Transplant Info

Living Bank (livingbank.org)

About Us

The Living Bank is the oldest and largest organ donor education organization in the United States, and the only national organ donor registry that keeps computerized records of organ donor data for future retrieval in an emergency.

The Living Bank cooperates at every opportunity with each segment of the organ donor and transplant community; supporting any group or organization whose activities generate more committed organ donors or facilitate actual organ donation.

Mission Statement

The Living Bank International is a non-profit organization dedicated to the enhancement of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. The mission of The Living Bank is to motivate and facilitate the commitment of enough organ and tissue donors so that no one must die or suffer for lack of a donation.

(quoted from livingbank.org)

USC Transplant (usctransplant.org/lungs)

About Us

Surgeons from the USC Lung Transplant Program are committed to the diagnosis and care of patients with diseases of the chest. In the area of General Thoracic Surgery, USC Cardiothoracic Surgeons offer expertise in the treatment of locally advanced lung cancer including tumors that invade the chest wall or mediastinum. Patients with these complex disorders are evaluated and staged completely, and in conjunction with medical and radiation oncologists a determination about the optimal method of treatment is made with the patient and family. Our experience with Lung Volume Reduction is carried over to the treatment of patients with lung cancer and advanced emphysema. A broad experience with lung transplantation and airway problems provides the background for expertise with tumors and strictures of the trachea and major bronchi, as well as lung-sparing cancer resections called “sleeve resections”. In these operations lung and airway tumors are removed along with the surrounding lymph glands while the lung tissue itself is preserved.

(quoted from usctransplant.org)

UNOS (unos.org)

Very informative website regarding organ donation and transplant.