Program Outcomes
Our Clinical Director and Team
We are continually assessing the impact of our services on each participant by studying quality outcomes related to program effectiveness.
In partnership with California Pacific Medical Center, we have an ongoing institutional review board approved study—Implementation of a Health Navigator Program.
The quality outcomes of The Health Navigator Foundation have been represented in the following forums:
L-R: Deb Frederick Franzon, M.D. (Clinical Research Director), Nina Winterstein, LCSW (Program Director), Krista Ramonas, M.D. (Founder & Medical Director), Lady Helena Mactaggart (Founder & Board Member), Sir John Mactaggart (Founder & Board Member)
European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Congress
Barcelona, Spain, May 27-30, 2026
The Health Navigator Foundation’s research abstract was accepted for a poster presentation, highlighting our work with liver transplant patients and the impact of patient navigation and peer support.
NATCO: The Organization for Donation and Transplant Professionals
46th Annual Meeting, August 4-5, 2021
The Health Navigator Foundation wins third place for our poster on “Improving Well-Being for Heart Transplant Recipients: Implementation of a Patient Navigator Program.”
American Transplant Congress (ATC)
Virtual Connect, June 4-9, 2021
The Health Navigator Foundation was selected to present our abstract “Improving Well-Being for Heart Transplant Recipients: Implementation of a Patient Navigator Program.”
International Transplant Nurses Society (ITNS)
Annual Meeting Planning Committee, October 22-25, 2020
The Health Navigator Foundation was selected to present our abstract “Improving Well-Being for Heart Transplant Recipients: Implementation of a Patient Navigator Program.”