The New York Organ Donor Network is the nonprofit, federally designated organ procurement organization (OPO) for the greater New York Metropolitan area.

Established in 1978, the Donor Network is the second largest OPO in the United States, serving a culturally and ethnically diverse population of 13 million people. Working closely with transplant centers and hospitals, we:

• Coordinate organ, tissue and eye donation for transplant in the New York region
• Educate the public and health care professionals about donation and transplantation
• Promote the importance of signing up on the New York State Donate Life Registry.

We work closely with 10 transplant centers, more than 90 hospitals, and various tissue and eye banks.

The Donor Network is accredited by the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) and a member of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which oversees the organ transplant waiting list in the U.S.