Gift of Life Community Advisory Board Working to Increase Donor Registrations in Communities With the Most Philadelphians on the Transplant Waitlist
LifeShare Network has Record Breaking First Quarter
Program to Train More Black Surgeons in Organ Donation, Transplants to Combat Racial Disparities
A Proclamation on National Donate Life Month, 2024
Pioneering Transplant Surgeon Clive O. Callender on Giving More People of Color a Second Chance at Life
A long recovery from a childhood illness started the Howard University surgeon on his path.
Too Many Donor Organs Go to Waste. Here’s How to Get Them Into the Patients Who Need Them
Cascade Life Alliance and Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Ground Breaking Organ Transplant!
Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates and LifeCenter Organ Donor Network Sign Letter of Intent to Merge, Creating the 16th Largest Organ Procurement Organization in the United States
U.S. Organ Procurement Organizations Recovered More Than 43,000 Organs in 2023
Western PA. area sets new record for organ, tissue, cornea donations for 5th straight year
Kentucky Sets Record for Organ Donations, Transplants in 2023
2023: A record year for organ and tissue donation in NJ
Organ donations Throughout Nebraska Hit all-time High in 2023
Iowa Donor Network Seeing an Increase in Organ Donations and Transplants
Donor Alliance Saves & Heals More Lives Than Before in 2023, Honoring Donors & Providing More Hope to the Community
825 lives saved in 2023 due to generous decision of organ, tissue donors & their families
LifeShare Celebrates Tenth Consecutive Record-Breaking Year
559 Lives Saved in 2023
LifeNet Health OPO Sets New Record in 2023
Innovations and Policy Updates Drive Equity and a Record Number of Lifesaving Organ Transplants in 2023
New England Donor Services Announces Record Number of Life-Saving Organ Donors in 2023
549 organ donors in the region resulted in 1,401 life-saving organ transplants
“We Can’t Save Lives Without You”
OneLegacy Sets New National Record for Organ Donors
Few Transplant Surgeons are Black. Giving Medical Students a Rare Peek at Organ Donation May Help
9/11 Attacks Nearly Kept a Life-saving Organ From an Infant. Here’s How We Met the Moment.
DCI Donor Services has never forgotten the lessons learned from the 2001 mission to transport a life-saving organ when all air traffic was grounded.
Bride Honors Heart Donor at Wedding — and Thought of Her While Walking Down the Aisle
High Rate of Donated Organs Going Unused is Costing Lives
ASTS Healio Response
Mayo Clinic Minute: Why Diverse Organ Donors are Needed
First-ever Donor Kidney Flies Unattended from KY. to Miss. for Lifesaving Transplant
First of It’s Kind Medical Program Established
Gov. Whitmer Signs Bill to Add Organ Donor Registry Question to State Income Tax Forms in 2024
Check Your Heart Act is the first of its kind in the nation
Colorado & Wyoming Transplant Community Support OPOs
The transplant community in Colorado and Wyoming sent a letter to Secretary Azar in support of valid and continually improving performance metrics based on sound data including retaining the current Observed to Expected (O:E) Yield measure which is “independently reported, verifiable, calculated and widely supported by all stakeholders in the donation and transplantation community.”
Connecticut Congressman Supports OPOs
Congressman James Himes writes to Secretary Azar to address potential problems with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule.
New England Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
Members of Congress from New England recently sent a letter to Secretary Azar in support of driving continual improvement in organ donation and transplantation. The letter states, “the proposed rule needs serious revision” and that the final rule “should be designed to preserve or strengthen practices that work well and reform those that do not”.
International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners (IACME) Supports OPOs
The IACME sent a letter to Secretary Azar raising concerns with the accuracy of death certificates. The letter states: “The pervasive inaccuracy of death certificate information can largely be attributed to varying levels of expertise of those who fill out the forms” and points out that “death certificates are intended to focus on the immediate cause of death and do not and cannot document a person’s entire medical history”.
Mississippi Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
Mississippi congressional delegates shares three concerns with the proposed OPO metrics in this letter to Secretary Azar.
Utah Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
“Organ donation reflects the American spirit of selfless sacrifice.” In this letter to Secretary Azar, Utah congressional delegates express their support of organ donation and OPOs.
Florida Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
Florida has enjoyed wide success with its OPOs, demonstrating over two years an increase of 22 percent in the state’s number of donors. As a result, more than 11 million people have registered their donation decision in Florida. In this letter to Secretary Azar, Florida congressional delegates share their support of OPOs and concerns over the proposed CMS rule