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Navigating Negative Beliefs, Perceptions, and Barriers to Organ Donation
Thursday, August 6 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm• EST

Address how personal beliefs among staff can create barriers in the organ donation process. Examples shared of hospital and motor vehicle staff refusing or discouraging consent due to personal views, which required leadership intervention. The group emphasized the need for broader education and awareness across sectors to ensure staff appropriately support organ donation processes.

Eileen Spallino
Speaker
Eileen Spallino
Donation Development Director
Donor Network West
Linda Martinez
Speaker
Linda Martinez
Family Resource Manager
Donor Network West
Denise Peoples
Community Engagement Workgroup, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workgroup, Moderator
Denise Peoples
Community Services Specialist
NJ Sharing Network
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Community Engagement Workgroup, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workgroup, Moderator, Speaker
Donyale John
MSN, BSN
Director of Organ Operations - Bay Area
Donor Network West

Members of the donation and transplantation community serving diverse populations to include administrators, coordinators, physicians, nurses, surgeons, managers, quality improvement specialists, social workers, and other donation and transplantation center professionals and their colleagues.

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08/06/2026 - Navigating Negative Beliefs, Perceptions, and Barriers to Organ Donation