Organ & Tissue Donation
You can help give the gift of life by choosing to become an organ or tissue donor. One organ donor can help save up to eight lives, and one tissue donation can save or improve the lives of more than 75 people.
The decision to become an organ or tissue donor does not interfere with the healthcare you receive鈥攕aving your life is your 麻豆国产AV Langone doctor鈥檚 first priority.
All people can be considered as potential organ, tissue, and eye donors at the time of death.聽Organs and tissues are distributed through federally or state-authorized organ and tissue banks, and donating your organs does not cost your family any money.
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The is a confidential, online database that records a person鈥檚 own legal consent to organ, tissue, and eye donation upon his or her death. If you live in New York State, .
More Information about Organ and Tissue Donation
, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the recovery of organs and tissue for transplant in the greater New York metropolitan area, offers resources to learn more about donation.
For information about organ transplantation at 麻豆国产AV Langone, learn more about our Transplant Institute.