While most coroner’s offices throughout the state work with LOPA to offer families the opportunity to help save and enhance the lives of others through tissue donation, the East Baton Rouge Coroner’s Office continues to provide more referrals than any other parish. Since taking office in 2012, Dr. Clark has honored over 650 individual donor heroes and their families through the gifts of tissue and eye donation.

LOPA (Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency) announced the release of a new children’s book, entitled “Ava’s Wish.”

Agency positioned to lead the nation in growth and innovation in the field of organ donation.

Connected by Life features news and issues surrounding organ donation and transplantation.

“Aliye’s Law” promotes organ, tissue and eye donation education as a required component of Louisiana’s high school curriculum.

Innovative initiative fills gap for families whose loved ones donate the gift of life.

This milestone comes almost a decade after the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act enabled people living with HIV to donate their organs to those on the transplant waiting list living with HIV.

A national consortium of organ procurement organizations shares its commitment to driving change and saving the lives of more than 100,000 Americans awaiting a life saving organ donation.

We have received lots of questions about how COVID impacts donation and transplantation. Please read the information below which addresses the questions we most commonly hear.

Louisiana has one of the oldest registries in the US. LOPA was awarded a grant to develop the registry in the mid 90s and we currently have close to 2.5 million registered donors.

LOPA announced today a record number of Louisianians gave the gift of life last year through organ and tissue donation. These heroes offered hope and healing in the midst of 2020 challenges…