organ donation
The growing need for
30+ percent — Northwell Health
increase in organ donation from 2016 to 2017
325* — adult kidney transplants since 2007
January 2017 — First pediatric
kidney transplant at Cohen Children's
Medical Center
20+ years — Northwell has collected
bone marrow for unrelated donors
The generosity
of organ and
tissue donors
changes lives.
(Every 18 hours, someone in New York State dies waiting for an organ transplant.)
19,000
New York State residents are
waiting for a donor match
Organ donor registration
The power of one
52%
national average
30%
New York State
Coming soon
Heart transplant
— launched late 2017, performing
30+ per year by 2021
Liver transplant — launch expected
fall 2018, performing 50+ a year
*2017 estimate
See Lewis Teperman, MD,
Northwell Health's director of
organ transplantation, discuss
the life-changing effects of
organ donation: bit.ly/see-DrT.
Transplant
programs
keep
hope
alive.
One organ and
tissue donor
can help:
people
(and countless
loved ones)
50
" We make a living
by what we get,
but we make a life
by what we give."
— Winston Churchill
10,000
are in metro New York
Boosting donor enrollment
Source: LiveOnNY
In the know
northwell.edu
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