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Process Engineer

Job Title: Process Engineer

Summary:  The process engineer is responsible for the installation, qualification, operation, supervision of a biomedical device assembly facility clean room.  The role includes developing standard operating protocols, training materials, scheduling, and reporting activities for manufacturing within a regulatory controlled environment.  This includes operations of the facility, electrical, process equipment , HVAC, high

UNOS CEO Brian Shepard to leave organization after a decade of service

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) today announced that CEO Brian Shepard will depart the organization at the end of September, following the completion of his contract. Shepard’s 10-year tenure as UNOS CEO was marked by groundbreaking progress in the U.S. organ donation and transplantation system.

Maureen McBride, Ph.D., UNOS’ chief operating officer, will assume the

[Approval] Preservation by cold storage vs ex vivo normothermic perfusion of marginal donor hearts: clinical, histopathologic, and ultrastructural features

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J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Dec;39(12):1408-1416. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.08.021. Epub 2020 Sep 4.

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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to match clinical outcomes of heart transplantation (HTx) against histopathologic and ultrastructural characteristics of marginal grafts preserved by cold

[Approval] Heart transplantation of patients with ventricular assist devices: impact of normothermic ex-vivo preservation using organ care system compared with cold storage

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J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Oct 27;15(1):323. doi: 10.1186/s13019-020-01367-w.

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BACKGROUND: Organ Care System (OCS) minimizes the cold ischemic time and allows for optimization of logistics and meticulous recipient preparation. Impact of normothermic ex-vivo preservation using OCS compared with cold