Excellence in Donation Award: Johnson County Medical Examiner

Diane C. Peterson, MD, and her staff at the Johnson County Medical Examiner’s Office consistently go the extra mile to partner with MTN to facilitate donation, even when it presents challenges to them completing their investigative processes. They were the first medical examiner’s (ME) office in our service area to implement an electronic referral system two years ago and have set the standard for the other ME offices in making direct referrals. With a 44% tissue conversion rate and 65 recovered tissue donors, their commitment to donation has helped well over 5,000 grateful recipients. Also, 29 organ donors were recovered due to the collaboration we have with Peterson and the staff at Johnson County Medical Examiner’s Office. Thank you for being such wonderful partners in donation!