Gift of Life Donor Program, the non-profit agency serving the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is responsible for recovering and distributing organs and tissues used in life-saving and life-enhancing transplants. Founded in 1974 by the Greater Delaware Valley Society of Transplant Surgeons, Gift of Life is one of the oldest and largest of 59 non-profit, organ and tissue procurement organizations in the United States. Gift of Life is part of the nationwide organ and tissue sharing network run by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). Staffing more than 100 full- and part-time clinical and administrative personnel, including Community Relations, Hospital Services, Clinical Services, Family Support Services and Administrative Division, Gift of Life serves 13 area transplant centers where heart, kidney, liver, lung, and pancreas transplants are performed. Gift of Life maintains the registry of men, women and children in the region who are waiting for life-saving organ transplants at these centers. Currently, there are more than 4,300 patients on the local waiting list for heart, kidney, liver, lung and pancreas transplants. In addition, Gift of Life coordinates life-enhancing tissue transplants for area residents who are in need of corneas for sight-restoring procedures, as well as skin, tissue and bone to repair injuries. Best known by our phone numbers, 1-800-DONORS-1, or 1-800-KIDNEY-1, Gift of Life is the primary source for information regarding all aspects of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Partnering with 161 acute care hospitals to offer families from the state of Delaware, southern New Jersey and the eastern half of Pennsylvania the option of donation, Gift of Life has helped to coordinate more than 18,000 life-saving organ transplants and tens of thousands of life-enhancing tissue transplants.
For more information about Gift of Life and our employment opportunities, please contact Human Resources at hr@donors1.org
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