
Hospital Engagement
Hospital Engagement staff maintain a close, collaborative relationship with hospitals throughout the United States, to help define, shape, and guide their roles in the donation process.

Hospital Engagement Workgroup and Pre-Conference Faculty
Left to right; Faith Hilterbrand, Heather Osipowicz, Emily McGlaughn, Katherine Orozco, Tania Houle, and Michelle Reef
Core Curriculum for Hospital Engagement:
The Hospital Development Core Curriculum (HD) is designed to share and teach "best practices: to HD professionals and any OPO professionals wishing to develop and grow HD Skills. It is recommended that those attending this course have at least three months of experience in HD.
Advanced Hospital Engagement:
Hospital Engagement leadership requires advanced practice skills to execute their role effectively. The Advanced Hospital Engagement Workshop is designed to share and teach "best practices" to advanced hospital engagement professionals to develop and grow advanced leadership skills.
Pre-Conference
Pathway to Tier 1
February 25, 2024
8:00am ET to 5:00pm ET
Hyatt Regency Hill Country
San Antonio, TX
Pre-Conference Registration does NOT include the Annual Meeting.

2023 Hospital Engagement Pre-Conference Attendees
The NATCO Exchange
Hospital Engagement
The NATCO Exchange is a new communications forum based on feedback from NATCO members and program attendees. This program is designed to provide our NATCO members with a collaborative environment in which they can exchange challenges and new ideas with their colleagues across the donation and transplant community.
This is a virtual open discussion forum to be offered quarterly for all areas of expertise in donation and transplantation.
Exchange Dates:
- February 27, 2023
- May 22, 2023
- August 28, 2023
- November 20, 2023
Time: 4:00PM ET
This program is offered complimentary to NATCO members.
Non-Members: NATCO Exchange Networking fee $100 annually
New Resource Now Available
Hospital Development Coordinators are responsible for tracking and providing OPO and hospital data to multiple stakeholders. In an effort to make this data easily accessible NATCO is providing an easy access link to the New SRTR OPO-specific reports (OSRs) that contain information about the deaths in the OPO's donor service area, the donor conversion rates, and metrics detailing which organs were successfully placed for transplant.
PLEASE CLICK HERE AND SELECT YOUR SERVICE AREA.