40% of OPOs will shutter in 2026 if Congress doesn’t take action.

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The Latest

  • Senate Finance Looks to Shutdown OPO's

    SID&T responded to the latest Senate Finance Committee hearing on organ donation and transplant that again put politics and bad data ahead of peer-reviewed science. We again call for true reform based on sound science, true performance metrics, and the nurturing of non-profit system. The current chaos is leading to 40% of the OPOs being shut.

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  • HMA Report

    Health Management Associates, a renowned national health care policy and research firm, conducted an in-depth review of the Rule governing organ donation and transplantation and concluded congressional action is needed as advocated by Science in Donation & Transplant and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

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  • Hear From The Experts

    Hear from some of America’s leading organ donation, transplant and public health experts. Dr. Tom Rosenthal a renowned Los Angeles transplant surgeon and Medical Director, Dr. Gerald Wilson Chairman of We Are Sharing Hope SC, and Dr. Herb Conaway Deputy Speaker and Health Committee Chairman of the New Jersey General Assembly.

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  • Legislative Initiatives

    SID&T has drafted and promoted Federal legislation to produce true organ donation and transplant reform based on science not politics. HHS has ignored the science of the landmark NASEM report and it is time for Congress to act. Further it is presenting model State legislation to protect the non-profit status of the system.

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  • SID&T Supports NASEM Study

    Understand the TIMELINE where HHS ignores the coming, then published, landmark NASEM Report and our outreach to Secretary Becerra to adopt that report’s recommendations.

    See SID&T Facts and Reform outlining the truth about our nation’s organ procurement and transplant system and the science-based path forward.

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SIDT&T

WHO WE ARE

 Science in Donation and Transplant is a non-profit devoted to the support and education of members and stakeholders in the donation and transplant communities. Donors and transplant recipients alike deserve a well-aligned, science-based system. We advocate reform in concert with leading medical practitioners for enhanced coordination and alignment among organ procurement organizations and transplant centers. Our goal is ensuring that the metrics and measures used to credential, license, designate and certify donation and transplant organizations are grounded in science and protected from political whim and private financial influence.

Hear From the Experts On True Reform

  • Joe Roth

    The late nationally recognized expert in organ procurement Joe Roth led the New Jersey Sharing Network as CEO and President for many years and is a past President of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations.

    Joe Roth has a legacy that triumphs over self-interested politics in community healthcare, organ donation, and transplants. We will continue to feature him on the SID&T website.

  • Dr. Gerald Wilson

    Dr. Wilson respects SID&T’s call for industry alignment. Aligning all central players in donation and transplant, as SID&T and NASEM is the only way to engender comprehensive solutions.

  • Dr. J. Thomas Rosenthal

    Dr. Rosenthal, a recognized donation and transplant expert joins SID&T’s call for legitimate reform.

  • Herb Conaway, M.D.

    Dr. Conaway Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the New Jersey General Assembly Health Committee joins SID&T call for legitimate reform and the need for health care equity.

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