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Ria Belmonte

McCordsville,IN

Summary

Experienced Donor Allocation Coordinator and Surgical Coordinator with 21 years of healthcare and Organ Procurement Organizations experience. Strong leadership and relationship-building skills.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Organ Utilization Specialist

Iowa Donor Network
North Liberty, IA
07.2024 - Current
  • Coordinate appropriate resources for the successful placement of thoracic and abdominal organs.
  • Coordinate appropriate resources for the successful placement of renal and extra-renal imports. Handle all import offers referred to Iowa either by UNOS or other OPOs, within established protocols.
  • Responsible for notifying recipient surgeon of the import offers, communicating details of offer.
  • Responsible for telephone communications with UNOS and the OPO regarding the recipient surgeon’s acceptance or declination of an offer.
  • Responsible for arranging all transportation required to get offered organ to transplant centers. In the case of a ‘fly-out’, responsible for communicating all details to the surgical coordinator to handle case.
  • Participate in the call schedule performing all duties and responsibilities including placement coordination and documentation and follow-up as appropriate.
  • Establish positive relationships with various hospitals, transplant center and surgeon groups.

Organ Import Coordinator/Transplant Coordinator

Indiana Organ Donor Network
Indianapolis, IN
09.2022 - 03.2024
  • Manages import offers for heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, intestine and kidneys for local transplant centers
  • Responds to offers within the OPTN guidelines
  • Screens offers against established decline criteria
  • Places provisional yes documentation to organs that do not meet current rule-out criteria.
  • Clearly presents primary offers to local transplant centers.
  • Effectively communicates physicians requests to host Organ Procurement Organization (OPOs)
  • Coordinates the logistics and teams needed for an organ import.
  • Appropriately documents import status utilizing transplant shared drives and software.
  • Communicates with transplant centers utilizing HIPAA compliant texting application.
  • Conducts accurate and detailed shift exchanges with oncoming staff to ensure continuity of organ imports.
  • Arranges shipment of tissue typing materials
  • Coordinates flight and ground transportation for import organs, INDN staff and transplant staff
  • Arrange flyouts for organs, effectively coordinating appropriate timelines with transplant coordinators and transplant physicians involved.

DONOR ALLOCATION COORDINATOR

One Legacy
Los Angeles, CA
11.2014 - 09.2022
  • Allocates and coordinates placement of organs and tissues for life saving transplants.
  • Maintained strong customer service by providing real-time communication with transplant coordinators, hospital personnel, and recovery site personnel.
  • Ensured compliance with UNOS, AOPO, and CMS standards.
  • Contacted research programs to allocate organs for research.
  • Verified data integrity and accuracy.
  • Maintained calm demeanor during stressful situations to achieve objectives for organ recipients.


SURGICAL COORDINATOR/ Organ Placement Coordinator

GIFT OF HOPE ORGAN & TISSUE DONATION
Itasca, IL
10.2004 - 09.2014
  • Assisted the Organ Recovery Coordinators, transplant surgeons, transplant coordinators during organ procurement.
  • Managed the recovery of the organs for transplant and ensure the safe transport of the organs to the transplant hospitals.
  • Provides organ preservation for local and import cases.
  • Assisted the OPO’s Medical Director in the operating room, setting up donor cases.
  • Packaged and labeled all the organ according to UNOS policy accepted by the transplant centers.
  • Provided kidney pumping for all the donors that meets the perfusion criteria.
  • Recovered research organs.

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST

GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
06.2003 - 10.2004
  • Provided support for surgical services by assisting with patient care.
  • Assisted with transporting, positioning and draping the patient appropriately.
  • Responsible for instruments and all the surgical supplies during and after surgery.
  • Assisted the surgeon during surgery.

UNIT SECRETARY CV-ICU

GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
08.1997 - 10.2004
  • Responsible for maintenance of patients chart.
  • Schedules in-house patient for any diagnostic procedures.
  • Organized and maintained the health record filing system, prepared and processed admissions and discharges.
  • Managed and directed incoming calls and transfer to the appropriate person or department.
  • Prepared patients chart for surgery, processed physicians and nurses orders.
  • Responsible for ordering unit supplies.

Education

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST CERTIFICATE -

Triton College
River Grove, IL
2003

Pre Nursing Classes -

Joliet Junior College
Joliet, IL
2001

Medical Assistant Certificate -

American Career College
Los Angeles, CA
1996

Skills

  • Lifeport Kidney pumping
  • Organ preservationist
  • Surgical set up for organ procurements
  • Allocation of organs ( Abdominal and Thoracic)
  • Time management abilities
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Logistics Coordination
  • Organizational Skills
  • Decision-Making
  • Goal Setting

Timeline

Organ Utilization Specialist

Iowa Donor Network
07.2024 - Current

Organ Import Coordinator/Transplant Coordinator

Indiana Organ Donor Network
09.2022 - 03.2024

DONOR ALLOCATION COORDINATOR

One Legacy
11.2014 - 09.2022

SURGICAL COORDINATOR/ Organ Placement Coordinator

GIFT OF HOPE ORGAN & TISSUE DONATION
10.2004 - 09.2014

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST

GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
06.2003 - 10.2004

UNIT SECRETARY CV-ICU

GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
08.1997 - 10.2004

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST CERTIFICATE -

Triton College

Pre Nursing Classes -

Joliet Junior College

Medical Assistant Certificate -

American Career College

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