{"id":348642,"date":"2018-11-12T14:56:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T19:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=348642"},"modified":"2025-11-19T07:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:59:43","slug":"department-of-public-safety-kidney-live-organ-donor-348642","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/department-of-public-safety-kidney-live-organ-donor-348642\/","title":{"rendered":"An officer and an organ donor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>December 2019 update:\u00a0<\/em>Lieutenant Schermerhorn and Officer Wlosinski both continue to do extremely well following the successful October 2018 kidney transplant procedure at the URochester Medical Center. Both gentlemen are still officers in the Department of Public Safety, and recently celebrated the anniversary of the kidney donation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wwjsu9z9jhQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For the past two years, Lieutenant Dan Schermerhorn Jr. has undergone dialysis for eight hours, each night while he sleeps, to treat his kidney disease, IgA nephropathy. An officer with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicsafety.rochester.edu\/\">University\u2019s Department of Public Safety (DPS)<\/a> for 23 years, Schermerhorn had dealt with this disease for 15 years, until doctors at UR Medicine\u2019s Strong Memorial Hospital told him he needed a new kidney to save his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReplacing a damaged kidney like mine with a new one is like putting new batteries into your flashlight when it\u2019s starting to die, and then you\u2019re back to fully functioning again,\u201d says Schermerhorn. \u201cThere\u2019s no more fatigue or dialysis.\u201d A successful transplant returns Schermerhorn to the activities he&#8217;s passionate about, but that\u00a0were restricted by his illness\u2014running, swimming, competing in triathlons, traveling, and spending quality time with his family.<\/p>\n<p>Schermerhorn\u2019s search for a new kidney began in 2016 when he was placed on the kidney transplant waiting list, and he also joined the National Kidney Registry, a non-profit network that aims to match thousands of individuals in need with a compatible, willing donor. Compatibility doesn\u2019t come easily; Schermerhorn\u2019s father tried to be a donor to his son, but after being evaluated for a match, found he was not compatible.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2017, Lieutenant Keri Stein sent an email to the entire Department of Public Safety (about 140 staff members), explaining Schermerhorn&#8217;s condition and the living donor process. Several colleagues responded by making appointments to be evaluated as possible matches. Willing donors are first checked to see that their blood and tissue types are compatible with the recipient&#8217;s, and that the recipient\u2019s antibodies won\u2019t fight against the donated organ. From there, they are evaluated on whether they are\u00a0healthy enough to give a kidney, that their kidneys are currently working well, and that they\u00a0are mentally prepared for the donation.<\/p>\n<p>Peace Officer Paul Wlosinski remembers seeing the email from Stein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always have in my mind, \u2018never go through life saying you <em>could have<\/em> done something,\u2019\u201d Wlosinski says.<\/p>\n<p>Wlosinski is an officer in the first platoon who over the years has worked directly with Schermerhorn on the force. Currently, he works overnight shifts, and Schermerhorn works days as part of new officer training and compliance certification programs. Wlosinski made an appointment to be evaluated as a match, and through the subsequent lab results and examinations learned that he could be a compatible and healthy kidney donor to Schermerhorn.<\/p>\n<p>One day this past spring, when the two officers overlapped at work, Wlosinski told Schermerhorn that he was being evaluated as a potential donor.\u00a0In the months that followed, two separate teams of physicians, transplant coordinators, social workers, and others from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/surgery\/transplant.aspx\">Division of Solid Organ Transplant<\/a> at the URochester Medical Center\u2014one team solely overseeing the care for Schermerhorn, and one caring only for Wlosinski\u2014determined that everything was looking good to move forward with a transplant this fall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">\u201cI always have in my mind \u2018never go through life saying you <em>could have<\/em> done something.\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it\u2019s a second chance,\u201d says Schermerhorn. \u201cWe\u2019re like a band of brothers working here, and there\u2019s a responsibility for him to watch my back, and I watch his. You just build that relationship. That\u2019s how I feel now\u2014it\u2019s like he\u2019s my backup. There\u2019s a lot of things in my life that he\u2019s impacting by doing this, and I\u2019m very grateful for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just something I want to do,\u201d says Wlosinski, who is also a US Army veteran. \u201cI\u2019m just glad that I\u2019m able <em>to do<\/em> something. I knew I had to get tested because I can. The donation of my kidney isn\u2019t going to affect me in such great a fashion that I can\u2019t. So, I can and I should.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaul\u2019s heart amazes me in its compassion and conviction, the things that drive him to do things such as donating a kidney,\u201d says Laura Wlosinski, Paul\u2019s wife and an emergency dispatcher for DPS. \u201cWhen we first discussed Paul getting tested, it was in great depth about what that meant for him personally and for our family going forward. He has been committed from the start and knew that if he was a match he would go through with the donation. He said to me before the initial test, \u2018I don\u2019t want to know that I potentially could have helped Dan and never tried. I can\u2019t live with that.\u2019 I think that accurately speaks volumes to who he is and is a great example of the way he lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On October 30, 2018, the Medical Center&#8217;s transplant team, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/people\/23754591-jeremy-c-taylor\">Jeremy C. Taylor,<\/a>\u00a0associate director of transplant nephrology, and surgeons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/people\/23056602-mark-s-orloff\">Mark S. Orloff\u00a0<\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/people\/30421585-koji-tomiyama\">Koji Tomiyama\u00a0<\/a>successfully performed the transplant procedure. Both Schermerhorn and Wlosinski are recuperating well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 36 years in law enforcement, I am always amazed how willing brother and sister officers are to sacrifice for each other,\u201d says Public Safety Chief Mark Fischer. &#8220;Paul\u2019s actions have touched my entire department, and will forever impact the life of Dan and his family. It\u2019s truly inspirational.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Living Donation Program at URMC<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rochester\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/surgery\/transplant.aspx\">Division of Solid Organ Transplant<\/a> cares for patients from across upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania, offering kidney, liver, and pancreas transplants, as well as a pediatric liver transplant program. A significant focus is on living-donor kidney and liver transplants, supported by the recruitment of additional transplant surgeons, nephrologists and hepatologists, and other staff.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_348652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348652\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-348652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dan-and-Paul-in-hospital-630x402.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dan-and-Paul-in-hospital-630x402.png 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dan-and-Paul-in-hospital.png 714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-348652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Wlosinski (left) and Dan Schermerhorn just after the kidney transplant at Strong Memorial Hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Medical Center is the top provider of live-donor kidney transplants in upstate New York. The number of kidney transplants in the first seven months of 2018 surpassed the total number performed in 2017, with just over 40 percent now a result of living donors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage our patients to consider living donation whenever possible,\u201d says surgeon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/people\/30279971-roberto-hernandez-alejandro\">Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro<\/a>, division chief of Solid Organ Transplant. \u201cHeroes like Peace Officer Wlosinski selflessly provide the gift of life, which can translate into better recovery and long-term survival for Lieutenant Schermerhorn and patients just like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The transplant team also offers a paired kidney exchange program, which connects the Medical Center to a consortium of academic medical centers across the country. It allows living-donor kidney donors who are not a match for a known recipient, but are still willing to donate, to give a kidney to a stranger in need of transplant, and in turn their loved one receives an organ from a similar donor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lieutenant Dan Schermerhorn Jr. works the day shift. Peace Officer Paul Wlosinski works nights. 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