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December 6, 2013For Immediate Release

Congratulations to the 2013 Certified Tissue Bank Specialists!

 

The CTBS designation indicates that the candidate has passed a rigorous examination that covers subject categories such as donor screening and testing, tissue recovery, tissue processing, distribution, decontamination techniques, quality assurance, product testing, labeling, record-keeping, and clinical application of allografts.  The examination focuses on the application of the AATB Standards for Tissue Banking and associated regulatory requirements.
     "On behalf of the AATB Board of Governors, I wish to congratulate the 2013 class of Certified Tissue Bank Specialists on achieving this significant professional milestone," stated Frank Wilton, CEO of the AATB.  "This designation demonstrates outstanding expertise in the tissue banking profession. Further, it shows a commitment to excellence on the part of your organizations for supporting and encouraging staff to strive for this level of accomplishment.  We look forward to your contributions to the profession of promoting the safety, quality, and availability of donated cells and tissue."

 

2013 Certified Tissue Bank Specialists (CTBS) 

 

Joanne Adamo, CTBS - The Living Legacy Foundation

Shawn Adams, CTBS - LifeCenter Northwest

Delmar Agawin, CTBS - Comprehensive Tissue Centre

Mari Pearl Agawin, CTBS - Comprehensive Tissue Centre

Rafael Aguilar, CTBS - OneLegacy

Ana Aguilar de Armas, CTBS - Comprehensive Tissue Centre

Jose Alonso, CTBS - University of Miami Tissue Bank

Josiah Anaya, MPH, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Texas

Stephanie Anders, CTBS - The Living Legacy Foundation

Courtney Antonuccio, CTBS - Parcell Laboratories

Kylee Archer, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Amalie Armenteros, CTBS - California Transplant Donor Network

Katy Ashpaugh, CTBS - Midwest Transplant Network

Paula Augustyniak, RN, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Michael Aussey, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Michael Baffoni, CTBS - OneLegacy

Chrissy Baggett, CTBS - DCI Donor Services - Tennessee

Jeanine Bailey, CTBS - AlloSource

Chris Baker, RN, BSN, CTBS - Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency - ARORA

Lesly Bankson, CTBS - Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates - KODA

Carolina Baracaldo, CTBS - LifeLink Tissue Bank

Dina Basalyga, PhD, CTBS - RTI Surgical, Inc.

Rachael Baylis, CTBS - TissueNet

Brittany Belfiglio, CTBS - Gift of Life Donor Program

Lauren Bernard, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Christy Bethel, CTBS - OneLegacy

Jennifer Blevins, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Debra Bogstad, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Carlos Borges, CTBS - LifeLink Puerto Rico

Christopher Boten, CTBS - Iowa Donor Network

Abegail Brar, CTBS - Sierra Donor Services

Sonja Brinkel, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Amy Brode, CTBS - Lifeline of Ohio

Nicole Brooks, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Jason Brosious, RN, MSN, CEBT, CTBS - Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank

Angelique Brown, CTBS - OneLegacy

Devin Burke, CTBS - LifeLink Florida

Michelle Bush, CTBS - OneLegacy

Rujae Candado, CTBS - Comprehensive Tissue Centre

Evetta Canty, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Taina Cardona Bodine, CTBS - Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation - MTF

Daniel Caredeo, CTBS - New England Organ Bank - NEOB

Sean Carr, CTBS - LifeLink Tissue Bank

Brannon Casler, CTBS - LifeCenter Northwest

Dana Castleberry, CTBS - OneLegacy

Javier Cauthen, CTBS - Alabama Organ Center

Charles Chen, CTBS - California Transplant Donor Network

Jovita Chevalier-Taty, CTBS - SpinalGraft Technologies, LLC

Frances Clark, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Nick Cleary, CTBS - LifeLink Tissue Bank

Nancy Cojulun, CTBS - LifeLink Tissue Bank

Bronte Cole, CTBS - Veterinary Transplant Services, Inc.

