Our Telehealth ILDA Services

Independent Living Donor Advocacy

The Living Bank offers an optimal choice, a fully independent living donor advocate, from outside the transplant program, to protect the best interests of the living donor, ensuring their decision to donate is informed and free from coercion.

Our licensed clinical transplant social workers serve as Independent Living Donor Advocates (ILDAs) in the Texas Medical Center’s live donor transplant programs and to distant site locations throughout the U.S. via telehealth.

Please view our Telehealth ILDA Services brochure.

Meet The Living Bank's ILDAs

The Living Bank’s ILDAs have extensive experience in the field of transplantation and living organ donation. They are highly skilled and bring expertise, passion and dedication to the patients they serve.

SHARON COPLON, LMSW
Independent Living Donor Advocate
scoplon@livingbank.org

LISA ARZYMANOW, LCSW
Independent Living Donor Advocate
lisa@livingbank.org

MICKEY MONTEMAYOR, LCSW-S
Independent Living Donor Advocate
mickey@livingbank.org

MARISA NOWITZ, LCSW-S
Independent Living Donor Advocate
marisa@livingbank.org

RACHEL GASTON, LCSW-S
Independent Living Donor Advocate
rachel@livingbank.org

TYLER BALDES, LMSW
Independent Living Donor Advocate
tyler@livingbank.org

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