Sarah has been working with donor families and hospitals at Midwest Transplant Network since 2002. She brought with her 10 years of experience as a critical care social worker and hospital director. She has a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Kansas. She was named the National Social Work Leader of the Year in 2001 and a 2020 Ethics Champion for the Center for Practical Bioethics. As part of the MTN Leadership team she is responsible for oversight of stakeholder engagement through Hospital Services and Community Engagement/Public Relations. She directs MTN organ and tissue authorization and referrals and supports donor family aftercare. She feels incredibly lucky to spend her days supporting the staff who are improving the lives and experiences of others through compassionate family, community, and hospital care.
Choosing to Lead: Lessons in Healthcare Leadership
Join Dennis Wagner and Dr. John Scanlon, authors of the recently-published book, Choosing to Lead, as they demonstrate how to use a set of clear, practical leadership mindsets and methods to make good leadership choices in the four domains of Intent, Being, Language and Roles. A number of the leadership stories and methods profiled feature the work of OPO, donor hospital and transplant program leaders and patients in the organ donation and transplantation community of practice.
Both Dennis and Dr. Scanlon were among the key leaders involved in conducting the Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaboratives and in the work that led to creation of The Alliance.
Using these mindsets and methods in Choosing to Lead will lead not only to greater effectiveness and results but also will precipitate greater joy. This concept of joy is one you will seldom, if ever, encounter in other management or business school case studies or workshops. But it is real, it is contagious, and it is a force spurring results and connections never imagined.