Important Links and Patient Resources

For more information about donation, allografts and transplantation, please visit any of the sites listed below.

Donor Alliance
Donor Alliance is the non-profit OPO that facilitates donation and recovery of organs and tissue in Colorado and Wyoming.

Gift of Hope
Gift of Hope is the non-profit OPO that facilitates donation and recovery of organs and tissue in the northern three-quarters of Illinois and northwest Indiana.

Iowa Donor Network
IDN is the non-profit OPO that operates as the primary contact for organ, tissue and eye donation services for the state of Iowa.

Upstate New York Transplant Service
Upstate New York Transplant Services operates as the non-profit OPO serving the eight counties of Western New York and works to assist donor families, coordinate the donation process and increase knowledge and awareness within the community regarding transplantation.

Mid-America Transplant Services (MTS)
MTS is the non-profit OPO that facilitates donation and recovery of organs and tissue in eastern and southern Missouri, southern Illinois, and northeastern Arkansas.

American Association of Tissue Banks
The American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) is a scientific, not-for-profit, peer group organization founded in 1976. Its mission is to facilitate the provision of high quality transplantable human tissue in quantities sufficient to meet national needs.

Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) is a private, non-profit organization recognized as a national representative of OPOs. AOPO is a professional organization dedicated to the special concerns of OPOs.

US Government Organ Donor Web site
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provides information and resources on organ donation and transplantation issues.

Institute for Limb Preservation
The Institute for Limb Preservation is a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals dedicated to high quality care for patients with limbs in jeopardy in the Rocky Mountain region.

Donate Life America
Donate Life America is a not-for-profit alliance of national organizations and local coalitions across the United States, dedicated to inspiring all people to donate life through organ and tissue donation. Visit www.shareyourlife.org.

Donor Awareness Council
The Donor Awareness Council is the local coalition in Colorado and Wyoming, dedicated to inspiring all people to donate life through organ and tissue donation.

The Gift of a Lifetime
In this dramatic photo-documentary journey, experience the stories of patients whose hopes rise and fall with each passing day as they wait for organ transplants. Learn how families look beyond their grief in order to give life to others.