Midwest Transplant Network has been recognized with three awards from Evergen, formerly RTI Donor Services. The Evergen Donor Services 2024 Gold Partnership Award was presented based on MTN’s high level of commitment and its significant contribution to healing others through tissue donation. The Gift of Life Award honors MTN for recovering 49,968 transplantable tissues in […]
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A new partnership between Midwest Transplant Network and SpecialtyCare will enhance organ donation and transplantation to save more lives.
Midwest Transplant Network saves lives. In 2024, through the generosity of donor heroes and their decision to share the gift of life, MTN transplanted 1,075 lifesaving organs.
Midwest Transplant Network welcomed 62 attendees both in person and virtually for a Palliative Care Summit Jan. 16. The event focused on defining the role of palliative care in the organ donation process and collaborating with palliative care teams to best support families when faced with end-of-life decisions. Additional topics included differentiating the donor process […]
Donor hero Joe Hecht will be featured as MTN’s honoree on the 2025 OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade float.
“You only get one life, and at any moment, it can be taken away.” I.C. Collins had been healthy until a bacterial eye infection led to him struggling with his vision. Despite receiving aggressive vision treatment, he still had eye difficulties. Meanwhile, he began suffering from what he believed to be seasonal allergies. Nothing helped, […]
Andrea Starks is a Quality Assurance Coordinator. She started in March 2007 as a temporary worker, and now works toward ensuring healthy tissue donation and transplantation.
A heart transplant, an athletic competition, and a chance encounter that led to love are the elements of a great adventure, a life’s story, and a reason to celebrate Father’s Day. In 2008, Kevin was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. For about eight years, he lived with the condition with medications, diet and a careful regimen, but ultimately needed a heart transplant.
Ashley Woodin’s professional career in healthcare led her to Midwest Transplant Network as a Laboratory Support Coordinator. She is our Staff Spotlight for National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month, recognized in August.