Our Mission AOPO represents and serves OPOs through advocacy, support, and development of activities that will maximize the availability of organs and tissues and enhance the quality, effectiveness, and integrity of the donation process.

As of July 23, 2010, 108,108 people are on the waiting list to receive the Gift of Life. News and Public Statements National Association of Attorneys General Passes Resolution to Protect Rights of Organ Donors Click here for the text of the NAAG Resolution. AOPO Announces New Executive Director New Guideline on Determining Brain Death Issued by American Academy of Neurology The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) strongly supports strict adherence to the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) guideline. We recognize that there have been previous flaws in the practice of the declaration of brain death, and we are advocating for the consistent application of the AAN criteria. Clinical practice needs to continually strive for improvement; we endorse this addition to our resources for the practice of medicine and look forward to ongoing improvement in the clinical criteria for the declaration of death by neurologic criteria. To access the guideline, please click here www.aan.com/guidelines. For media information, visit www.aan.com/go/pressroom. AOPO Elects New Leadership Click here for Other News and Public Statements

Upcoming AOPO Meetings AOPO Financial Management Council Meeting - New Orleans, LA - October 12-15, 2010 AOPO Quality Improvement Council Meeting - Denver, CO - October 12-14, 2010 AOPO Joint Tissue/Information Technology Councils Meeting - St. Louis, MO - October 19-21, 2010 AOPO 2011 Winter Directors Workshop - St. Petersburg, FL - January 12-14, 2011 AOPO 2011 Annual Meeting - Denver, CO - June 14-17, 2011 AOPO 2012 Annual Meeting - Chicago, IL - June 19-22, 2012

Accredited Organ Procurement Organizations AOPO Accredited Organ Procurement Organizations