Dear Colleague,

The Society for Transplant Social Workers would like to take this opportunity to tell you about our unique and professional organization. The Society for Transplant Social Workers is an organization that seeks to promote, expand and enhance the interests and professional role of social work in transplant health care. Our organization addresses the complex psychosocial challenges that affect our patients and their family members.

The Society for Transplant Social Workers was established in 1986 to ensure that quality social work services are available to all transplant candidates, recipients and their families. Since our inception, we have established a strong professional base equipped to handle the complex medical, challenging clinical and constant political changes in transplantation. We believe that the Society for Transplant Social Workers will continue to directly impact transplant decision-making issues in 2010 and for the future.

Membership in the Society serves to increase communication between social work colleagues by providing professional growth, mutual support and resource information. We accomplish this through an annual clinical conference, our new website www.transplantsocialworker.org, and subscription to Progress in Transplantation, our official publication. Our members have provided valuable research to the field of transplantation and numerous members are prolific published authors, and are invited presenters at national and international conferences. Members also serve as valued consultants to transplant centers and programs at local and national levels.

2010 Membership Dues

The annual dues for the Society for Transplant Social Workers are due between

January 15- April 15, 2010

Dues are for the calendar year of 2010

Dues are currently $85.00 per year

Membership in the Society offers many benefits not otherwise available, including:

• Free subscription to Progress in Tansplantation, the official Journal of our Society, a $60 value.

• Access to the discussion forum on the website

• Eligibility for research grants

• Eligibility for CCTSW credentialing

• and more...

This is a personal membership and is NOT transferable to another person.
Dues must be paid by: February 1, 2010 to receive the March edition of
Progress in Transplantation

April 15 for the June edition
July 15 for the September issue
October 15 for the November issue
No back issues will be provided

Membership dues paid after April 15th are $115.00 for renewing members

International members- you can go to www.xe.com for currency conversion. Please make sure that your bank will allow you to write a check for "US Funds ," otherwise best to send a cashiers check. Contact Jan Hart at JLHart@stvincent.org for more payment options.

New social work members may join at any time for $85.00
and be granted Membership Rates for the Annual Fall Conference.

Make checks payable to: Society for Transplant Social Workers

MAIL DUES WITH APPLICATION TO:

Jan Hart, LCSW, CCTSW
Transplant Services
8333 Naab Road, Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46260

                If there are any questions, please contact the membership chair:

Cheryl Hille, LCSW, @ cheryl.hille@integris-health.com, or 405-552-0917
(USA Membership Chairperson)

Jacomi Malan, BA,MA at jacomi.malan@kch.nhs.uk , or +44 203299 3631
(International Chairperson)

Thank You.
www.transplantsocialworker.org

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