Organ procurement organization

In the United States, an organ procurement organization (OPO) is a non-profit organization that is responsible for the evaluation and procurement of deceased-donor organs for organ transplantation. There are 55 such organizations in the United States, each responsible for organ procurement in a specific region, and each a member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), a federally-mandated network managed by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) under federal contract. The individual OPOs represent the front line of organ procurement, having direct contact with the donor's hospital and the family of the recently deceased donor. Once the OPO receives authorization for donation from the decedent's family or through first-person authorization (such as a state or national Donor Registry), it works with UNOS to identify the best candidates for the available organs, and coordinates with the surgical team for each organ recipient.

OPOs are also charged with educating the public to increase awareness of and participation in the organ donation process. __TOC__

List of OPOs All organ procurement organizations in the United States are members, by law, of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (administered by the United Network for Organ Sharing, and most are also members of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO). Many of the OPOs are also members of Donate Life America. Some OPOs are affiliated with hospitals and are not considered independent.

Name Region servedLegacy Of HopeAlabama Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency Arkansas Carolina Donor Services North Carolina, Virginia Center for Donation and Transplant Massachusetts, New York, Vermont Center for Organ Recovery & Education New York, Pennsylvania, West VirginiaDonor AllianceColorado, Wyoming Donor Network of Arizona Arizona Donor Network West California, Nevada Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network New York Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network Illinois, Indiana Gift of Life Michigan Michigan Gift of Life Donor Program Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Sierra Donor Services California Indiana Donor Network Indiana Infinite Legacy Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C. DonorConnect Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming Iowa Donor Network Iowa, Nebraska Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia Legacy of Life Hawaii Hawaii Life Center Northwest Alaska Life Choice Donor Services Connecticut, Massachusetts Life Connection of Ohio Ohio LifeAlliance Organ Recovery Agency Florida LifeBanc Ohio LifeCenter Northwest Idaho, Alaska, Montana, Washington LifeCenter Organ Donor Network Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio LifeGift Organ Donation Center Texas LifeLink of Florida Florida LifeLink of Georgia Georgia, South Carolina LifeLink of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands LifeNet Health North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia LifePoint South Carolina LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services Florida LifeShare of Oklahoma Oklahoma LifeShare of the Carolinas North Carolina, South Carolina LifeSharing California LifeSource Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin Lifeline of Ohio Organ Procurement Agency Ohio, West Virginia Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency Louisiana Mid-America Transplant Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois Mid-South Transplant Foundation Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee Midwest Transplant Network Kansas, Missouri Nebraska Organ Recovery System Nebraska, Iowa Nevada Donor Network Nevada New England Donor Services Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont New Jersey Organ & Tissue Sharing Network New Jersey New Mexico Donor Services New Mexico New York Organ Donor Network New York, Pennsylvania OneLegacy California Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency Mississippi Cascade Life Alliance Idaho, Oregon, Washington Southwest Transplant Alliance Texas Tennessee Donor Services Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia Texas Organ Sharing Alliance Texas TransLife/Florida Hospital Florida University of Wisconsin Organ and Tissue Donation Illinois, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin Upstate New York Transplant Services New York Wisconsin Donor Network Wisconsin

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