ORLOWSKI NAMED RECIPIENT OF THE JEANNE C. MOWE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
The American Association of Tissue Banking (AATB) recently announced Jeffrey Orlowski, LifeShare President and CEO, as the recipient of the The Jeanne C. Mowe Distinguished Service Award. This award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution in tissue banking or transplantation, whether in research, education, or laboratory improvement, or who has served the Association or the field of tissue banking. This individual has demonstrated leadership qualities and a consistent willingness to lend his/her expertise to the Association and his/her peers.
Jeff has served on numerous committees, including the AATB Board of Governors, promoted AATB membership and accreditation, and has contributed countless hours ensuring the safety and quality of recovered tissue for transplantation. He also has more than 30 years of involvement in the transplant community.
This year's award recipients were awarded and honored at the 2020 AATB Virtual Annual Meeting.
Jeff has served on numerous committees, including the AATB Board of Governors, promoted AATB membership and accreditation, and has contributed countless hours ensuring the safety and quality of recovered tissue for transplantation. He also has more than 30 years of involvement in the transplant community.
This year's award recipients were awarded and honored at the 2020 AATB Virtual Annual Meeting.
LIFESHARE ON RECORD PACE FOR SAVING LIVES IN 2020
Lives Saved Despite National Pandemic
Oklahomans are known to be some of the most generous people, and through the pandemic, it has proved no different with LifeShare on a record pace for both the number of organ donors and organs recovered in 2020. LifeShare saw more than 137 become donors since the beginning of the year, which provided 344 organs for transplant. Prior to 2020, our highest activity level for January through August in any given year was in 2019 with 121 donors and 330 organs transplanted. Bobbie Renfrow’s daughter, Madison, was one of those life-saving heroes amidst the pandemic. Madison was eighteen years old and full of life. She was a mother to her one-year-old son and had all kinds of plans for their future together. Madison was crazy, silly and outspoken. Most of all, she was true to herself. Bobbie had always told her daughter how important being an organ donor was. And a year ago when Madison received her license, she ran to her mom showing her the ID card and saying, “look what I just did!”. Madison knew she made an important, life-saving decision. 
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