Donation
The links in this section are to organizations that promote
and support organ donation. This is by no means an exhaustive
list. These links are provided for reference and informational
purposes only and do not constitute any form of endorsement
by UNOS.
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American
Red Cross Tissue Services
California Transplant Donor
Network serving Northern California and Nevada
CHERUBS
(Northbend, WA) Resources and personal stories dedicated to pediatric
donation awareness.
Children's
Organ Transplant Association COTA's primary mission is "to
ensure that no U.S. citizen is ever denied a life-saving transplant, or
access to a transplant waiting list, due soley to the lack of
funds". Their secondary focus is "to promote organ
donations and to provide public education in all aspects of the organ
donation process".
Choices in Dying
Downloadable documents and legislation info about end-of-life decisions.
Also several publications and a free counseling service.
Coalition
on Donation (Richmond, VA) An alliance of national organizations
and local coalitions dedicated to educating the public about organ and
tissue donation. The website contains information about public
information campaigns and an online order form for the Share Your Life,
Share Your Decision Brochure.
COMET, The
National Council on Minority Education in Transplantation
(Freeport, NY) provides information and education about
organ and tissue donation to the public and seeks to increase awareness
in the minority community about organ and tissue donation.
First
Family Pledge Website An educational initiative of the American
Society of Transplant Surgeons designed to promote family discussion of
the importance of organ and tissue donation.
Foundation
For Donor & Family Funds Assistance
Gift of life
Foundation's mission is to increase public awareness concerning
organ and tissue donation, primarily in the business community.
The Foundation is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization. by
focusing on education and donor awareness, the foundation's goal is to
inform everyone of the need for donors.
Gift
of Life Trust Fund
Golden
State Donor Services
(Sacramento, CA) Has a very active volunteer group which does
education/outreach to promote organ donation.
The Halakhic
Organ Donor Association (HODA) "Mission statement: To promote the pledging of
organs by Orthodox Jews."
James
Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness
LifeLink Foundation
(Tampa, FL) Non-profit,
community service organization. "Dedicated to the recovery of
an increasing number of high quality organs and tissues for transplant
therapy". Information about organ and tissue donation and
transplantation.
National
Foundation for Transplants
National Kidney Foundation
Oklahoma Organ Sharing
Network
Organ Donation is a
new site dedicated to increasing donation and is sponsored by the Health Resources
Services Administration (HRSA) and the Department of Health and Human Resources.
Partnership
for Organ Donation, Inc.
Second
Wind Lung Transplant Association (Ohio Branch) Mission: To improve
the quality of life for lung transplant recipients, lung surgery
candidates, people with related pulmonary concerns and their families,
by providing support, love, advocacy, education, information and
guidance through a spirit of service, adding years to their life and
life to their years.
Tennessee
Donor Services - Knoxville
Texas
Liver Coalition
The
Transplant Network (Reno, NV) a non-profit organization committed
to improving the quality of life of transplant candidates, recipients,
and their loved ones. Active in donor awareness activities,
locally and nationally. The Transplant Network serves as the
anchor organization for The Nevada Organ and Tissue Donation Task Force,
a group of professionals under the direction of Attorney General Frankie
Sue Del Papa. Our main objective is to increase donor awareness.
TransAction
Council where transplant recipients of all organs come together to
make lives better for recipients and candidates...
Transplant
Recipients International Organization (TRIO) Independent not-for-profit international
organization committed to improving the quality of life of transplant candidates,
recipients, and their families; and donor families. Through the TRIO Headquarters and a
network of Chapters and members-at-large, TRIO serves its members in the areas of donor
awareness, support, education and advocacy.
Transplant Speakers International
(TSI) is a non-profit organization solely comprised of transplant
recipients and organ and tissue donor families. TSI offers a unique
speakers’ training program designed specifically for donor family and
transplant recipients. TSI has developed a trained professional speakers’
bureau comprised of donor families and transplant recipients who are
available by request through our website.
United
Organ Transplant Association (UOTA), is a non-profit charitable
corporation serving Southern California, with an IRS 501(c) (3) tax
designation. Support groups for pre- and post- organ transplant patients
are maintained. Also, UOTA is a major advocate for organ donor awareness
programs.
International Sites
World Kidney Fund
& National Kidney Foundation Singapore
The World Kidney Fund is an international fund established by the
National Kidney Foundation Singapore to help kidney patients in
developing countries who have little or no access to healthcare
facilities.
Organ
Donors Association Inc. (Western Australia) Describes itself
as "a non-profit voluntary organization formed in 1994 and
dedicated to world-wide research on organ donor procurement
problems".
HOPE
Human Organ Preservation Effort (Philippines)
U.S. Sites
Alabama
Organ Center
American
Association of Tissue Banks (McLean, VA)
American
Red Cross Tissue Services
AOPO
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
California
Transplant Donor Network
Carolina
Organ Procurement Agency
Central
Indiana Regional Blood Center & Tissue Bank
CORE
(Center for Organ Recovery & Education) Full service organ
procurement organization for western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
southern New York.
Donor
Alliance, Inc. Facilitates the recovery and donation of organs
and tissues in Colorado and Wyoming.
Donor
Network of Arizona Federally designated, non-profit organ
recovery organization for the state of Arizona. Offers donor
family support services, community education, and
presentations.
Eye
Bank Association of America
Georgia
Tissue Bank Regional program of National Tissue Bank Network;
one of the 5 largest, non-profit, AATB accredited tissue banking
organizations in the U.S.
