adriane Jungbluth
Program Manager II – Transplant Quality | Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic
Dwana Bailey
Sr. Transplant Financial Coordinator, Ochsner Medical Center
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