The Center for Donation & Transplant Email Format
Hospitals and Health CareNew York, United States11-50 Employees
The Center for Donation & Transplant is a nonprofit organization in the hospitals and health care sector, based in Albany, New York. It coordinates the retrieval of donor organs and tissue across 43 hospitals in northeastern New York and western Vermont, supporting transplantation for patients in need. Established in 1972, it is one of the federally designated nonprofit organ procurement organizations in the United States. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors and led by Chief Executive Officer Michael Thibault. It participates in the national organ-sharing system as a member of UNOS and is an accredited member of AOPO, serving 30 counties in New York and Vermont and Fairview Hospital in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Its mission emphasizes service, education, and advocacy related to organ and tissue donation to support donor families and patients awaiting transplants, with a vision to realize every donation opportunity and meet transplant needs.