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 57 such organizations in the United States,[1] 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 created by and overseen by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). The individual OPOs represent the front-line of organ procurement, having direct contact with the hospital and the family of the recently deceased donor.[2] Once the OPO receives the consent of the decedent's family, it works with UNOS to identify the best candidates for the available organs, and coordinates with the surgical team for each organ recipient.[2]

The organization’s executive director Steve Miller.

OPOs are also charged with educating the public to increase awareness of and participation in the organ donation process.[1]

List of organ procurement organizations

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 are also members of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations. Many of the OPOs are also members of Donate Life America. Some OPOs are affiliated with hospitals and are not considered independent.[3]

NameRegion served
Legacy Of HopeAlabama
Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery AgencyArkansas
Carolina Donor ServicesNorth Carolina, Virginia
Center for Donation and TransplantMassachusetts, New York, Vermont
Center for Organ Recovery & EducationNew York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Donor AllianceColorado, Wyoming
Donor Network of ArizonaArizona
Donor Network WestCalifornia, Nevada
Finger Lakes Donor Recovery NetworkNew York
Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor NetworkIllinois, Indiana
Gift of Life MichiganMichigan
Gift of Life Donor ProgramDelaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Sierra Donor ServicesCalifornia
Indiana Donor NetworkIndiana
DonorConnectIdaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
Iowa Donor NetworkIowa, Nebraska
Kentucky Organ Donor AffiliatesKentucky, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia
Legacy of Life HawaiiHawaii
Life Center NorthwestAlaska
Life Choice Donor ServicesConnecticut, Massachusetts
Life Connection of OhioOhio
LifeAlliance Organ Recovery AgencyFlorida
LifeBancOhio
LifeCenter NorthwestIdaho, Alaska, Montana, Washington
LifeCenter Organ Donor NetworkKentucky, Indiana, Ohio
LifeGift Organ Donation CenterTexas
LifeLink of FloridaFlorida
LifeLink of GeorgiaGeorgia, South Carolina
LifeLink of Puerto RicoPuerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
LifeNet HealthNorth Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
LifePointSouth Carolina
LifeQuest Organ Recovery ServicesFlorida
LifeShare of OklahomaOklahoma
LifeShare of the CarolinasNorth Carolina, South Carolina
LifeSharingCalifornia
LifeSource Upper Midwest Organ Procurement OrganizationMinnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Lifeline of Ohio Organ Procurement AgencyOhio, West Virginia
Living Legacy Foundation of MarylandMaryland
Louisiana Organ Procurement AgencyLouisiana
Mid-America TransplantArkansas, Missouri, Illinois
Mid-South Transplant FoundationArkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee
Midwest Transplant NetworkKansas, Missouri
Nebraska Organ Recovery SystemNebraska, Iowa
Nevada Donor NetworkNevada
New England Organ BankConnecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
New Jersey Organ & Tissue Sharing NetworkNew Jersey
New Mexico Donor ServicesNew Mexico
New York Organ Donor NetworkNew York, Pennsylvania
OneLegacyCalifornia
Mississippi Organ Recovery AgencyMississippi
Pacific Northwest Transplant BankIdaho, Oregon, Washington
Southwest Transplant AllianceTexas
Tennessee Donor ServicesTennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia
Texas Organ Sharing AllianceTexas
TransLife/Florida HospitalFlorida
University of Wisconsin Organ and Tissue DonationIllinois, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Upstate New York Transplant ServicesNew York
Washington Regional Transplant ConsortiumMaryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin Donor NetworkWisconsin

References
  1. "About OPOs". Association of Organ Procurement Organizations.
  2. Comparini, Gina (2003). "Organ Procurement Organizations". New Media. University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
  3. "Organ Procurement Organizations". ogandonor.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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