Life Alaska Donor Services is the tissue donation organization serving the state of Alaska, offering the option of donation to families who have suffered a death in Alaska. Life Alaska was established in 1991 as the state's tissue donation program. Since that time, Life Alaska has had many donors and has supplied thousands of tissues for transplantation to Alaskan patients. Life Alaska works in partnership with the federally designated Organ Procurement Organization in Washington (LifeCenter Northwest) to provide education on tissue and organ donation throughout the state. Tissue donations have taken place across the state, from Barrow to Ketchikan.

Life Alaska has a Family Services program that includes an annual Donor Family recognition ceremony, family participation in creating donor quilts, on-line donor and recipient stories, and memory albums. The Family Services program interacts with families through phone calls, personal contact, letters, and access to our bereavement library. This program is available to all families who have suffered a death and is independent of consent for donation.

The age criteria for transplantable tissues and organs are generally from birth to 80 years of age, with patients of any age being candidates for research. Tissues donated to Life Alaska are first offered to Alaskan patients and physicians before being made available outside the state. Organs are shared using the federally mandated national sharing system operated by the United Network for Organ Sharing and are first offered to transplant centers in the Pacific northwest.

Life Alaska is committed to Alaskan donor families while striving to meet the transplant needs for all Alaskans. The need for transplantable tissues and organs continues to grow and we need your continued help and support. Please call Life Alaska with any questions, comments, or to sign up on the Alaska Donor Registry. Life Alaska administers the Alaska Donor Registry where citizens can register a first-person consent decision to donate organs and tissues. . Multiple methods are available for registry sign up including saying “Yes” at any Alaska DMV, filling out a form and sending it to Life Alaska, or signing up via the website at www.alaskadonorregistry.org where we feature the connection with the State of Alaska’s myAlaska service where citizens can sign their registration with an electronic signature. We are available 24 hours a day to discuss potential donor suitability, bereavement support, critical incident stress debriefing, and tissue transplantation in Alaska. Together, we are making a difference.

Call 907.562.LIFE (5433) or 800.719.LIFE (5433) outside the Anchorage area.

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