Partner Organizations

Legacy of Life plays an important role of connecting donors with organizations who supply the medical field and facilitate the medical transplantation process for recipients.

With the help of Legacy of Life, and the following partners, Donors are changing the lives of people in need everyday. The organizations we work with are:


Bone Bank Allografts



Our mission is to enhance the quality of patient care by providing only safe, high quality allograft tissues to health care professionals for both transplant and research.


RTI Biologics



RTI prepares human donated tissue and bovine tissue for transplantation through extensive testing and screening, precision shaping and proprietary, validated sterilization processes. These allograft and xenograft implants are used in dental, head and neck, ophthalmology, spine, sports medicine, urology and other specialty surgeries.


Shriner Children's Burn Hospitals



Part of a network of 22 hospitals that provide expert, no-cost orthopedic and burn care to children under 18.


OTHER LINKS - RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

American Association of Tissue Banks - AATB is a scientific, not-for-profit, peer group organization founded in 1976. Its mission is to facilitate the provision or high quality transplantable human tissue in quantities sufficient to meet national needs.

American Hospital Association - The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care organizations founded in 1898. It provides national advocacy for its members, which include 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, and other providers of care.

American Medical Association - the AMA, a voluntary national membership organization of physicians, launched its national "Live and Then Give" campaign initiated by the Texas Medical Association, The TMA Alliance and the Texas Transplant Society. The AMA has provided educational materials to state medial societies and their alliance organizations of member spouses. The campaign also encourages physicians, their families and staff to sign donor cards.

American Society of Minority Health and Transplant Professionals - ASMHTP's mission is to promote organ and tissue donation and transplantation among minorities and to serve in a national advisory capacity for research and education on these and other health related issues.

American Society of Transplantation - AST is an organization of transplant professionals dedicated to research, education, advocacy and patient care in transplantation science and medicine.

American Society of Transplant Surgeons - ASTS promotes and encourages education and research in organ and tissue transplantation to facilitate progress in the saving of lives and to enhance the quality of lives of patients afflicted with end-stage organ failure.

Association of Organ Procurement Organizations - AOPO is a private, non-for-profit professional organization representing the nation's organ procurement organizations.

Donate Life - Donate Life, formerly The Coalition on Donation, is an alliance of voluntary, professional health, science, and transplant patient groups formed to educate the public about organ and tissue donation, correct misconceptions about donation, and create a greater willingness to donate.

Eye Bank Association of America - EBAA is a not-for-profit organization of eye banks dedicated to the restoration of sight through the promotion and advancement of eye banking.

Food and Drug Administration - (click on Bioethics) FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research is responsible for ensuring the safety, efficacy, potency, and purity of biological (e.g., tissue) and related products intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention or cure of diseases in humans as well as the safety of the nation's supply of blood and blood products.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - JCAHO, an independent, not-for-profit organization, evaluates and accredits more than 19,500 health care organizations in the United States, including hospitals, health care networks, managed care organizations, and health care organizations that provide home care, long term care, behavioral health care, laboratory, and ambulatory care services.

National Organ and Tissue Donation Initiative - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has undertaken this initiative to ease the critical shortage of organ donors. Its goals are to increase consent to donation, maximize donation opportunities, and learn more about what works to increase donation and transplantation through carefully designed research efforts.

North American Transplant Coordinator's Organization - NATCO is a professional society of transplant coordinators, including clinical and organ and tissues recovery coordinators, as well as specialists in public and professional education.

TransWeb - TransWeb is a nonprofit educational website base at the University of Michigan Medical Center featuring news and events, information about donation, and resource links.

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) - UNOS provides information for professionals, patients, donors, and recipients on OPTN policies and data on donation and transplantation