Transplant Info

How Does It Work?

United Network for Organ Sharing

Organ: All

Waitlist Registrations as of February 28, 2017

Where Candidate's Permanent State Of Residence at Listing: New Mexico

Candidate's Permanent State of Residence at Listing	Desired Organ												Total
	Heart		Intestine		Kidney		Kidney-Pancreas		Liver		Lung		Total		Pancreas
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
New Mexico	17	2.2			596	78.8	5	0.7	125	16.5	6	0.8	7	0.9	756	100

Based on OPTN data as of February 24^th, 2017.

Data subject to change due to future correction or submission.

Transplant Resources

United Network for Organ Sharing: www.unos.org

The Journal of Heart + Lung Transplantation: www.jhltonline.org

American Society of Transplantation - Patient Information: www.myast.org/patient-information

Infórmate: www.informate.org

Presbyterian Transplant Services: www.phs.org/doctors-services/services-centers/Pages/transplant-services.aspx

University of New Mexico Renal Transplant Services: hsc.unm.edu/health/patient-care/kidney-care/transplant-services.html

University of Colorado Transplant Services: www.uch.edu/transplant

Mayo Clinic Transplant Center: Phoenix AZ
480-342-1010
mayoclinic.org

National Kidney Foundation: www.kidney.org/transplantation/livingdonors

Transplant Hero: www.transplanthero.com

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: optn.transplant.hrsa.gov

UNOS Transplant Living: www.transplantliving.org

Living Donor Information: www.livingdonorassistance.org

U.S. Government on Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation: www.organdonor.gov

Living Organ Donation: www.livingdonorsonline.org

Gift of a Lifetime: www.organtransplants.org

Donate Life: www.donatelife.net; www.donatelifenm.org

Transplant Games of America: http://transplantgamesofamerica.org/

Transplant Life Foundation: https://www.transplantlifefoundation.org/

Books

Thomas Starzl, M.D., PhD "The Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant Surgeon"

Given the tensions and demands of medicine, highly successful physicians and surgeons rarely achieve equal success as prose writers. It is truly extraordinary that a major, international pioneer in the controversial field of transplant surgery should have written a spellbinding, and heart-wrenching, autobiography.

https://www.amazon.com/Puzzle-People-Memoirs-Transplant-Surgeon/dp/0822958368

Rx Drug Assistance

Patient assistance programs for prescribed immunosuppressive medications are available by contacting:

Roche Patient Assistance Program (Cellcept)
(800) 772-5790

Novartis Patient Assistance Program (Cyclosporine)
(888) 455-6655

Novartis Transplant Reimbursement Information (Neoral)
(877) 952-1000

Astellas Patient Assistance Program (Prograf)
(800) 477-6472

Abbott Patient Assistance Program (Gengraf)
(800) 633-9110