David Colyn, CTBS - Jim Colyn & Associates Quality Consultants, LLC

Barbara Converse, RN, CTBS - Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation - MTF

Kyle Cotner, CTBS - Pinnacle Transplant Technologies, LLC

Matthew Cotton, CTBS - Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency - LOPA

Katie Cox, CTBS - Midwest Transplant Network

Florante Cudal, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Texas

Melissa Culhane, CTBS - Gift of Life Michigan

Catherine Curran, CTBS - OneLegacy

Jennifer DeLuca, CTBS - Gift of Life Donor Program

Dominic Denty, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Janet Diamond, BSN, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Kristin Dickel Judy, CTBS - Anatomy Gifts Registry

Kate Dillon, CTBS - Lifeline of Ohio

Corinne Doran, RN, CTBS - Gift of Life Michigan

Kenneth Doty, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Derek Dougherty, CTBS - Wisconsin Tissue Bank

Jeremy Douglas, CTBS - Lifeline of Ohio

Daisy Dueker, CTBS - Transplant For Life

John Dullard, CTBS - Donor Alliance

Stephanie Dumas French, CTBS - LifeShare Oklahoma

John Duran, CTBS - New England Organ Bank - NEOB

Jessica Edwards, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Kevin Elmore, CTBS - Mid-America Transplant Services

Charles English, CTBS - AlloSource

Katherine Ennis, CTBS - Gift of Life Donor Program

David Estorga, CTBS - Nevada Donor Network, Inc.

Badia Farha, CTBS - Gift of Life Michigan

Jo Ann Farmer, CTBS - DCI Donor Services - Tennessee

Maria Teresa Fernandez, MD, CTBS - Comprehensive Tissue Centre

Lucas Fewell, CTBS - Iowa Donor Network

Drew Flanagin, CTBS - Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency - MORA

Sandra Flores-Reilly, CTBS - New York Organ Donor Network - NYODN

James Forrest, CTBS - Washington Regional Transplant Community - WRTC

Sean Forrest, CTBS - Vascular Transplant Services, Inc.

Heather Forrester, CTBS - Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency - ARORA

Kerry Fortney, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Michael Fostich, CTBS - Midwest Transplant Network

Kathryn Fox, CTBS - OneLegacy

Keith Fuge, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Gina Garcia Todaro, CTBS - Bio-Tissue, Inc.

Christelle Gardinor, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Kimberly Gestoso, CTBS - OneLegacy

Albert Gillispie, CTBS - Osteogenics

Amanda Girard, CTBS - New England Organ Bank - NEOB

Ashley Glover, CTBS - LifeNet Health Northwest

Herbert (Tony) Gomez, CTBS - OneLegacy

Amber Grantham, CTBS - Donor Alliance

Cynthia Gray, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Barbara Gross, RN, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Luke Grothaus, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Portland

Rose Gurdon, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Dae Hee Ha, CTBS - CG Biotechnology

Farid Habib, CTBS - Wisconsin Tissue Bank

Bobbie Hagan, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Lionel Hampton, CTBS - Gift of Life Michigan

Timothy Hannah, CTBS - Gift of Life Michigan

Kathryn Hanzlicek, CTBS - AlloSource

Rubina Haq, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Raylean Hartley, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Franklin Hawes, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Indiana

Joyleen Helcoski, CTBS - Donor Alliance

Gabriella Hernandez, CTBS - Shriners Hospital for Children

Caitlin Heywood, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Seth Hoffman, CTBS - Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network

Jerome Howard, CTBS - Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network

LaShawna Hutson, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Ryo Isshiki, CTBS - LifeLink Foundation

Sharon Izenberg, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Stephanie Jackson, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Cortney Jensen, CTBS - Iowa Donor Network

Mark Johnson, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Anthony Jones, CTBS - LifeLink Tissue Bank

Derek Jones, CTBS - Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency - LOPA

Olivia Jones, CTBS - Life Alaska Donor Services, Inc.

Tiffany Jourdan, CTBS - Nevada Donor Network, Inc.

Gregory Juda, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Kyle Kaspari, CTBS - Donor Network of Arizona

Ellen Keaveny, CTBS - AlloSource

Korinna Kellerstrass, CTBS - Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation - MTF

Stephanie Kephart, CTBS - Nebraska Organ Recovery System

Mark Ketron, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Kelly Kimbriel, CTBS - SpinalGraft Technologies, LLC

Stephen Knobbs, CTBS - Gift of Life Donor Program

Nancy Koch Winter, CTBS - Midwest Transplant Network

Susan Kruchten, RN, BSN, CTBS - Iowa Donor Network

Jesse Kruse, CTBS - Lifeline of Ohio

Paul Labbe, CTBS - LifeCenter Northwest

Delight-Nicole Labrovich, CTBS - California Transplant Donor Network

Kenny Laferriere, CTBS - New England Organ Bank - NEOB

Hannah Lauinger, CTBS - Indiana Organ Procurement Organization - IOPO

Ann Lay, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Pamela Layton, CTBS - Parcell Laboratories

Sophia Lea, CST, CTBS - LifeGift Organ Donation Center - Houston/Lubbock

Chulwoo Lee, CTBS - Jun Young Medical

Curtis Lee, CTBS - LifeNet Health Florida

Ju Hyeun Lee, CTBS - CG Biotechnology

James Licharowicz, RN, CTBS - LifeNet Health Florida

Nancy Lindquist, CTBS - Life Alaska Donor Services, Inc.

