LINKS
Southern California Donate Life Network Partners
American Liver Foundation Greater Los Angeles Chapter
www.liver411.org
American Lung Association of California
www.californialung.org
American Red Cross of Southern California
www.socalredcross.org
As a major blood collection and distribution center, American Red Cross of Southern California serves a metropolitan area of over 12 million people and provide blood services to more than 150 hospitals in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties.
Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties
www.bbsbrc.org
The Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties has been serving donors and saving and enhancing the lives of patients since 1951. As a non-profit health care organization, the Blood Bank collects 350 pints of blood components daily to meet the ongoing and emergency needs of 4 million people and 33 medical facilities in the two county areas.
Gift of the Heart
www.giftoftheheart.org
Houchin Community Blood Bank
www.hcbb.com
Houchin Community Blood Bank, founded April 2, 1951, is a quality service, non-profit organization committed to being the sole provider of a safe, adequate blood supply from volunteer blood donors. As the only blood bank in Kern County, Houchin Blood Bank supplies the total blood needs of the county’s hospitals, private cancer and blood disease treatment facilities, dialysis centers and home health agencies specializing in home transfusion medicine.
Inland Wellness and Information Network (IWIN)
www.sbcms.org
Inland Wellness Information Network (IWIN), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation, was created by the San Bernardino County Medical Society in 1972. Its mission is to promote public health by disseminating medical knowledge and information to the general public without charge. IWIN has challenging initiatives, programs and projects that contribute significantly to the quality of life in the Inland Empire.
National Institute of Transplantation (NIT)
www.transplantation.com
The National Institute of Transplantation (NIT) advances the science and practice of organ replacement therapy through clinical research, basic research and educational programs that leverage the NIT's accumulated knowledge, experience and active transplant programs. A goal of the NIT is to educate the general public about the treatment option of organ transplantation, organ donation and prevention of end-stage organ disease.
National Kidney Foundation of Southern California
www.kidneysocal.org
Renal Support Network
www.renalnetwork.org
Riverside County Medical Association (RCMA)
www.rcmanet.org
The Riverside County Medical Association (RCMA) is the professional association representing over 1,000 physicians throughout Riverside County. A member of the California Medical Association, the RCMA was established in 1893 as a professional association of Doctors of Medicine to promote the science and art of medicine, the care and well-being of patients, the protection of the public health, and the betterment of the medical profession.
Rotary District 5320 (Orange County)
www.rotary5320.org
San Bernardino County Medical Society
www.sbcms.org
The San Bernardino County Medical Society, founded in 1878, is a non-profit, professional membership organization representing 1,800 physicians practicing medicine in San Bernardino County. Its purpose is to promote and develop the art and the science of medicine, to conserve and protect the public health and to promote the betterment of the medical profession.
TRIO Ventura County/West Valley Chapter
www.trioventurala.org
Ventura County/West Valley chapter of Transplant Recipients International Organization (TRIO) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to providing support and education for pre- and post-transplant patients as well as building community awareness of the need for organ donation. Established in 1996, the chapter provides speakers and volunteers for radio, television, churches, businesses, service organizations and health fairs. The group conducts two evening meetings and one breakfast meeting monthly.
United Organ Transplant Association (UOTA)
www.uota.org
Founded in 1994, the United Organ Transplant Organization (UOTA) focuses on three key services to their constituents in the Inland Empire, San Gabriel Valley and Orange County: promotion of organ and tissue donation awareness, providing support to transplant recipients and people on the waiting list, and allocating grants to pre- and post-transplant patients for medical costs, transportation, lodging, legal and other needs.
Local Resources
One Miracle Celebration of Life
www.onemiracle911.com
Mike Jones, kidney recipient and organ donor educator, was blessed to receive a kidney after waiting five long years. His community efforts are focused on the African American community.
National Accrediting and Oversight Organizations
American Association of Tissue Banks
www.aatb.org
A scientific, not-for-profit, peer group organization that facilitates the provision of transplantable cells and tissues.
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO)
www.aopo.org
A private, nonprofit organization recognized as a national representative of organ procurement organizations (OPOs).
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
www.unos.org
A nationwide umbrella joining the transplant community, this nonprofit charitable organization maintains the nation’s organ transplant waiting list under contract with the Healthcare Resources Services Administration (HRSA).
Government Resources
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.organdonor.gov
Information and resources on organ donation and transplantation issues from the U.S. government's principal agency for providing essential human services.
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
www.cms.gov
Details on requirements a hospital must meet to support organ donation.
Nationwide Donation/Transplantion Community
Children's Organ Transplant Association
www.cota.org
Provides fundraising assistance for children needing life-saving transplants and promotes organ, marrow and tissue donation.
Donate Life America
www.donatelife.net
A not-for-profit alliance dedicated to inspiring people to Donate Life.
Compassionate Friends
www.compassionatefriends.org
A non-profit, self-help support organization offering friendship and understanding to families grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause.
Eye Bank Association of America
www.restoresight.org
A not-for-profit organization of eye banks dedicated to the restoration of sight through the promotion and advancement of eye banking.
The Gift of a Lifetime
www.organtransplants.org
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.
Liver Families
www.liverfamilies.net
An international online support group for families whose lives have been touched by pediatric liver disease and transplant.
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
www.mtf.org
A non-profit service organization dedicated to providing quality tissue through a commitment to excellence in education, research, recovery and care for recipients, donors and their families.
National Kidney Foundation
www.kidney.org
Seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.
Transplant Week
www.transplantweek.org
Latest news about transplantation, from Medicare coverage to human interest stories.
TransWeb
www.transweb.org
An award-winning nonprofit educational web site serving the world transplant community. Click on “Journey” for a step-by-step trip through the donation process, as a donor's family might experience it.
Whole Body Donation Programs
Loma Linda University
School of Medicine - Division of Anatomy
Willed Body Program
Loma Linda, CA 92354
(909) 558-4301
University of California, Irvine
UCI School of Medicine Willed Body Program
Irvine, CA 92697-1275
(949) 824-6061
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
USC Willed Body Program
1333 San Pablo Street, BMT-401
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 442-1229