Ellen Lee

Experience

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  NuVasive

  Apr 2016 - Jul 2017

  Neurophysiologist

  • Prepares patients for and performs Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring (IONM)• Engages in effective and appropriate communication during IONM with surgical team and on-line Nuvasive personnel• Completes and submits accurate and compliant medical records/chart• Performs SSEP, EMG, TcMEP, EEG, and ABR• Competencies in Natus XLTek Protektor16 and Nuvasive NVM5 platforms

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  Donor Network West

  May 2018 - Jan 2021

  • Manages referral process on all new and active cases. • Assess hemodynamic stability and initiates communication with attending physician and/or hospital staff to maintain stability and potential organ viability• Support and evaluation of family needs• Manages clinical and family resource staffing for daily operations• Supervises clinical staff on active referrals• Assess clinical information to determine medical suitability and reviews with Medical Director when appropriate• Develops strategy with clinical management to optimize donor potential• Partners with hospital development to improve donation processes• Developed the Organ Donation Coordinator program and trained people to this role• Member of the LEAN committee• Serves as RTC liaison for weekly regional case reviews Show less Organ Allocation Coordinator• Managed the allocation process and ensured all aspects are performed to optimal levels in adherence with regulatory policies and organizational procedures• Analyzed clinical data and allocation trends to guide decision-making on organ suitability• Identified case-specific barriers to organ utilization, developed strategies and new protocols to minimize risk of organ loss and maximized opportunities for transplantation• Oversaw chain of custody over transported blood samples, tissue specimens, and recovered organs for transplant or research• Effectively communicated relevant donor information to members of the recipient medical care team (transplant surgeons, liver and kidney nurse coordinators) to minimize organ cold ischemia time and allow for improved care of the transplant recipient• Evaluated regional and national organ offers for 4 different Bay Area transplant centers: Stanford Medical Center, UCSF Medical Center, California Pacific Medical Center, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital• Analyzed clinical data to accept/decline organ offers and served as an allocation consultant to these facilities when communicating with outside OPOs• Oversaw all outstanding infectious disease testing, subsequent to the donation event, to ensure effective care of the transplant recipient. • Served as point of contact for potential disease transmission reporting to ensure patient safety• Participates in the development of research organ prioritization algorithms and manages the allocation and recovery of research organs and tissues• Developed expedited kidney allocation protocol• Staffed recovery coordinators for donor cases• Managed logistic process for each accepted organ• Imports/reviewed research potential as Anabios representative Show less

  • Resource Triage Coordinator

    Oct 2019 - Jan 2021

  • Placement Coordinator

    May 2018 - Jan 2021
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  Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

  Jan 2021 - now

  Manager, Transplant Organ Procurement
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  Stanford Health Care

  Jun 2024 - now

  Manager, Transplant Organ Procurement

  • Responsible for the strategy, development, implementation, and management of the solid organ procurement program in adult and pediatric transplant• Provide leadership within organ donation, procurement, and transplant with projects focused on aligning processes, interdepartmental collaboration, identifying opportunities for improvements, improving capacity, and building sustainable frameworks for improved communication and efficiency• Develop and strengthen internal and external customer relationships to achieve strategic performance excellence goals• Manages all services related to donor offer management and donor procurement • Develop clinical protocols, policies, and operational workflows for donor/recipient coordination and the organ recovery process• Develop quantitative analytics for strategic decision-making and cost optimization across transplant operations• Oversees the program to ensure the delivery of safe, quality patient care in alignment with applicable state and federal regulatory requirements (such as CMS, OPTN/UNOS and TJC) with the Clinical Directors and Administrative Directors of Solid Organ Transplant• Develop strategies with Manager of Quality, Safety and Compliance on Transplant QAPI program efforts such as establishing objective measures to evaluate program performance and maintenance of patient outcomes to meet or exceed expectations Show less