- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Organ donation and transplantation
- Creator:
- Korschun, Holly
- Date of Original:
- 2004-02-02
- Subject:
- Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (United States)
Emory University. Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital
Medical College of Georgia
Piedmont Hospital
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.--Georgia
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about organ donation and transplantation in Georgia. Organ transplantation in Georgia is performed at five transplant centers: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston Hospital, Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, and Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta. These centers are designated by the National Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, an agency established by federal law for matching donor organs to waiting recipients. This network is operated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) under contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. UNOS, based in Richmond, Virginia, maintains a centralized computer network, available twenty-four hours a day, linking all organ procurement organizations and transplant centers. In fall 2003 nearly 83,000 people were waiting for organ transplants nationwide, with more than 1,400 of those in Georgia.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/organ-donation-and-transplantation/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Organ Donation and Transplantation," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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