Brett Kesselring and Roy Mayfield
Recorded
March 14, 2023
Archived
March 14, 2023
37:54 minutes
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Id:
dda003162
Description
Colleagues and friends, Brett Kesselring (50) and Roy Mayfield (56), reflect on meaningful moments from their careers as organ and tissue surgical coordinators.Subject Log / Time Code
Roy Mayfield (RM) remembers wanting to be a baseball player when he was growing up.
Brett Kesselring (BK) recalls how he ended up working in the healthcare industry and remembers meeting RM.
RM remembers getting involved with the Regional Organ Bank of Illinois (ROBI) and Gift of Hope after living in the Middle East.
BK remembers starting to work at Gift of Hope in 2002 and both BK and RM recall having to be persistent in order to get hired.
BK recalls his first role as an organ and tissue surgical coordinator (OTSC) and both BK and RM remember being called "The Rescue Rangers"
BK talks about approaching families as the most meaningful part of his job.
BK describes a pediatric donor case that stands out to him and remembers being with the family after the child died.
RM recalls a 12-year-old child donor and his father.
BK remembers getting a call in the middle of the night after a teenage girl he knew was in a fatal accident.
BK talks about donor families and Gift of Hope's impact.
RM talks about how donors and their families live on and appear in his own life.
RM recalls a recent memory of googling a child donor and still feeling a connection to her.
RM talks about the fulfillment he gets from his job and BK reflects on his transition to management.
RM talks about the people they have worked with over the years.
RM talks about how he and BK are built for this work and the mentors who have helped him.
BK talks about the sense of peace and fulfillment he gets from his job.
BK and RM reflect on whether they would do this job again if they could do it all over.
Participants
- Brett Kesselring
- Roy Mayfield