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Gift of Life Donor Program Records Busiest Organ Donation & Transplantation Month in U.S. History

Philadelphia, PA – Gift of Life Donor Program’s 24/7 clinical team coordinated gifts from 78 organ donors, resulting in 204 life-saving organs transplanted in July. It was the greatest number of organ donors coordinated in one month and the first time any U.S. organ procurement organization (OPO) exceeded 200 organs for transplant in the same […]

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2021 HAP Donate Life PA Hospital Challenge Honorees Announced

Over 100 Hospitals and Health Systems Participate in Organ Donation Awareness Initiative

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Richard Hasz to Succeed Howard Nathan as President & CEO of Gift of Life Donor Program

Gift of Life Donor Program President and CEO Howard M. Nathan to step down and Richard
Hasz, Jr. named as successor to lead the nation’s top organ procurement organization.

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Racing to Save Lives: Gift of Life Dash From Home Draws 3,000, Raises Nearly $400,000

Philadelphia, PA – More than 3,000 transplant recipients, donor families, living donors and advocates took part in Dash From Home, a virtual version of Gift of Life Donor Program’s annual Donor Dash. Dash From Home brought awareness of organ and tissue donation to 37 states across the country as supporters walked or ran in their […]

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One-of-a-Kind Transplant Pregnancy Registry International Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary

Philadelphia-Based Research Study Supports Thousands of Pregnancies Worldwide

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NYU Langone Health Performs World’s First Successful Face & Double Hand Transplant

Gift of Life is proud to have worked with NYU Langone Health on the groundbreaking first face and bilateral hand transplant in U.S. history.

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Gift of Life Donor Program Leads U.S. in Organ Donation for 13th Consecutive Year

Region Demonstrates Extraordinary Generosity and Clinical Leadership Despite Pandemic Challenges: Most Organ Donors Every Year Since 2008.

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Gift of Life Honors Hospital for Outstanding Organ Donation Rates

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Gift of Life Donor Program – the organ procurement organization for the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware – and the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) Southeast Connect, honored Crozer-Chester Medical Center with the 2020 Gift of Life Award on November 6, 2020. This prestigious, annual award […]

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Welcome, Baby Benjamin: Penn Medicine Birth Marks a Milestone in Uterus Transplant Clinical Trial

Birth is Penn’s First as Part of its Innovative Uterus Transplant Clinical Trial, and Second in the United States Following Deceased Donor Transplant

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12th Consecutive Year Leading U.S. in Organ Donation for Gift of Life Donor Program

Region Again Breaks Two U.S. Records, Showing Extraordinary Generosity and Clinical Leadership: Most Organ Donors and Life-Saving Transplants

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