AOPO Applauds FAA’s Leadership in Advancing Organ Transportation on Commercial Airlines
STATEMENT Media Contact:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] AOPO Applauds FAA’s Leadership in Advancing Organ Transportation on Commercial Airlines The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) applauds the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Organ Transport...
AOPO Statement on the Passing of Arkansas House Bill 1679, Now Act 861
STATEMENT Media Contact:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] AOPO Statement on the Passing of Arkansas House Bill 1679, Now Act 861 MCLEAN, VA. (April 24, 2025)—The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) is disappointed the Arkansas General Assembly has...
AOPO Statement on the House Ways and Means Committee Public Request for OPO Information
STATEMENT Media Contact:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] AOPO Statement on the House Ways and Means Committee Public Request for OPO Information MCLEAN, VA. (April 16, 2025) — The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) is aware of the House Ways and...
AOPO Statement on the Resignation of Patient and Donor Family Representatives from the OPTN Board
STATEMENT Media Contact:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] AOPO Statement on the Resignation of Patient and Donor Family Representatives from the OPTN Board McLean, VA (April 9, 2025) — The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) is concerned by how the...
OPOs Launch Project to Redefine Performance Evaluation Measures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Information:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] OPOs Launch Project to Redefine Performance Evaluation Measures McLean, VA (March 12, 2025) – The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) is proud to announce the launch of an...
AOPO Statement on The New York Times Coverage of Organ Allocation
STATEMENT Media Contact:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] AOPO Statement on The New York Times Coverage of Organ Allocation McLean, VA (Mar. 6, 2025) — A new story from The New York Times investigated the growing number of patients who are bypassed on organ transplant...
U.S. Organ Procurement Organizations Recovered Record Number of Organs in 2024 While Looming Federal Policies Jeopardize Patients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. Organ Procurement Organizations Recovered Record Number of Organs in 2024 While Looming Federal Policies Jeopardize Patients Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) increased life-saving organ donations nationwide 14 years in a row, despite...
Statement From Donation and Transplant Community
STATEMENT FROM DONATION AND TRANSPLANT COMMUNITY October 24, 2024 We, the undersigned members of the organ, eye, and tissue donation and transplant community, urge the public to pause in drawing conclusions about a broadly publicized Kentucky organ donation case until...
AOPO Response to NPR Segment on Kentucky Organ Donor Case
STATEMENTMedia Contact:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] AOPO Response to NPR Segment on Kentucky Organ Donor Case McLean, VA (Oct. 21, 2024) — The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) urges the public to exercise restraint in drawing conclusions about...
AOPO Commemorates 40th Anniversary of Federal Law Creating the U.S. Organ Donation and Transplantation System and Saving Over 1 Million Lives
STATEMENTMedia Contact:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] AOPO Commemorates 40th Anniversary of Federal Law Creating the U.S. Organ Donation and Transplantation System and Saving Over 1 Million Lives McLean, VA (Oct. 21, 2024) – The Association of Organ Procurement...