Organ procurement organization


In the United States, an organ procurement organization is a non-profit organization that is responsible for the evaluation and procurement of deceased-donor organs for organ transplantation. There are 55 such organizations in the United States, each responsible for organ procurement in a specific region, and each a member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, a federally-mandated network managed by the United Network for Organ Sharing under federal contract. The individual OPOs represent the front line of organ procurement, having direct contact with the donor's hospital and the family of the recently deceased donor. Once the OPO receives authorization for donation from the decedent's family or through first-person authorization, it works with UNOS to identify the best candidates for the available organs, and coordinates with the surgical team for each organ recipient.
OPOs are also charged with educating the public to increase awareness of and participation in the organ donation process.

List of OPOs

All organ procurement organizations in the United States are members, by law, of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Many of the OPOs are also members of Donate Life America. Some OPOs are affiliated with hospitals and are not considered independent.
NameRegion served
Alabama
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
Infinite LegacyMaryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C.
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
Oklahoma
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
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
Connecticut, 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
Cascade Life AllianceIdaho, 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
Wisconsin Donor NetworkWisconsin