The Power of Surrender: "Steal My Show" with Alisha Loy

There's Power In Surrender.

After multiple medical crises, Alisha Loy became a gladiator and champion for those in the throes of battle with illness. 

Through surrender Alisha has found a light and love, seeking to ignite the spirit of others. In her brokenness, she has found wholeness through servantship and connection, with the simple humility of “Steal my Show.”

Discussion Points:

• Alisha's near-death experience
• The loss of her son, Tripp
• Overcoming grief and finding purpose
• How surrender led to finding "light and love"
• Becoming whole through brokenness

Alisha Loy's Bio

In May 2004, Alisha Loy was hospitalized for close to two months for complications resulting from a ruptured appendix.

After multiple surgeries, procedures, and fighting for her life she became an advocate for those who survive against all odds.

In July 2009, she became a mother to twin boys. Tripp was born with a spontaneous sporadic genetic mutation. He was followed by more than 20 consulting medical specialty teams and had more than 19 surgeries and over 34 hospital admissions.

Alisha became a gladiator for her son, family, and others in the throes of battle against chronic illness.

A champion for Patient and Family Centered Care, coordination of services, and patient safety; she has spoken on behalf of blood donation, organ donation, family centered care, quality management systems, program design, and patient safety in many forums and across multiple platforms.

Author/ Presenter of more than twenty abstracts, posters, publications, and presentations for quality and risk management initiatives with national and international recognition.

She is an emeritus board member for the Institute of Clinical and Translational Science Community Advisory Board, at University of Iowa.

She has previously represented healthcare interests as a member of the Devices Good Manufacturing Practice Committee with the U.S Food & Drug Administration (FDA).

Alisha has been cited for work in medical device reprocessing as industry best practice at the World Federation for Hospital Sterilisation Sciences in Bonn Germany.

Alisha utilizes her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Iowa College of Public Health.

She is the Founder & Volunteer Chief Executive Officer of TRIPP Foundation; a non-profit supporting children and families managing chronic and acute kidney disease.