Related Links:
www.YesIWillWisconsin.com
Statistical data can be obtained at www.unos.org and www.optn.org 800.292.9537
www.mtf.org 732.661.0202
Restoring Hope Transplant House
Loneliness can be devastating when you're a transplant patient halfway across the country and away from family and friends. However, an organization is working to ward off loneliness with a group of homes, one is located in Middleton, WI, just minutes away from UW Madison, specifically for transplant patients. www.restoringhope.org 608.831.1726
National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin
The National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin is one of the founding members of the Wisconsin Coalition on Donation.
www.kidneywi.org 800.622.9010
Donate Life America www.donatelife.net 804.782.4920
Donate Life Wisconsin www.donatelifewisconsin.org
American Association of Tissue Banks www.aatb.org 703.827.9582
Eye Bank Association of America www.restoresight.org 202.775.4999
www.marrow.org 800.627.7692
UW Madison Organ Procurement Organization
The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Organ Procurement Organization (UWHC OPO) is located within a major academic medical center and is recognized as one of the most successful organ procurement programs in the nation.
www.uwhcopo.org 608.265.0356
US Government Organ Donation Website www.organdonor.gov 301.443.7577
www.wisdonornetwork.gov
The Wisconsin Donor Network is the federally designated organ procurement organization supporting the transplant community in eastern Wisconsin. Guided by an advisory board consisting of members drawn from the community and affiliated transplant centers, the network is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and serves 2.3 million people in a 12-county region, including Calumet, Door, Kenosha, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Outagamie, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha counties.
The Wisconsin Donor Network is also affiliated with the 50 acute-care hospitals in eastern Wisconsin, the transplant programs at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital and St. Luke’s Medical Center, as well as the Wisconsin Lion’s Eye Bank and the Wisconsin Tissue Bank.
In addition to recovering organs for transplant, the Wisconsin Donor Network also provides public and professional education about the tremendous need for organ and tissue donors. It is the region’s primary, most current source of information regarding organ and tissue donation.