Useful Links

Your health and comfort matter to us. We want you to be fully informed as you make decisions about organ donation and transplantation. The following websites are recommended by our experts:

• Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) brings together medical professionals, recipients and donor families to develop transplantation policy.
• United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is an independent, nonprofit organization that develops the requirement for OPTN.
• Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA) is an independent, not-for-profit organ and tissue recovery agency designated by CMS to serve the state of Louisiana.
• Donate Lifeis a not-for-profit national organization that increases organ donation. Interested parties can find information on the donation process and register to become an organ donor.
• Explore Transplant partners with healthcare professionals to help people with kidney failure find information about transplantation and living donation.
• Living Bank raises awareness of the need for organ donors through public education and advocacy for living donors.
• Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients compares data for kidney transplants at Willis Knighton and the U.S.
• National Living Donor Assistance Center is a program that pays up to $6,000 for certain expenses for living organ donors and their caregivers. Eligibility is based on the transplant recipient’s yearly household income that should not be more than 350% of the federal poverty guidelines based on their household size.

 These websites share information about fundraising opportunities:

• HelpHOPELive is a national nonprofit organization that helps patients with fundraising to ease the financial burden of transplantation.
• The National Foundation for Transplants provides fundraising expertise and advocacy and promotes organ donation.
• GoFundMe is a personal fundraising website.