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...
AOPO Statement in Support of Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] AOPO Statement in Support of Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act McLean, VA (October 7, 2024) — The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) supports the Organ Donation Referral...
Transplant Advocates: Campaign of Misinformation Causing Drop in Registered Organ Donors and Threatening Lives of Patients
STATEMENTContact Information:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] Transplant Advocates: Campaign of Misinformation Causing Drop in Registered Organ Donors and Threatening Lives of Patients In an open letter, more than 1,100 organ donation and transplant professionals,...
The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Applauds New ARPA-H Project to Address Nonuse of Donor Kidneys
STATEMENTContact Information:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Applauds New ARPA-H Project to Address Nonuse of Donor Kidneys McLean, VA (Sept. 26, 2024)—The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO)...
AOPO Statement on OPTN Modernization Contract Awards
STATEMENTContact Information:Jenny Daigle | [email protected] AOPO Statement on OPTN Modernization Contract Awards McLean, VA (September 20, 2024) — On Thursday, September 19, 2024, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced the awarding of...