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Last updated on January 9, 2008

The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland facilitates the donation and recovery of human organs and tissues for transplantation and research. Living Legacy provides advocacy, family support, and comprehensive public and professional education, and is committed to organizational excellence to enhance the organ and tissue donation and distribution processes.

Description:
The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland is the not-for-profit health service provider of organs and tissues to the citizens living in Maryland with the exception of Charles, Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Living Legacy was incorporated in 1990, consolidating the former Maryland Organ Procurement Center and the Maryland Tissue Bank. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services accredits Living Legacy as an organ procurement organization, and the State of Maryland licenses Living Legacy as a Tissue Bank. The Living Legacy Tissue Bank is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks [AATB].
Living Legacy is governed by a 25 member Board of Trustees, which includes general public members, transplant recipient representatives, donor family members, as well as transplant physicians, surgeons and administrators from the two Baltimore organ transplant centers: the University of Maryland Medical Center and The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

History:
In 1983, the Greater Baltimore Organ Procurement and Perfusion Center [GBOPPC] based at and administered by the University of Maryland Medical Center became the Maryland Organ Procurement Center [MOPC]. It was approved as a tax exempt organization; received recognition from both federal and state governments; and was responsible for all aspects of organ donation and procurement, including organs transplanted in Maryland and outside of Maryland. MOPC took over the following major functions:

• Evaluation of all potential donors
• Maintenance of potential organ donors after pronouncement of death
• Obtaining consent for organ donation from the next of kin
• Retrieval of the kidneys
• Coordination of the retrieval of all donated organs and tissues
• Preservation of the kidneys
• Placement of organs and tissues
• Coordination of all out-of-state organ importation
• Professional and public education
• Reimbursement of all costs associated with organ and tissue donation
  
  

MOPC was associated with the two transplant centers, the University of Maryland Medical Center and The Johns Hopkins Hospital and it worked with the two Maryland Eye Banks, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the State Anatomy Board. It also served as a major resource for anyone seeking information about donation.

In 1991, the University of Maryland Tissue Bank and Laboratory merged with MOPC which changed its name to the Transplant Resource Center of Maryland [TRC]. TRC continues to provide all the services involved in organ and tissue donation, as well as has taken on additional roles, making Maryland a leader in organ and tissue donation.

The Tissue Bank continues to be responsible for the recovery, processing and distribution of allograft skin. It also recovers other allograft tissues, including heart valves, femoral veins and saphenous veins and bone.

The Transplant Resource Center has re-designed its Tissue Department to better meet the needs of the donor family; created a Hospital Development Department to reach out to its hospital partners; developed a Family Services Department to obtain consent and provide follow-up care to donor families; shifted the role of the Clinical Coordinator to focus more on the care of the potential donor; expanded the role of the Donor Services Center which works with the United Network for Organ Sharing [UNOS] to allocate the available organs for transplant; and created a new Volunteer Program. TRC is met with the challenge of educating the public on the ever-increasing need for more organ donors through Community Outreach and Public Relations. In 2004, TRC becomes a Donate Life Organization.

In 2007 the Transplant Resource Center of Maryland changed its name to The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland.

Contact person: Latrice Price, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (410) 242-1871

Address:

1730 Twin Springs Road, Suite 200 Baltimore, MD 21227 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.Thellf.org

Directions:

From I-95: Take I-95 to the Caton Avenue Exit, which is Exit 50A South towards Washington Blvd. Continue on Caton Avenue following the curve in the road right. At the traffic second light turn right onto Washington Blvd (Citgo gas station on the corner). At the first traffic light turn right onto Twin Springs Road. Make a left into the parking lot of the second building (1730). We are located in building 1730, Suite 200. From the Baltimore Beltway (I-695 N) (Towards Towson): Take I-695 to the Washington Blvd exit 10. Follow to the right. Continue to the 3rd traffic light turn left onto Twin Springs Road. Make a left into the parking lot of the second building (1730). We are located in building 1730, Suite 200. From the Baltimore Beltway (I-695 S) (Towards Glen Burnie): Take I-695 to the 95s exit (#11A). Follow to the right Sulpher Spring Road. At the stop sign make a left. Continue on Sulpher Spring Road to the first traffic light turn left. Continue to the 4th traffic light turn left onto Twin Springs Road. Make a left into the parking lot of the second building (1730). We are located in building 1730, Suite 200.   Nearest Bus Stop: 35 Blind Industries or 11, 10 minute walk

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