Helen Opdam Australian Institute of Medical Scientists National Scientific Meeting 2013

Helen Opdam

Helen Opdam is the National Medical Director of the Australian Organ and Tissue Authority, and Medical Director for DonateLife Victoria. She is a Senior Intensive Care Specialist at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne and Director of Warringal Private Hospital Intensive Care Unit. Helen has been involved in organ donation since 1998 and has a particular interest in determining the potential for organ donation through the audit of hospital deaths. She currently chairs the National DonateLife Data and Audit Working Group which oversees the national audit to detect potential donors. She is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Death and Organ Donation Committee and is a Council Member of the International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement.