Transplant Center
Patient Information
Online Resources
- American Association of Kidney Patients (aakp.org):
A national, nonprofit, membership-based, voluntary health organization providing
education, support and advocacy services to kidney patients and their families.
- American Diabetes Association (diabetes.org):
An organization committed to preventing and curing diabetes and to improving
the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
- American Kidney Fund (akfinc.org):
A national, voluntary health organization whose primary goal is to relieve
the often staggering financial burden associated with chronic kidney failure
through patient aid programs.
- American Liver Foundation (liverfoundation.org):
A national, voluntary nonprofit health agency dedicated to preventing, treating
and curing hepatitis and all liver ailments.
- American Organ Transplant Association:
A nonprofit organization helping to make organ transplant surgery and aftercare
available to anyone who needs it.
- Children's Liver Alliance (liverkids.org.au):
A pediatric liver organization dedicated to empowering the hearts and minds
of children with liver disease, their families and the medical professionals
who care for them.
- Children's Organ Transplant Association
(cota.org): An association that works to ensure that no U.S. citizen
is ever denied a life-saving transplant or access to a transplant waiting
list due solely to a lack of funds.
- Insulin-Free World Foundation (insulin-free.org):
This foundation provides extensive information about pancreas and islet cell
transplantation and immunology.
- National Kidney Foundation (kidney.org):
This foundation works to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve
the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases
and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.
- Transplant Experience
(transplantexperience.com): The Transplant Experience program was
created to meet your specific needs throughout the transplant process.
- Transplant Recipients International Organization
(trioweb.org): This organization is committed to improving the quality
of life of transplant candidates, donors and recipients and their families.
- TransWeb (transweb.org): This
is a nonprofit resource for the world transplant community, dedicated to promoting
donation and providing transplant education for patients, families, students
and professionals in the field.
- United Network for Organ
Sharing (unos.org): This nonprofit organization maintains the nation's
organ transplant waiting list and is dedicated to advancing organ availability
and transplantation through education, technology and policy development.
If you would like to
make
an appointment or talk to someone about our services, please call 410-328-5408
or 1-800-492-5538.
This page was last updated on: February 18, 2008.