Wendy Deis
District Governor Elect, District 7170

ROTARY SERVICE
Owego Rotary Club 2010
Program Chair x 2
Board of Directors
Foundation Chair x 2
Membership Committee
ORC President
Foundation Area Director
District Grant Committee
Foundation Dinner Co-Chair
District Grant Training 
 
 
 
 
EXPERIENCE
XDX, San Francisco, CA
Reimbursement Account Manager - Northeastern US  2006 - 2008
Liason for Northeast U.S. Transplant Centers,  Insurance Companies and Xdx; a SF based start-up company offering gene expression testing for cardiac transplant recipients. 
CIGNA, Pittsburgh, PA
Transplant Case Manager  2003 - 2006
Single point of contact for patients, families and healthcare professionals to manage benefits and services through all phases of transplant.  Average caseload of 90 patients.  
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, Pittsburgh, PA
Heart & Lung Transplant Coordinator  1987 - 1997
Pre transplant coordinator for 6 Cardiothoracic surgeons.  Intake of nationwide referrals to program, coordinated evaluations, presentations to Patient Selection Committee, managed national computer listings of recipients, collaborated with multidisciplinary team
Organ Procurement Coordinator  1986 - 1987
Responsible for education to hospitals in Western PA and NY on organ donation and transplantation.  Evaluated potential organ donors, obtained consent from donor families for organ donation and organized and coordinated donor surgical recovery teams, assisted in OR and distributed organs utilizing the national computer system (UNOS).
DELAWARE VALLEY TRANSPLANT, Philadelphia, PA
Organ Procurement Coordinator  1984 - 1986
Responsible for education to hospitals in Eastern PA and Southern NJ on organ donation and transplantation.  Evaluated potential organ donors, obtained consent from donor families for organ donation and organized and coordinated donor surgical recovery teams, assisted in OR and distributed organs utilizing the national computer system (UNOS) for 6 transplant centers.
DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Durham, NC
Medical Intensive Care Unit - Registered Nurse
NORWALK HOSPITAL, Norwalk, CT
Med/Surg Intensive Care Unit & Coronary Care Unit - Registered Nurse

EDUCATION
Sacred Heart College, Belmont, NC 
Prerequisites and electives prior to  Nursing School 1973
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Nursing School - graduated 1976
 
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
Tioga Arts Council  - Board of Directors
Tioga County Rural Ministry - Board of Directors
Rebecca Weitsman Memorial Dog Park - Treasurer
Anti Hunger Task Force - food delivery
PTO President Co-Chair
 
AWARDS/HONORS
Paul Harris +2
CIGNA Outstanding Service 
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