Andrea Tietjen, MBA, CPA, Assistant Vice President for Transplant Administration at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (formerly Saint Barnabas Medical Center) in Livingston, NJ, has been elected to serve a two-year term as Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). A non-profit, charitable organization that serves as the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network under contract with the federal government, UNOS helps create and define organ allocation and distribution policies that make the best use of donated organs.
“Andrea’s election as Treasurer and her continued service on the UNOS Board of Directors is a testament of her outstanding reputation in the transplant community,” says Richard L. Davis, President and CEO, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. “She is well respected for being a frequent presenter at national conferences and for her cheerful willingness to share her expertise with the many transplant centers that contact us for advice and assistance.”
In the role of Board Treasurer, Andrea’s responsibilities include regularly reviewing the finances of the OPTN, serving as chair of the Finance Committee, and reporting to the Board of Directors regarding the financial condition of the OPTN. Andrea began serving on the organization’s 42-member Board of Directors in July 2021. She is also a member of the organizations’ OPTN Finance Committee, Transplant Administrators Committee Fiscal Impact Advisory Workgroup and the UNOS Kidney Paired Exchange Finance Subcommittee.
Andrea has been very active in the national transplant community for many years and has participated in many projects and committees. She presently chairs the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice, serves on the American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation Living Donor Education Planning Committee, and is a member of the AST Living Donor COP Finance Workgroup and the American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation (AFDT) Living Donor Education Planning Committee.
As an author of numerous articles and publications on transplant operations, finances and billing, Andrea serves as content expert for several speaker bureaus and is a frequent presenter at national conferences and meetings.
A member of the transplant team at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center since 1999, Andrea is responsible for the supervision and oversight of all data, quality and financial operations. In addition to a Bachelor of Arts from Douglass College, a Bachelor of Science from Upsala College, and a Master of Business Administration from Regis University, she earned a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt from Purdue University and has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of New Jersey since 1996.
The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division, located in Livingston, NJ, is one of the leading kidney transplant centers in the country. In 2022, the program performed 349 kidney transplants, making CBMC the largest kidney transplant center in the Northeast and the eighth largest in the country. In addition, CBMC was the fourth largest living donor kidney transplant program in the U.S., performing 125 kidney transplants from living donors. The Transplant Division includes eight transplant nephrologists, four transplant surgeons, a transplant urologist, and a large and dedicated team of transplant coordinators, advanced practice providers, social workers, pharmacists, and dietitians. The program also conducts extensive clinical research that allows patients to participate in trials of new medications, therapies, and diagnostic tools. CBMC’s experienced and multi-disciplinary transplant team seeks to ensure that patients receive the greatest possible benefit from kidney and pancreas transplantation and achieve excellent long-term transplant outcomes. To learn more, visit rwjbh.org/kidneytransplant.
About UNOS
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a non-profit, charitable organization that serves as the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) under contract with the federal government. The OPTN helps create and define organ allocation and distribution policies that make the best use of donated organs. This process involves continuously evaluating new advances and discoveries so policies can be adapted to best serve patients waiting for transplants. All transplant programs and organ procurement organizations throughout the country are OPTN members and are obligated to follow the policies the OPTN creates for allocating organs.