What a week for MTN leaders Jan Finn and Terry Shambles!

The excitement in “We won a DAISY with WMC!!!!” says a lot. The story behind the sentiment says even more. In December 2023, a car accident sent Dwayne ‘D Dub’ Moenning to the emergency department at Wesley Healthcare in Wichita, Kansas. He was cared for by a Surgical Intensive Care Unit for about a week, […]

Midwest Transplant Network recognizes their partners in saving lives through organ, eye and tissue donation by presenting annual Excellence in Donation Awards to hospitals, individuals and organizations in our community. The awards ceremony is held during National Donate Life Month.

In 2021, Scot Pollard’s heart health began to rapidly decline due to a hereditary condition. He needed a new heart, and more than that, he needed a really big one.

One organ donor can save eight lives; a tissue donor can enhance 100 lives. In 2023, Midwest Transplant Network set a new level of achievement for the number of organs recovered for transplantation, organ donors, eye and tissue donors, and laboratory tests performed as part of organ, eye and tissue donation. MTN, a not-for-profit organ […]

A middle school multipurpose room with a performance stage. Rows of black stackable chairs with slips of purple paper to mark seat numbers for the ticketed show. Long tables filled with brightly wrapped candy, sweet treats and the smell of spun sugar from a cotton candy machine complement the anticipation. It’s opening night. The lights […]

One year ago — Sept. 1, 2022 — MTN opened its new Donor Care and Surgical Recovery Unit (DCU) after years of careful planning, preparation and training. Since then, we have cared for 131 donor patients from 29 area hospitals in our world-class DCU, providing 415 lifesaving organs to those who waited for a second chance.

For the third consecutive year, Midwest Transplant Network is ranked among the top organ procurement organizations in the country by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services performance reporting. The 2023 OPO Annual Public Aggregated Report shows that based on 2021 data — the most recent data currently available — Midwest Transplant Network is rated as Tier 1A and is third in the nation for both donation and transplantation rates.

CMS released the 2023 OPO Annual Public Aggregated Performance Report, which outlines individual OPO performance in 2021, the most recent year for which data is available. MTN ranks in Tier 1A – the highest possible performance standard – and No. 3 nationally for both donation and transplantation rates.

Midwest Transplant Network staff members recognize their partners in saving lives through organ, eye and tissue donation by presenting the annual Excellence in Donation Awards to hospitals, individuals and organizations in our community.