Carrie’s Story – A girl, her guitar, and a promise
After being diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, Carrie received the gift of donated tendon grafts that allowed her to live a normal life.
Read these inspiring stories about how organ and tissue donation and transplantation touches and transforms lives.
After being diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, Carrie received the gift of donated tendon grafts that allowed her to live a normal life.
Paired kidney exchange enables couple to give and receive the gift of life.
Donor Mom shares the story of her son Anthony, who in his passing gave the gift of life to others.
Couple meets, falls in love and gets married after bonding over cystic fibrosis and organ donation.
Onyi received a life-saving liver transplant as an infant and it has never held her back from living a normal, healthy life.
Maura Brighter participated in a paired exchange and donated a kidney to a stranger son her son Kevin could receive a kidney transplant.
Derek Fitzgerald is the first cancer surviving heart transplant recipient to complete a full Ironman.
Arlinda Griffin received a kidney and pancreas transplant that saved her life. Today, her hero’s mother has become like family.
Gift of Life coordinates the recovery of organs and tissues for transplant. The complex organ and tissue donation and transplant process involves collaborating with highly skilled medical professionals at many different levels.
The first step of the transplant journey is the national waiting list managed by The United Network for Organ Sharing. Currently, there are more than 114,000 people waiting for life-saving organs because there are not enough donor organs for everyone who needs them.
Thousands of lives are saved each year thanks to the unselfish generosity of living donation, which is an increasingly viable option for patients awaiting transplantation.
As a transplant recipient, you may want to write to the family of your donor to share information about your renewed life and to express your gratitude. Here is a resource to aid in finding the right words.
Gift of Life Donor Program is the largest organ procurement organization (OPO) in the United States, serving more than 11 million people across the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware. We help and heal lives by coordinating the recovery and distribution of organs and tissues used in life-saving and life-enhancing transplants.
PA State Representative Brian Sims joined Good Day Philadelphia to talk about his experience of donating a kidney to his neighbor and why it was so important to him.
12-year-old Dillan just celebrated his first Christmas after receiving his new heart! Him and his family, from Lehigh Valley, shed light on their gratitude and hope for the future.
Gift of Life and the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Southeast Connect honors Crozer-Chester Medical Center.
Ryan Shaw’s strong faith and his mother’s ability to transcend her grief sparked two events that Carol McCloud calls “miracles.”
When Sarah Reesey saw Philadelphia’s 215 area code pop up during her morning hospital rounds earlier this month, her first thought was, “Oh, no, something is wrong.”
There is good news for the 5,000 people awaiting life-saving organ transplants in our region. The Gift of Life says transplants are back on pace after dipping early in the pandemic.
CNN interviews Dr. Alin Gragossian, ER doctor and heart transplant recipient about Covid-19 and the importance of protecting at-risk populations.
Stephanie Stahl of CBS 3 sheds light on the work of Gift of Life Donor Program to save lives through organ and tissue donation amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
These are unprecedented times. People across the country are adjusting to major disruptions in their daily lives as a result of COVID-19.
If you are at higher risk for serious illness from COVID-19 because of your age or because you have a serious long-term health problem, it is extra important for you to take actions to reduce your risk of getting sick with the disease.
As a family, you can plan and make decisions now that will protect you and your family during a COVID-19 outbreak. Creating a household plan can help protect your health and the health of those you care about.
Region Again Breaks Two U.S. Records, Showing Extraordinary Generosity and Clinical Leadership: Most Organ Donors and Life-Saving Transplants
Birth is Penn’s First as Part of its Innovative Uterus Transplant Clinical Trial, and Second in the United States Following Deceased Donor Transplant
Each year, Gift of Life Donor Program invites families of organ and tissue donors to attend Life and Legacy Celebrations to honor their lives and their choice to be a donor.
After tragedy brought them together, Carol and Kareem realized they shared a special bond through their faith and the life-saving legacy of organ donation.
Gift of Life is celebrating the contributions of volunteer ambassador, board member, and donor mom Cynthia London. Cynthia became connected with Gift of Life 22 years ago when her son Sipho became an organ donor.
Meet donor mom Dawn Ortiz, whose son Richard checked the box to be a donor when he went for his driver’s permit as a teen. Sadly, he lost his life at the age of 21, but his mother says her son ‘lives on in other ways.’
Good Day Philadelphia is joined by Markita Lewis, Keith ‘Bubba’ Wagner and Tonya Wagner to discuss the life-saving importance of organ donation.
A supportive “Home Away from Home” for transplant patients and their families.
An international training center and consulting service for organ donation professionals.