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Supply Isn’t the Problem With Organ Transplants


One of the first things that transplant doctors learn is that there are not enough organs to go around. We repeat it to our patients and ourselves and, in a way, it helps us to temper our expectations of saving every patient on our waiting list. But there isn’t really an organ shortage. We are just failing to make effective use of the organs that we could transplant.

I’ve worked in transplant programs for 25 years in Dallas, Birmingham and Denver, and then as director of the lung transplant program at Stanford University Medical Center. For the last three years, I’ve been a consultant to several transplant programs around the country.

The good news is that the number…

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 Supply Isn’t the Problem With Organ Transplants

There are plenty of donors to meet the need, but the system is so inefficient that available organs often don’t reach desperate patients.

Transplant Living

No matter where you are in the transplant experience, Transplant Living can help you be prepared. You can now choose to personalize the site to help better manage your health information needs.

Transplant Experience

The Transplant Experience program was created to meet your specific needs throughout the transplant process. It''s information. It''s tools and tips. It''s real advice, from experts in transplantation and other transplant recipients.

Transplant Life Foundation

Serve transplant recipients, donor families, living donors, future recipients, and others in the Donation and Transplant community with programs and educational materials to enhance and improve their lives.

TRIO

TRIO is an independent, not-for-profit, international organization committed to improving the quality of life of transplant candidates, recipients, their families and the families of organ and tissue donors.

The Transplantation Society

The Transplantation Society is a non-profit NGO providing global leadership in transplantation.

United Network for Organ Sharing

UNOS brings together medicine, science, public policy and technology to facilitate every organ transplant performed in the United States. Every day, UNOS assists transplant doctors, patients, and members of the public by helping to ensure that organs are procured and distributed in a fair and timely manner.

World Children's Transplant Fund

The World Children's Transplant Fund, or WCTF, is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of pediatric transplantation around the world.

American Society for Artificial Internal Organs

A Premier Society for physicians, scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs dedicated to the continually evolving field of artificial organs. Formed in 1955 to ''promote the increase of knowledge about artificial internal organs and of their utilization,'' it was the forum for first presentations about devices replacing the function of kidneys, hearts, lungs, pancreas and other organs.

American Society for Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation

The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation is a national professional association that promotes advancement of the field of blood and bone marrow transplantation. ASBMT members are both in clinical practice and in research.

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Today the American Society of Transplant Surgeons' membership includes over 1100 transplant surgeons, physicians, scientists and allied health professionals from all around the globe.

American Transplant Foundation

At the American Transplant Foundation, we believe no one should die while waiting for a lifesaving transplant. As a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, we strive to save lives by reducing the growing list of women, men, and children who are waiting for a transplant. Our passion for helping patients through their transplant journeys drives our efforts to support living donors as they give the Gift of Life.

Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation

The Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation is a charitable foundation funding medical research into the cause, prevention, treatment and cure of leukaemia and other related diseases treatable by bone marrow and adult stem cell transplantation.

Australia & New Zealand Organ Donation Registry

ANZOD records and reports on a wide range of statistics that relate to organ donation following death within Australia and New Zealand. Monthly reports on the numbers of organ donors and the number of recipients benefiting from donation are reported on this web site. An Annual report is also available.

BC Transplant

BC Transplant (BCT), established in 1986, directs, delivers or contracts for all organ transplant services across BC.

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Canadian Association of Transplantation

Membership has grown to include health professionals and partners involved in every aspect of organ and tissue donation and transplantation, including recovery, allocation, and distribution of organs and tissues; managing care for patients pre and post transplant; and recognizing and supporting donor families.

Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research

CIBMTR brings together the expertise and unique resources of two leaders in the field of blood and marrow transplant research: the National Marrow Donor Program'' and the Medical College of Wisconsin's International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry and Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplant Registry.

European Liver Transplant Registry

The ELTR have a truly global representation of European countries with clear prerequisites for contribution to ensure quality, validity, and reliability.

