Press Releases from LifeSharers (6 total)
Thomas Mollo Named Advisor to LifeSharers
Thomas Mollo, Executive Director of the National Kidney Registry, has agreed to serve as an advisor to LifeSharers. LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ donors that gives registered organ donors preferred access to transplantable organs. It was launched in 2002 to help alleviate the shortage of human organs needed for transplant operations. That shortage kills over 8,000 Americans every year.
“LifeSharers has the potential to make a…
U.S. transplant waiting list hits 100,000. America needs two waiting lists, not …
LifeSharers urges ‘A’ list for organ donors, ‘B’ list for non-donors.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The waiting list for organ transplants in the United States has topped 100,000 people. America needs two transplant waiting lists, according to LifeSharers, a national network of organ donors: the ‘A’ list for registered organ donors and the ‘B’ list for people who have not agreed to donate.
As of 5:14 p.m. on October 7, there…
Sigrid Fry-Revere Named Advisor to LifeSharers
Sigrid Fry-Revere, a medical ethicist and health care policy analyst, has agreed to serve as an advisor to LifeSharers. LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ donors that gives registered organ donors preferred access to transplantable organs. It was launched in 2002 to help alleviate the shortage of human organs needed for transplant operations. That shortage kills over 8,000 Americans every year.
“LifeSharers exemplifies social cooperation at its…
LifeSharers Recruits 10,000th Organ Donor
Organ Donors Get Preferred Access to Organs through Innovative Network
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – November 8, 2007 – LifeSharers, the innovative organ donation network that helps people donate their organs to other organ donors, has attracted its 10,000th member. Membership in LifeSharers has grown by more than 53% in the last twelve months.
LIFESHARERS PUTS ORGAN DONORS FIRST
LifeSharers offers registered organ donors preferred access to donated organs.
LifeSharers members agree to donate their…
Professor Michele Goodwin Named Advisor to LifeSharers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – September 6, 2006 – Michele Goodwin, Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law, has agreed to serve as an advisor to LifeSharers. LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ donors that gives registered organ donors preferred access to transplantable organs. It was launched in 2002 to help alleviate the shortage of human organs needed for transplant operations. That shortage kills over 6,000…
Merrill Matthews Named Advisor to LifeSharers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – July 27, 2006 – Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., has agreed to serve as an advisor to LifeSharers. Doctor Matthews is Director of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance and Resident Scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation. LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ donors that gives registered organ donors preferred access to transplantable organs. It was launched in 2002 to help alleviate the shortage…
