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Procurement Agencies in Missouri | Transplant Hospitals | Missouri Resources | Willed Body Programs | National Organizations | Healthcare Resources | Financial Resources | Educational Resources

Procurement Agencies in Missouri

• Heartland Lions Eye Bank
• Mid-America Transplant Services
• Midwest Transplant Network

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Transplant Hospitals

• St. Luke’s Health Systems of Kansas City
  (Heart and Kidney)
  10920 Elm Avenue
  Kansas City, Missouri 64134
  816.932.3377
  
  
• University of Kansas Medical Center
  (Kidney-Pancreas, Liver and Blood and Marrow)
  3901 Rainbow Blvd.
  Kansas City, Kansas 66160-7220
  800-332-6048
  
  
• Research Medical Center of Kansas City
  (Kidney, Pancreas and Kidney-Pancreas)
  2316 E Meyer Blvd.
  Kansas City, Missouri 64132
  Telephone: (816) 276-4000
  
  
• Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics of Kansas City
  (Kidney, Liver and Bone Marrow)
  2401 Gillham Road
  Kansas City, MO 64108
  816-234-3000
  
  
• Via Christi Transplant Institute-St. Francis
  (Kidney and Pancreas)
  929 N. St. Francis
  Wichita, KS 67214
  316-268-5890

• University of Missouri Medical Center
  (Kidney)
  Department of Transplant Services
  DC035.00
  One Hospital Drive
  Columbia, MO 65212
  Email: webba@health.missouri.edu
  Phone: (573) 882-8763
  Fax: (573) 884-4237
  
  
• Barnes Hospital/Washington University Medical Center
  (Adult: Heart. Lung, Liver, Kidney and Pancreas)
  Barnes Hospital Plaza
  St. Louis, MO 63110
  314-362-0685
  
  
• Washington University Medical Center
  (Pediatric: Heart, Lung, Liver, Kidney and Bone Marrow)
  400 S Kingshighway
  St. Louis, MO 63110
  314-286-2378
  
  
• Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
  (Pediatric: Heart, Liver and Kidney)
  1465 S Grand Boulevard
  St. Louis, MO 63104
  314-268-2729
  
  
• St. Louis University Medical Center
  (Adult: Liver, Kidney and Pancreas)
  PO Box 15250
  3635 Vista
  St. Louis, MO 63110
  314-577-8809

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Missouri Resources

• Missouri Hospital Association (Organ and tissue donation)
• Missouri Kidney Program
• National Kidney Foundation (St. Louis area)
• Missouri Liver Foundation
• Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation
• American Red Cross (Missouri and Illinois Regions)
• Gift of Life (Kansas City)
• Second Wind, Lung Transplantation
• Second Chance – Living Donor Program (St. Louis)

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Willed Body Programs

• Logan College of Chiropractic
  1851 Schoettler Road
  Chesterfield, Missouri 63017-5529
  Phone: 636-227-2100 ext. 1735 or 800-782-3344
  Email: donation@logan.edu
  
  
• Kansas City University of Medical & Biosciences
  1750 Independence Avenue
  Kansas City, Missouri 64106-1453
  Phone: 816-283-2242
  
  
• Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
  A.T. Still University of Health Sciences
  Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
  800 W. Jefferson St.
  Kirksville, MO 63501
  Phone: 866-626-2878 or 660-626-2468
  Please be sure to ask for the Anatomy Department.
  
  
• Saint Louis University
  Center for Anatomical Science and Education
  St. Louis, Missouri
  Phone: 314-977-8027
  Email: anatomy@slu.edu

• Kansas University School of Medicine
  Anatomy and Cell Biology
  Mail Stop 3038
  3901 Rainbow Boulevard
  Kansas City, Kansas 66160
  Phone: 913-588-2735
  Form: Certificate for Bequeathing My Body Form
  
  
• University of Missouri
  Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
  M263 Medical Science Building
  One Hospital Drive
  Columbia, Missouri 65212
  Phone: 573-882-3014
  Packet: Gift of Body Donation Packet
  
  
• Washington University
  School of Medicine
  Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
  Saint Louis, Missouri
  Phone: 314-362-3597
  Body Donation Form

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National Organizations

• Children’s Organ Transplant Association
• Donate Life America
• Health and Human Services’ National Donation Initiative
• Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
• Rose Dedication Program
• Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
• Transplant Experience
• United Network for Organ Sharing
• US Department of Health and Human Services – Organ Donation
• Transweb (University of Michigan)

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Healthcare Resources

• Guidelines for the Psychosocial Evaluation of Living Unrelated Kidney Donors in the United States
• Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That's Right for You
• Kidney Failure/Transplant
• Living with an Organ Transplant
• Medicare Coverage and Kidney Transplant (Rev 12/1/2009)

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Financial Resources

Individuals have different financial and insurance situations making it important to evaluate multiple options. To learn more about:

• Cost Associated with Living Donation
• Financial Assistance for Treatment of Kidney Failure
• Financial Help for Treatment of Kidney Failure
• Financial Resource Directory (includes prescription drug information)
• Financing a Transplant
• Living Donor Assistance
• Living Donor Disability Coverage
• Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Services
• Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Benefits: Getting Started

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Educational Resources

The following are educational resources available to assist you in educating others about organ and tissue donation.

• College Campus Toolkit
• Workplace Partnership
• Decision: Donation (High School)
• Documentary Films
• Donor Sabbath
• Pass It On (4th Grade Curriculum)
• Pass It On Scouting Program (Boy and Girl Scouts 8-13 Years Old)
• Life Savers (High School)

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