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    • Learn About Donation
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      • Stories of Hope
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      • Aftercare Program
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      • Gift of Life Stories
      • Grief & Loss
      • Connect
    • About Us
      • Our Mission
      • Leadership
      • Governance
      • Our Partners
      • Contact Us
      • Contribute
      • Careers
    • Get Involved
      • CDT Events
      • Volunteer Program
      • Volunteer Spotlight
      • Request a Speaker
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      • Celebrating 50 Years
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  • Home
  • Register to be a Donor
    • Register in NY
    • Register in VT
  • Learn About Donation
    • Learn About Donation
    • FAQ
    • Stories of Hope
  • Donor Families
    • Aftercare Program
    • Donor Remembrance
    • Gift of Life Stories
    • Grief & Loss
    • Connect
  • About Us
    • Our Mission
    • Leadership
    • Governance
    • Our Partners
    • Contact Us
    • Contribute
    • Careers
  • Get Involved
    • CDT Events
    • Volunteer Program
    • Volunteer Spotlight
    • Request a Speaker
  • Hospital Partners
  • Donate Life Legacy Walk
  • News & Media
  • 50th Anniversary
    • Celebrating 50 Years
    • Recipient Stories
    • Donor Heroes
  • Rose Parade Album

Center for Donation & Transplant

History

The Center for Donation & Transplant (CDT) is one of 58 federally designated non-profit organ procurement organizations in the United States. CDT's core work:

  • Educating the community on the importance and impact of donation, encouraging those who wish to donate to register.


  • Supporting donor families through providing compassionate care, continuous support throughout the donation process, and long-term family aftercare services. Each year, CDT supports over 600 donor families through their donation experience.


  • Maximizing each donor's gifts through clinical expertise and collaboration with hospitals and transplant centers. Each year, nearly 200 lives are saved from organ transplantation while approximately 30,000 other lives are enhanced through the healing gift of tissue grafts.

OUR MISSION

 The Center for Donation & Transplant (CDT) offers hope and healing to donor families in upstate New York and western Vermont, empowering our community to restore the health of those needing an organ or tissue transplant through excellence of service, education and advocacy of organ and tissue donation.
 

OUR VISION

 To realize every donation opportunity, maximize every donor's gifts, and satisfy the transplant needs of all patients.  
 

CORE VALUES

  Teamwork

Partnership in the pursuit of excellence

Integrity

Professionalism, Honesty, Accountability
 

Passion

Our commitment to being exceptional
 

Respect

Thoughtfulness and consideration of our customers and each other 

Overview of an Organ procurement organization (OPO)

CDT is one of the 58 federally designated organ procurement organizations (OPO) in the United States. See below for an overview of OPO operations.

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