Dec 5, 2019 | Advocates, AOPO, Donation, Healthcare Industry, News, OPO
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 organ donors over 2018. Through August 31, 7,786 deceased donors have provided 23,797 organs for transplant according to...
Feb 28, 2018 | Achievement, Donation, Healthcare Industry, News, OPO, Press Release, Transplant
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 7, 2018) — OneLegacy has announced the opening of California’s first dedicated...
Oct 13, 2016 | Healthcare Industry, OPO, Press Release, Transplant
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 patients with end-stage organ disease during the Inaugural...
Jul 5, 2016 | Donation, Healthcare Industry, News, Press Release
[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 an organ, eye and tissue donor right from the Health app with the release of iOS 10 scheduled for...
Apr 30, 2016 | AOPO, Donation, Healthcare Industry, Press Release
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, translational or clinical research specifically related to...
Apr 19, 2016 | Donate Life Month, Donation, Healthcare Industry, OPO
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 incredible gift of life organ, eye and tissue donation can provide. The following...
