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Category: Healthcare Industry

Advocates / AOPO / Donation / Healthcare Industry / News / OPO / Transplant

Donate Life America and AOPO Provide Facts on Organ Donation Process

There is a tremendous need for organs for transplant. More than 113,000 people are currently on the transplant waiting list in the United States and the donation and transplantation community …

Advocates / AOPO / Donation / Healthcare Industry / News / OPO / Transplant

Tissue and Eye Banks and Organ Procurement Organizations Respond to Inaccurate and Sensationalized Reporting by Los Angeles Times

Oct. 21, 2019 – The Los Angeles Times, in its “Bodies of Evidence” articles, has done a tremendous disservice to the goal of increasing organ, eye and tissue donations in …

Advocates / AOPO / Donation / Healthcare Industry / News / OPO

Organ Procurement Organizations Applaud Provisions of CMS Omnibus Burden Reduction Final Rule That Will Encourage Greater Use of Donated Organs

Organ Procurement Organizations Applaud Provisions of CMS Omnibus Burden Reduction Final Rule That Will Encourage Greater Use of Donated Organs Oct. 17, 2019 – “The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations …

Advocates / AOPO / Donation / Healthcare Industry / News / OPO

Year-Over-Year Increases in Organ Donors Are Helping Turn Tragedy Into Hope 2019 On Track to Be Another Record Year for Organ Donations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oct. 11, 2019 – Based on data for the first eight months of the year, 2019 is on track to see a 9 percent increase in deceased …

Advocates / Healthcare Industry / News / Press Release

Applications are Open for the Allograft Tissue Research Grant Program

Partners fund advancements in tissue transplantation for plastic and reconstructive surgery ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. and EDISON, N.J. (September 25, 2018) — The Plastic Surgery Foundation (PSF) and MTF Biologics are …

Achievement / Donation / Healthcare Industry / News / OPO / Press Release / Transplant

OneLegacy Announces Opening of California’s First Dedicated Transplant Recovery Center

Redlands Facility Designed to Improve Donation Outcomes and Reduce Costs for Thousands Waiting to Receive the Gift of Life Through an Organ, Eye or Tissue Donation (LOS ANGELES – February …

Achievement / Healthcare Industry / News / Press Release

MTF Biologics Distributes More Than 550,000 Tissue Grafts in 2017, Saving and Healing a Record Number of Lives

Non-profit organization assisted healthcare providers in advancing care for an estimated 400,000 people around the world Edison, N.J. (February 6, 2018) – MTF Biologics, the world’s largest tissue bank, is …

Healthcare Industry / News / Press Release

World’s Largest Tissue Bank Rebrands to MTF Biologics

Edison, N.J. (October 3, 2017)–The world’s largest tissue bank has a new name – MTF Biologics. Formerly known as the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, the non-profit organization today announced it has …

Healthcare Industry / OPO / Press Release / Transplant

Texas Medical Center Institutions Collaborate to Improve Care For Hispanic Patients In Need of Organ Transplants Houston, Texas

Kevin Myer, CEO of LifeGift On Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, organ donation and transplantation professionals throughout the region gathered to discuss the challenges faced by Texas’ growing population of Hispanic …

Donation / Healthcare Industry / News / Press Release

Apple & Donate Life America Bring National Organ Donor Registration to iPhone

[Vienna, Virginia] — July 5, 2016 — Apple® and Donate Life America announced today that, for the first time ever, iPhone® users will be able to legally register to be …

AOPO / Donation / Healthcare Industry / Press Release

ODRC and AOPO Announce RFP for Organ Donation Research 2016

The Organ Donation Research Consortium (ODRC) with additional support from the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) is pleased to offer up to $40,000 in funding to member(s) conducting basic, …

Donate Life Month / Donation / Healthcare Industry / OPO / Transplant

One Year for Adam

This National Donate Life Month we asked our member organ procurement organizations (OPOs) to share with us the stories that demonstrate the life-saving work they do every day, and the …

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