Jose Lopez, CTBS - LifeGift Organ Donation Center - Houston/Lubbock

Charmaine Loupassakis, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Helena Lovick, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Rossana Luna, CTBS - Southern Alberta Tissue Program

Chuong Luong, CTBS - LifeLink Tissue Bank

Sarah MacLaurin, CTBS - OneLegacy

Samantha Mahalek, CTBS - Pinnacle Transplant Technologies, LLC

Jeanine Maines, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Michael Mansfield, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Corinne Marceau, CTBS - Comprehensive Tissue Center

Stephanie Marion, CTBS - RTI Surgical, Inc.

Amina Masic, CTBS - OneLegacy

Amanda McAdams, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Indiana

William McKenna, CTBS - Gift of Life Donor Program

Damon McNeal, CTBS - AlloSource

Bridseida Melendez, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Rachel Merling, CTBS - The Living Legacy Foundation

Mark Miklos, CTBS - Upstate New York Transplant Services, Inc. - UNYTS

Hope Milligan, CTBS - Carolina Donor Services

Nichole Mitchell, CTBS - Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation - MTF

Michelle Moncier, CTBS - BioDlogics

Manny Montoya, CTBS - New England Organ Bank - NEOB

Eric Moore, CTBS - RTI Surgical, Inc.

Aaron Moreng, CTBS - Joint Restoration Foundation

Jessica Moreno, CTBS - OneLegacy

Julie Muncy, CTBS - Gift of Life Michigan

Latasha Munson, CTBS - CryoLife, Inc.

Jennifer Murray, CTBS - AlloSource

Stephen Myers, CTBS - New Jersey Organ & Tissue Sharing Network

Catherine Nelson, BSN, CTBS - The Living Legacy Foundation

Daniel Newman, CTBS - DCI Donor Services

Melanie Nichter, CTBS - American Donor Services

Ann Nielsen, CTBS - DCI Donor Services - Tennessee

Kris Niessen, CTBS - Gift of Life Michigan

Doug O'Hara, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Santiago Osorio, CTBS - University of Miami Tissue Bank

Jennifer O'Toole, CTBS - California Transplant Donor Network

Irma Palacios, CTBS - LifeShare Transplant - Donor Services of Oklahoma

Rina Parikh, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Kerry Pearson, CTBS - RTI Surgical, Inc.

Brian Peavler, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Indiana

Kristen Pereira, CTBS - Sierra Donor Services

Clarisse Pfeiffer, CTBS - AlloSource

Mary Pfeiffer, CTBS - Upstate New York Transplant Services, Inc. - UNYTS

Ashley Philligin, CTBS - Carolina Donor Services

Amy Pigott, CTBS - Iowa Donor Network

Nicole Polk, CTBS - Wisconsin Tissue Bank

Kelly Prescott, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Kelli Proctor, CTBS - LifeShare Transplant

Tasha Querantes, CTBS - California Transplant Donor Network

Andrew Quinones, CTBS - South Texas Blood & Tissue Center

Jason Rainey, CTBS - Wisconsin Tissue Bank

Kristin Rao, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Mike Raymond, CTBS - New England Organ Bank - NEOB

Gwen Reid, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Shannon Renaud, CTBS - Transplant For Life

Victoria Rensink, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Gina Restaino, CTBS - New Jersey Organ & Tissue Sharing Network

Jennifer Riccio, CTBS - Gift of Life Donor Program

Devin Rivers, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Sean Robb, CTBS - CryoLife, Inc.

