To facilitate transplantation, the US is divided into 11 geographic regions. In each region, a regional councillor, an associate regional councillor, and a staff administrator work together to coordinate regional activities such as regional meetings and regional education events for transplant professionals. Each region is represented by a regional councillor on the Board of Directors and has a representative on each of the standing committees. The regional system:

• Provides an effective mechanism for communication among OPTN staff, the Board of Directors and the transplant community.
• Facilitates the identification of geographically diverse transplant professionals to populate both the Board of Directors and committees.
• Provides a forum for consensus building and transparency of work throughout the OPTN policy development process through regional meetings that are held twice a year during the public comment periods.

Interactive Regional Map

Click on the number below to see information on that region.

The states comprising each region are as follows:

• Region 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Eastern Vermont
• Region 2: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Northern Virginia
• Region 3: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico
• Region 4: Oklahoma, Texas
• Region 5: Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
• Region 6: Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
• Region 7: Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
• Region 8: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming
• Region 9: New York, Western Vermont
• Region 10: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
• Region 11: Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia