| Best of Health Achieving Excellence Awards 2007 |
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Category - Health Care
WINNER:
Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
incorporating ABO Incompatible and
Highly Sensitised Renal Transplantation
Transplantation and Dialysis and 
Laboratory Haematology Team,
Medicine and Surgery
Dr Shlomo Cohney (with award) and some of the multidisciplinary team pictured with Melbourne Health Chairman Mr Robert Doyle and Chief Executive Ms Linda Sorrell.
The Project
Over the past four years, Melbourne Health has achieved significant advances in kidney transplantation. In April 2004, the program began transplanting patients who had antibodies against their intended donor, resulting in 18 patients receiving transplants with 90 per cent of these being successful.
In December 2005, after two years of preparatory work, Melbourne Health introduced the first ABO incompatible kidney transplantation program in Australia, and has since transplanted 25 patients across the ABO blood group barrier with 100 per cent success rate. These two major advances have enabled us to offer kidney transplantation to patients who would have otherwise remained dialysis dependent for life.
The success of this program has relied heavily on a remarkable sense of collaboration between the transplantation and dialysis team and the Haematology Laboratory.
Nominees
Addiction Medicine Service
Patricia Green, Division of Medicine
A New generation of Dementia Care
AC1, Ambulatory and Continuing Care
Diabetes Foot Unit / Podiatry Services
Kerry May, Allied Health
Head and Neck Oncology Tumour Stream Multi Disciplinary Clinic
Head and Neck Oncology Tumour Stream Multi Disciplinary Team, Surgery, NWMH, Clinical Governance
Implementation of the Enhancing Practice Program
Lisa Clough and participants of the Enhancing Practice Program, Allied Health and Ambulatory and Continuing Care
Implementation of the Orthopaedic Waiting List Multi-Attribute prioritisation Tool and Service Delivery Model RMH OWL Steering Group, Surgery and Clinical Governance
Intensive Case Management for High Risk Clients with Early Psychosis
Intensive case Management Team: EPPIC Program – ORYGEN Youth Health, NWMH
Life Moves
Jane Hepenstall, Allied Health
Multi Disciplinary Brain Tumour Program
Dr Kate Drummond, Division of Neurosciences
Parents Group and CHAMPS Children’s School Holiday Program
Angela Obradovic and Steering Committee, NWMH
Post Traumatic Amnesia: a collaborative approach to developing evidence based guidelines
Post Traumatic Amnesia Working Party, Surgery, Neurosciences and Ambulatory and Continuing Care
Stroke Liaison Nurse
Louise Weir | 
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