Raichelle Rodriguez, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Trent Roesch, CTBS - American Donor Services

Wendy Rothschild, CTBS - New Jersey Organ & Tissue Sharing Network

Barbara Russo, CTBS - Upstate New York Transplant Services, Inc. - UNYTS

Mary Rutan, CTBS - LifeLink Foundation

Coleen Ryan, BSN, CTBS - Nebraska Organ Recovery System

Darren Sanchez, CTBS - New Mexico Donor Services

Laura Sanford, CTBS - California Transplant Donor Network

Emmitt Savannah, CTBS - LifeGift Organ Donation Center - Houston/Lubbock

Anfisa Schams, CTBS - American Donor Services

James Schoenherr, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Bryan Schofield, CTBS - MedCure, Inc.

Michelle Scott, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Ashley Seidler, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Jason Seidler, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Maritza Seineke, CTBS - South Texas Blood & Tissue Center

Roger Serigstad, CTBS - OneLegacy

Tamara Setzer, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Scophil Shirohi, PA(ASCP), CTBS - U California San Diego

Jamie Sicilian, CTBS - Lifeline of Ohio

Becky Sizemore, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Michael Skinner, CTBS - Tissue Banks International-Boston

Greg Slate, CTBS - Donor Alliance

Ashley Stehulak, LPN, CTBS - LifeBanc

Kelly Stevens, CTBS - DCI Donor Services - Tennessee

Alene Stewart, CTBS - New Jersey Organ & Tissue Sharing Network

Gabby Stinson, CTBS - Cord Blood America, Inc and CorCell Companies, Inc.

Greta Stockton, CTBS -LifeCenter Northwest

Devin Stone, CTBS - AlloSource

Karin Stothart, CTBS - OneLegacy

Serena Stott, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Noel Stout, LPN, CTBS - Donor Alliance

Noah Stromer, CTBS - Pinnacle Transplant Technologies, LLC

Christina Rockwood, CTBS - LifeLink Foundation

Omar Sukkar, CTBS - Gift of Life Michigan

Suranga Suraweera, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Matthew Tener, CTBS - Midwest Transplant Network

Scott Testin, CTBS - Lonza Walkersville, Inc. - Tissue Acquisition Dept.

John Tinker, CTBS - Gift of Life Donor Program

Andrew Tobias, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Mary Ann Tomlinson, CTBS - Community Tissue Services - CTS Dayton

Eric Turcotte, CTBS - New England Organ Bank - NEOB

Duane Turner, CTBS -OneLegacy

Tina Urbas, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Catherine Van Zile, RN, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Nancy Varner, CTBS - New England Organ Bank - NEOB

Chris Vaughn, CTBS - Iowa Donor Network

David Vazquez, CTBS - University of Miami Tissue Bank

Madolyn Vidal, CTBS - LifeNet Health

Denise Villalobos, CTBS - OneLegacy

Sergio Villasenor, CTBS - Allograft Resources - San Antonio

Nick Waite, CTBS - RTI Donor Services

Karolyn Wall, CTBS - LifeCenter Northwest

Francis Walsh, CTBS - Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation - MTF

Rachel Ward, CTBS - LifeNet Health Northwest

Jaime Wasniewski, CTBS - Donor Alliance

Samantha Watson, CTBS - OneLegacy

Traci Weber, CTBS - Veterinary Transplant Services, Inc.

Dwight-N. Webster, CTBS - California Transplant Donor Network

Rachael Weir, CTBS - LifeCell Corporation

Nicole Wherley, CTBS - Life Alaska Donor Services, Inc.

Eric Wilkerson, CTBS - DCI Donor Services - Tennessee

Joseph Willis, CTBS - Alabama Organ Center

Andrew Wilson, CTBS - Iowa Donor Network

Nichole Wixsten, CTBS - Bacterin International, Inc.

Kali Woofter, CTBS - Midwest Transplant Network

Julian Yanez, CTBS - OneLegacy

Carole Yates, CTBS - Vascular Transplant Services, Inc.

Johanne Young, CTBS - RTI Surgical, Inc.

Tracy Yourke, CTBS - Zimmer Dental

Martha Zarraga, CTBS - University of Miami Tissue Bank

Rasa Zhukauskas, MD, CTBS - RTI Surgical, Inc.

 

 

*new CTBS only.

  
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The American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) -- a professional, non-profit, scientific and educational organization -- is the only national tissue banking organization in the United States. Founded in 1976, the AATB is dedicated to improving and saving lives by promoting and advancing the safety, quality and availability of donated human tissue. To fulfill that mission, 
the AATB publishes standards, accredits tissue banks and certifies personnel.