IN THE NEWS: The top organ, eye and tissue donation stories from around the nation in April

April’s biggest organ, eye and tissue donation news and stories from around Colorado, Wyoming and the US: Crash Victim’s Family Thanks First Responders, Touts Organ Donation The family of Cody Crosby thanked first responders. Nearly four years ago, Cody Crosby died when the car he was riding in hit an abandoned truck that was parked […]

Spotlight on the DMV: Colorado DRIVES

Over the last three years, the Department of Revenue’s Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has been upgrading its information technology (IT) systems, which includes online services. On February 21, 2017, the first phase of Colorado DRIVES (Driver License Record Identification Vehicle Enterprise Solution) was successfully launched replacing the decades old Driver License System (DLS). But […]

Celebrating National Donate Life Month with Joey Gase at the Denver Auto Show

This year, Donor Alliance kicked-off National Donate Life Month in Colorado with NASCAR driver, Joey Gase at the Denver Auto Show. Joey was only 18 when he made the courageous decision to donate his mother’s organs after she suddenly passed away from a brain aneurysm in 2011. He now races in her honor and has […]

Transplant touchdown: Gavin Maxwell, new liver control the gridiron – The Sheridan Press, Sheridan, WY

Shay and Willy Maxwell didn’t know that alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency was in their genes. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is a disease that often affects the liver and/or lungs. There were no signs of the disease in their lives and no history of the disease anywhere along the family tree. But it’s a genetic disease that struck […]

IN THE NEWS: The top organ, eye and tissue donation stories from around the nation in March

March’s biggest organ, eye and tissue donation news and stories from around Colorado, Wyoming and the US: House votes unanimously to add John Buckner’s name to organ donor awareness fund The vote approved a surprise third-reading amendment offered by state Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, to House Bill 1027, sponsored in the House by Buckner and […]

NASCAR Driver Joey Gase Kicks Off National Donate Life Month in Wyoming

On Monday, April 3rd, NASCAR Driver, Joey Gase, came to Wyoming to help kick-off National Donate Life Month at Old Chicago in Cheyenne. Joey was only 18 when his mother, Mary Jo, died of a brain aneurysm in 2011, and he made the decision to donate her organs and tissues. He races in her honor […]

Coroner’s Corner: Dr. James Caruso, Denver Co. Medical Examiner

Q&A with Dr. James Caruso, Denver County Medical Examiner When did you know you wanted to become a medical examiner? I knew in high school that I wanted to be a physician. While in medical school I strongly considered Pathology as a specialty, but I first had to serve as a primary care physician in […]

Staff Spotlight: Keenan Heyde

We’re so proud to work with each and every one of our staff members here at Donor Alliance. In our Staff Spotlight, we like to take a minute to let you learn more about who we are and why we work at Donor Alliance. Name: Keenan Heyde Position: Donation Consultant Years at Donor Alliance: 13 […]