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Organ Procurement Organization - OPO

Donor Families

Green leafThe Gift of Life
 
UW Health Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) is a nationally recognized leader in organ donation. Through your family’s gift of life, you are now a part of that excellence. We are humbled and deeply grateful for your loved one’s legacy.

Through the gift of life, your loved one saved and touched the lives of transplant recipients and their families. With this gift comes a wide array of emotions. From sadness and grief to hope and peace, everyone’s experience is different. As you progress through this difficult time at your own pace, in your own way, it is important to remember that you are not alone. The staff at UW Health OPO will contact you several times throughout the next two years.
 
Donor/Family Services
 
The dedicated staff at the UW Health Organ Procurement Organization offer many services for organ donor families. They include:
  • A donor services coordinator who is dedicated to serving the needs of donor families
  • A formal follow-up program that supports donor families for 15 months following donation
  • Grief support and resources that support individual donor family needs
Formal Follow-up Program
 
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Organ Procurement Organization has a formal donor family follow-up program that includes contacting each donor family four times during the 15 months following donation.
 
Schedule and information shared at each contact  
 
Donor Family Services
 

(608) 890-7604

cmonahan@uwhealth.org

 
Grief Support and Additional Resources
 
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Organ Procurement Organization makes these materials and resources available to support donor families.


Resources

Grief Support

Additional Resources