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Amanda Thomas RN

Oregon Health & Science University

Amanda Thomas is the Lead VAD Coordinator at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. She has been in the MCS space since 2010, starting as a Cardiac ICU nurse, transitioning to a VAD Coordinator role in 2013 at a busy east coast program and then moving to the west coast a few years later. She has been with her current VAD program almost 8 years and has served as the Lead Coordinator for the last 5 years. Amanda has helped to lead the program through various changes including growth, transition and program reactivation. She is also active in ICCAC (International Consortium of Circulatory Assist Clinicians) and is currently serving as the President-elect.


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