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| | | The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Veterans Affairs of the linked Web sites, or the information, products or services contained therein.
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 | Organ Donation & Transplantation | |  | American Organ Transplant Association
(AOTA) Mission is to help patients lead happy, productive lives by helping them to obtain and sustain transplantation. Conducts patient campaigns and provides patient fundraising assistance, transportation support, and a medication program.
| | | Coalition on Donation
A nonprofit alliance of national organizations and local coalitions across the United States that have joined forces to educate the public about organ and tissue donation, correct misconceptions about donation, and create a greater willingness to donate.
| | | International Liver Transplantation Society
(ILTS) Goals include raising the standard of care for patients requiring liver transplantation and promotion of education and research through dissemination and exchange of information within the medical community and to the public. Cosponsor of the journal Liver Transplantation | | | OrganDonor.gov
The official U.S. Government web site for organ and tissue donation and transplantation, maintained by the Health Resources and Services Administration.
| | | Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
(OPTN) The unified transplant network established by the United States Congress in 1984. Operated by a private, nonprofit organization (UNOS) under federal contract, the networks goals include increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of organ sharing and equity in the national system of organ allocation, as well as increasing the supply of donated organs available for transplantation.
| | | The Transplantation Society
Organization that serves as an international forum for the advancement of both basic and clinical transplantation science throughout the world. Official journals include Transplantation.
| | | United Network for Organ Sharing
(UNOS) Nonprofit scientific, and educational organization that maintains the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) in the United States. Site includes information on liver transplant issues. UNOS collects and manages data about every transplant event occurring in the United States, facilitates the organ matching and placement process, and develops organ transplantation policy.
| | | VA Transplant Program
Site includes information on liver transplant within the VA system.
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