Resources in Our Area

El Centro

Regional Medical Hospital

Meets: Meets the third Thursday of the month , 6:30- 8:30 PM

Contact Eva Wong for more information.

Phone: 760-352-2873

La Jolla

Green Hospital, Scripps Clinic - (Directions)
10666 N. Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037

Contact Richard Helman (Scripps) for more information.

Phone: 858-554-8156

San Diego - Liver Transplant

UCSD Medical Center - (Directions)
200 W. Arbor Drive
On 8th Floor, Room 8-308
San Diego, CA

Meets: Meets third Thursday of every month, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Meeting takes place on the 8th Floor in Room 308

Contact Michelle Morrison, Liver Transplant Social Worker (UCSD) for more information.

Phone: 619-543-8242

San Diego - Transplant Caregiver Support Group

UCSD Medical Center - (Directions)
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103

Meets: Meets second Wednesday of every month at 12:00 PM

Meeting takes place on the 8th Floor in Room 308

Phone: 619-543-8242

NIH Clinical Trials

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UCSD Clinical Trials

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LifeSharing - A Donate Life Orgnanization

San Diego
3465 Camino Del Rio South, Suite #410
San Diego, CA 92108

Mission:
Lifesharing Community Organ and Tissue Donation is committed to the life-saving and life-enhancing efforts of transplantation. We strive to be the leader in organ and tissue donation through education, collaboration, and the provision of quality service.

Founded in 1984 as a division of UCSD Medical Center, Lifesharing is one of 58 regional non-profits dedicated to the life-saving and life-enhancing benefits of organ and tissue donation. A federally designated organization, we provide organ recovery, donor family support, and educational services for the diverse population of approximately 3 million people in San Diego and Imperial Counties. Organ and tissue procurement services supply twenty-six donor hospitals and four local transplant centers with transplantable organs for the ever growing waiting list of 1,600 San Diego patients and 90,000 patients nationwide.

Regulation by the federal government through the Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) monitors Lifesharing Organ Services. The Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) have been designated by DHSS to provide

oversight and policy guidelines to all of the Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO) in the United States. To continue as a designated OPO, Lifesharing must meet donor and organ recovery metrics set by DHSS.

As a Donate Life Organization, Lifesharing is a member of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). This private, nonprofit organization operates the national organ allocation system. Lifesharing allocates organs according to UNOS guidelines to ensure equitable organ distribution in our community. Lifesharing is also accredited by the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) - a professional association providing national guidelines for OPOs. In addition to the Food and Drug Administration, state and local Health Departments also regulate Lifesharing Tissue Service.

Contact Sharon for more information.

Phone: (619) 521-1983
Web: http://www.lifesharing.org/

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