While donated organs and tissue are shared at the national level, the laws that govern donation vary from state to state. Therefore, it is important for you to know what you can do to ensure your decision to be a donor is carried out.
Review Date: October 19, 2010
Donate Life America
Mayo Clinic accepts whole-body donations for the purposes of medical education, research, surgical training, and the development, testing, training of new surgical devices and techniques.
Review Date: May 14, 2012
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
This web site provides an alphabetical list (by state) of anatomical donation programs for those interested in donating their bodies for medical traning and research.
Review Date: May 11, 2012
University of Florida College of Medicine
To advance the understanding of the cause, course, and treatment of narcolepsy, in 2001 Stanford University started a program to obtain human brain tissue for use in narcolepsy research.Through these precious donations, narcolepsy may eventually be prevented or reversible.
Review Date: December 07, 2011
Stanford Center for Narcolepsy
All patients accepted onto a transplant hospital's waiting list are registered with the UNOS Organ Center, where a centralized computer network links all organ procurement organizations (OPOs) and transplant centers.
Review Date: October 07, 2010
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
If you are interested in learning about eye donation and corneal transplantation, read these answers to frequently asked questions from the Eye Bank Association of America.
Review Date: December 30, 2011
Eye Bank Association of America, Inc.
This page offers information regarding which organs and tissues can be donated. An organ donor can potentially save the lives of eight people, and a tissue donor can help up to fifty people.
Review Date: May 22, 2012
The Living Bank
Find a state listing of support groups available to help transplant patients and their families learn about transplant-related issues, cope with emotions and stress, and share helpful information with other patients.
Review Date: April 20, 2011
United Network for Organ Sharing
Find stories of patients whose hopes rise and fall with each passing day as they wait for organ transplants. Learn how organ and tissue donation restores lives.
Review Date: March 08, 2011
Donate Life America
Living donation takes place when a living person donates an organ, such as a kidney, for transplantation to another person who is in need of that organ.
Review Date: June 12, 2012
National Kidney Foundation
Find answers to common questions asked by potential donors who wish to be living donors or leave their organs to save lives.
Review Date: October 25, 2011
The Living Bank
Find information about organ transplant, pediatric transplantation, and living donation, plus tools and support to help you manage your health before, during, and after transplant.
Review Date: April 20, 2011
United Network for Organ Sharing
