Medical
Staff Update

will next
appear in late August with a combined
Aug./Sept.
issue.

(A) Above, members of the Stanford Liver Transplant Team join Giants players and executives before the May 27 Giants Arizona Diamondbacks contest at SBC Park. To the right of the podium are Joanne Imperial, hepatologist; Mark Welton, associate professor and chief of colorectal surgery; Carlos Esquivel, professor of surgery and chief of transplantation; and Tito Monge, physician assistant in the liver program.

(B) Center, Joanne Imperial, associate professor of medicine and hepatologist in the Stanford's Liver Transplant program gets a hug from San Francisco Giants president and managing general partner Peter Magowan during a pre-game ceremony May 27 marking the 7th annual Organ Donor Awareness Day at a Giant's home game. The event highlights the work of the "Step To the Plate Foundation," which has donated more than $200,000 to help the families of organ donor recipients. Imperial was the hepatologist for Lori Gardner, wife of bullpen coach and Giants alumnus Mark Gardner. In 1998, Gardner received a liver transplant at Stanford which extended her life. John Kerner, professor of pediatrics, spearheaded the collaboration which brings together the Giants, the Gardner family, Stanford physicians and the California Transplant Donor Network to promote awareness and raise money for liver transplantation.

(C) Right, Tito Monge, physician assistant in the Liver Transplant Program, and his 4-year-old son, Jackson, get insiders' views of professional baseball at Organ Donor Awareness Day at SBC Park. In the player's uniform is Coach Mark Gardner, whose late wife, Lori, received a liver transplant at Stanford.

Death Certificates must be reviewed, signed promptly

Daylong seminar helps professionals support families facing a death

SHC offers media relations services to physicians

Wachter talk available for viewing on DVD/VHS

Quality and Patient Safety efforts transcend site visits

PCA order sets streamlined

Contact Compliance if Lumetra or other official agency contacts you

Commencement honorees

PAST ISSUES