When Wendy Lucas in our Information Technology Department chose to become a living kidney donor in November, she demonstrated a powerful truth: one person’s decision can save a life. Across our ...

The traveling exhibit, "LifeLine: The Ultimate Bond," seeks to educate and dispel myths about organ donation.

Black patients make up 46% of Tennessee's transplant waitlist, while only 9% of registered donors are Black. Transplants can be more successful when organs are matched between people of similar ethnic ...

ANSWER: Absolutely. Liver and kidney organ transplants are common from donors in their 80s. Corneas can be taken at any age.

April is “National Organ and Tissue Awareness Month.” Some people hope that you consider giving the gift of life.

April is National Donate Life Month, a time to honor the generosity of organ, eye and tissue donors and to celebrate the lives saved through transplantation. In 2021, I had the privilege of donating ...

Organ transplants are medical miracles. Dozens of people have received face transplants after their own faces were damaged in fires, or attacks with poison and other injuries. More than 40,000 corneas ...

April is “Donate Life Month,” a time to encourage people to become organ donors and give the gift of life. Now, a ...

Hats off to Miss Butler County Annie Rieg for using her public appearances to push for more organ and tissue donations. At a recent appearance at Butler Memorial Hospital as part of a ceremony ...

Former NFL defensive back Ronyell Whitaker, who died in February from a brain aneurysm, saved four lives through organ donation. His partner and family say the decision reflects his lifelong ...

February 14 is National Donor Day, a day to raise awareness for organ donation. The author, a heart transplant recipient, shares his personal journey from needing a new heart to becoming an advocate.