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News and statistics
Organ procurement organizations

Illinois transplant programs
Donate Life Illinois
Other local and regional partners
Other national organizations

Advance directives

Whole body donation for research

For clergy
For donor families
For funeral/forensic professionals
For medical professionals
For transplant recipients

African-Americans and donation
Hispanics and donation

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Federal government resources
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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News and statistics
Donate Life America
TransWeb: All About Transplantation and Donation
United Network for Organ Sharing

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Organ procurement organizations
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
Organ procurement organizations (by state)

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Illinois transplant programs
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Children's Memorial Hospital
Loyola University Medical Center
Memorial Medical Center
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center
The University of Chicago Medical Center
University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago

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Other local and regional partners
Have a Heart Foundation
Organ Transplant Support, Inc.
Rock River Valley Blood Center
Save A Life Foundation

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Other national organizations
America's Blood Centers
American Association of Blood Banks
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
American Liver Foundation
American Lung Association
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Eye Bank Association of America
James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness
National Kidney Foundation
National Marrow Donor Program
National Minority Organ and Tissue Transplant Education Program
Team Give Life

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Advance directives
Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois State Medical Society
Put it in Writing (American Hospital Association)

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Whole body donation for research
Donating organs and tissues for life-giving transplantation is a separate process from donating your whole body for medical research. Each of the following whole body donation programs has different criteria for whether a body donated for research will be accepted following organs/tissues donated for transplant.

The Anatomical Gift Association of Illinois
Biological Resource Center

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For clergy
Halachic Organ Donor Society
Transplant for Life

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For donor families
Angelfire: A Place for Donor Moms
Beyond Indigo Grief Support
The Compassionate Friends: Grief Support After the Death of a Child
GriefWorks
Journey of Hearts
National Donor Family Council
National Donor Memorial: Honoring America's Organ & Tissue Donors
PsychLinks
Publications on Grief

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For funeral/forensic professionals
Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice
AlloSource (processor of orthopedic tissue)
American Association of Tissue Banks
American Society of Embalmers
The Anatomical Gift Association of Illinois
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
Beyond Indigo Grief Support
Biological Resource Center
Carl Sandburg College (Mortuary Science Program)
Centering Corporation (Grief Resources)
Chicagoland Independent Funeral Directors
City Colleges of Chicago Mortuary Science Program
The Compassionate Friends Grief Support
Cremation Association of North America
Cremation Society of Illinois
CryoLife, Inc. (processor of cardiac and vascular tissue)
The Dodge Company
Funeral Directors Services Association of Greater Chicago
Funeral Ethics Association
Illinois Cemetery & Funeral Home Association
Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association
Illinois Eye-Bank
Illinois Funeral Directors Association
Indiana Funeral Directors Association
International Order of the Golden Rule
Ivy Tech State College Mortuary Science Program, Gary, IN
Mid-America Transplant Services
(organ procurement organization serving the southern quarter of Illinois)
National Association of Medical Examiners
National Funeral Directors & Morticians Association
National Funeral Directors Association
Southern Illinois University Mortuary Science Program, Carbondale
State of Illinois
Web Healing (grief resources)
Worsham College of Mortuary Science

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For medical professionals
American Medical Association
American Society of Multicultural Health and Transplant Professionals
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
American Society of Transplantation
Illinois Academy of Family Physicians
Illinois Hospital Association
The Joint Commission
NATCO – The Organization for Transplant Professionals
United Network for Organ Sharing

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For transplant recipients
American Transplant Association
Children’s Organ Transplant Association
Second Wind Lung Transplant Association, Inc.
Team Illinois/U.S. Transplant Games
Transplant Living
Transplant Recipients International Organization, Inc. (TRIO)

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African-Americans and donation
Donate Life America
Facts About African-Americans and Kidney Disease
National Minority Organ and Tissue Transplant Education Program

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Hispanics and donation
Donate Life America: Spanish-language website
National Kidney Foundation: Spanish-language website
National Marrow Donor Program: Spanish-language website
National Minority Organ and Tissue Transplant Education Program

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Ordering donor education materials
Donate Life America
Donation Promotions
Health Promotions Now

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