European Society for Organ Transplantation

Professionals who are actively involved in transplantation are cordially invited to join the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT).

Eurotransplant

The Eurotransplant International Foundation is responsible for the mediation and allocation of organ donation procedures in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Slovenia.

International Liver Transplantation Society

It was recognized that liver transplantation cannot be handled by a small number of physicians, but rather requires the collective and collaborative participation and expertise of physicians and scientists from diverse fields. As a result, the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) was founded by a group of committed individuals at the liver transplantation meeting in Pittsburgh in 1990.

International Pancreas & Islet Transplant Association

The International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association is a scientific forum for the exchange and discussion of clinical and experimental results and experiences relevant to transplantation of insulin producing tissue in the treatment and cure of diabetes mellitus.

International Pediatric Transplant Association

The International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA) is a professional organization of individuals in the field of pediatric transplantation. The purpose of the Association is to advance the science and practice of pediatric transplantation worldwide in order to improve the health of all children who require such treatment.

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation was created in 1981 at a small gathering of about 15 cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. Today we have over 2900 members from over 45 countries, representing over 14 different disciplines involved in the management and treatment of end-state heart and lung disease.

International Transplant Nurses Association

The International Transplant Nurses Society was founded in 1992 as a non-profit organization, to promote the education and clinical practice excellence of nurses who are interested in and participate in the care of solid organ transplant patients.

National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program

National MOTTEP was originally established to increase the number of minority organ and tissue transplant donors. The mission of National MOTTEP was later revised to incorporate a preventive focus by addressing the diseases and behaviors which lead to the need for transplantation.

NHS Blood and Transplant

At Organ Donation we are doing everything with one focus - to save or improve the lives of thousands of people every year through organ transplantation.

North American Transplant Coordinators Organization

The Organization for Transplant Professionals is committed to the advancement of organ and tissue donation and transplantation.

OrganDonor.gov

Each organ and tissue donor saves or improves the lives of as many as 50 people. Giving the "Gift of Life" may lighten the grief of the donor's own family. Many donor families say that knowing other lives have been saved helps them cope with their tragic loss.

Scandia Transplant

Scandiatransplant is a Nordic organ exchange organization and it covers a population of 24.5 million inhabitants in five countries, Denmark (5.4 million), Finland (5.2 million), Iceland (0.3 million), Norway (4.6 million), and Sweden (9.0 million). Today, Scandiatransplant includes a cooperation of all 12 Nordic transplant centers in addition to eight immunology laboratories.

Second Wind Lung Transplant Association

Second Wind Lung Transplant Association, Inc. was formed on April 17, 1995, by a small group of people who wanted to provide information about lung transplantation to others. At that time lung transplantation was evolving from an experimental and rarely applied treatment to becoming a more common therapy for end-stage lung disease.

Southwest Transplant Alliance

STA is one of the largest of 59 federally designated organ procurement organizations in the U.S. In its service area, STA is the official link between those who need an organ to survive, and those who have the potential to save lives by becoming donors.

Transplant Research Foundation of BC

To support BC based transplantation research that will provide solutions to benefit British Columbians whose lives are threatened by organ failure.

Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand

The Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand has as members, scientists, doctors, transplant coordinators and research students with an interest in all forms of transplantation.

HelpHopeLive

As experts in community-based fundraising, we help patients and families faced with a transplant or catastrophic injury tackle the daunting task of bridging the financial gap between what their health insurance will cover and what they actually need to heal, live and thrive.

Science Care

As an accredited whole body donation program, our goal is to provide human tissue for medical research and education. Considering the shortage of human tissue for research and training, this is a vital service.

The David Foster Foundation

The David Foster Foundation is dedicated to two chief goals; to provide financial assistance for non-medical expenses, which are not otherwise covered by governmental agencies, to families in Canada with children who are in need of major organ transplants, and to raise public awareness regarding organ donation.

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