Additional Resources
Links to useful sources of lung transplant information
American Lung Association
Founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis and later expanding to include lung disease in all its forms, the ALA is the oldest voluntary health organization in the United States. The site's Treatment, Options and Procedures section offers comprehensive and up-to-date patient-directed information to assist in treatment decisions.
Donate Life America (formerly the Coalition on Donation)
A non-profit alliance of national organizations and local coalitions across the country dedicated to increasing organ donation.
Georgia Transplant Foundation
GTF's website provides information and education regarding both organ transplantation and financial assistance for organ transplant candidates, living donors, recipients, and their families.
LifeLink of Georgia
Serving 197 hospitals throughout Georgia and two South Carolina counties including five transplant centers, this not-for-profit community service organization is dedicated to the recovery and transplantation of high quality organs and tissues.
Second Wind Lung Transplant Association
Committed to improving the quality of life for lung transplant candidates and recipients as well as their families by providing support, advocacy, education, information and guidance, the association's website includes a nation-wide support group listing and access to a listerv with over 300 subscribers who are either waiting for a lung transplant, had a lung transplant or are a lung transplant candidate/recipient's caregiver. Membership in Second Wind is not necessary to subscribe to the listserv.
TransWeb
A nonprofit educational web site serving the world transplant community. Based at the University of Michigan, TransWeb features news and events, patient experiences, the top ten myths about donation, a donation quiz and a reference area with everything from articles to videos.
United Network for Organ Sharing
A non-profit, scientific and educational organization that administers the nation's only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), established by Congress in 1984. Through the OPTN, UNOS collects and manages data about every transplant event occurring in the United States; facilitates the organ matching and placement process using UNOS-developed data technology and the UNOS Organ Center; and unites medical professionals, transplant recipients and donor families to develop organ transplantation policy.
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