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The man died in Pennsylvania. It was a stroke in the middle of the night.

Within hours, the news had traveled across the country. Phones vibrated and pinged and rang. Metallic automated voices gave brief reports. Those receiving the news wasted no time. They were soon poring over the man’s medical history — diabetes, high blood pressure — and studying the function of his heart, his liver, his pancreas, and his lungs. With a few clicks, some would even be able to inspect the glistening surface of his kidneys.

These were transplant surgeons, scrambling to determine whether these organs in Pennsylvania could give their sick patients new life. But part of that work had…

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 Matching hearts — and kidneys and lungs

This website makes organ transplants in the US possible.

Transplant Centers

Get started by searching for transplant programs. The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients ( is an ever-expanding national database of transplantation statistics.

Global transplant network

Be The Match® is the hub of a global transplant network that connects 467 leading centers worldwide, including 153 transplant centers in the United States and 34 international transplant centers.

International transplant centers

The National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) Network includes many transplant centers located outside the United States.

Kidney Transplant Centers

The listing of top transplant centers in the United States.

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