Gift
of Life Donor Program (Formerly Delaware Valley Transplant
Program)
Golden
State Donor Services (Sacramento California) OPO serving
Sacramento and surrounding counties.
Indiana
Organ Procurement Organization (Indianapolis, IN)
Indiana
Tissue Bank Regional program of National Tissue Bank Network;
one of the 5 largest, non-profit, AATB accredited tissue banking
organizations in the U.S.
Intermountain
Organ Recovery System Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) for
UTAH, southeastern Idaho and western Wyoming.
International
Bioresearch Solutions (Tuscan, AZ) A not-for-profit which works
with organ procurement organizations (OPO) to place organs that are
not suitable for transplant with researchers.
Kentucky
Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) federally certified organ
procurement organization for most of Kentucky, Southern Indiana, and
Western West Virginia
LifeBanc
(Cleveland, OH)
LifeCenter
Northwest Federally-designated, nonprofit organ procurement
organization responsible for providing human organs for transplant
in Washington, Alaska, Montana and northern Idaho.
Life
Connection of Ohio or (http://www.mco.edu/hosp/lifeconn/lifecon.html)
(Dayton and Toledo, OH)
LifeNet
LifeGift
Organ Donation Center (Houston, TX)
Lifesharing
Community Organ & Tissue Donation (San Diego, California)
LifeSource
(St. Paul, MN) Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization.
Site contains information about LifeSource and organ donation.
Lions
Eye Bank for Long Island (Long Island, NY) Performs eye tissue
recovery. Part of the North Shore LIJ Health System.
Lions
Eye Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania (Erie, PA) This eye bank does
public education on all anatomical donations.
Louisiana
Organ Procurement Agency
Mid-America
Transplant Services (St. Louis, MO) The Organ Procurement
Organization (OPO) serving Eastern and Southern Missouri, Southern
Illinois, and Northeastern Arkansas in matters concerning organ and
tissue donation.
Midwest
Transplant Network. Serving Kansas and western Missouri.
Their mission is to provide quality transplantation related services
that will maximize the availability of organs and tissues to the
communities they serve.
Mid-South
Transplant Foundation (Memphis, TN)
Mississippi
Organ Recovery Agency (Jackson, MS)
The
Mississippi Lions Eye and Tissue Bank (Jackson, MS)
New
England Organ Bank Not-for-profit agency whose mission is
to recover, preserve, and distribute organs and tissues for
transplant.
New
Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network Organ and tissue bank
working closely with the New Jersey Lion's Eye Bank, providing
services to North and Central New Jersey.
North
American Transplant Coordinators
The
New York Organ Donor Network (New York, NY & PA) The largest
of the nation's non-profit, federally designated OPOs, covering a
diverse population of 11.9 million in the five boroughs of New York
City, Long Island, Duchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and
Westchester Counties; in addition to Pike County, PA.
Pacific
NW Transplant Bank (Portland, OR)
Regional
Organ Bank of Illinois
Southwest
Transplant Alliance (Dallas, TX) Non-profit organ and tissue
donor program serving hospitals and patients throughout much of
Texas.
The
Sharing Network - New Jersey Organ & Tissue Donation Services
Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) for Northern & Central New
Jersey.
South
Carolina Organ Procurement Organization
Tennessee
Donor Services
Transplant
Resource Center of Maryland This organization's mission is to
make transplantable organs and tissues available to as many people
as possible--and to spread the word about the importance of
registering as a donor.
University
of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Health System (Omaha, NE)
Washington
Regional Transplant Consortium (Washington D.C.)
WWW.UNOS.ORG
To advance organ availability and
transplantation by uniting and supporting its
communities for the benefit of patients through
education, technology and policy development.
www.nlm.nih.gov
www.worldmedicus.com
hbi.dmr.or.ir
www.harcourthealth.com
www.medscape.com
www.ajog.org
www.kidney.com
www.organ.redcross.org.au
Health
Resources and Services Administration
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)
Contractors:
University
Renal Research and Education Association
University
of Michigan
University
of Michigan-Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)
Contractor:
United
Network for Organ Sharing
Patient's source of background on transplantation:
Transweb.org
Procurement
U.S. Sites
American
Association of Tissue Banks (McLean, VA)
American
Red Cross Tissue Services
AOPO
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
Central
Indiana Regional Blood Center & Tissue Bank
Eye
Bank Association of America
Georgia
Tissue Bank Regional program of National Tissue Bank Network;
one of the 5 largest, non-profit, AATB accredited tissue banking
organizations in the U.S.
Indiana
Tissue Bank Regional program of National Tissue Bank Network;
one of the 5 largest, non-profit, AATB accredited tissue banking
organizations in the U.S.
International
Bioresearch Solutions (Tuscan, AZ) A not-for-profit which works
with organ procurement organizations (OPO) to place organs that are
not suitable for transplant with researchers.
Lions
Eye Bank for Long Island (Long Island, NY) Performs eye tissue
recovery. Part of the North Shore LIJ Health System.
Lions
Eye Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania (Erie, PA) This eye bank does
public education on all anatomical donations.
The
Mississippi Lions Eye and Tissue Bank (Jackson, MS)
University
of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Health System (Omaha, NE)
International
Sites
HOPE
Human Organ Preservation Effort (Philippines)
www.organdonor.gov
ustransplant.org
www.hhs.gov
