UW Organ and Tissue Donation is an organ procurement program that was established in 1966
and is part of UW Health. It is also affiliated with the United Network for Organ Sharing
(UNOS), and is federally designated to provide service to 108 hospitals in Wisconsin,
Michigan and Illinois. This collection, containing materials from 1970 to 2016, includes
training and promotional materials produced by UW Organ and Tissue Donation on VHS and DVD,
event planning documents for the Douglas T. Miller Symposia, symposia and conference
booklets, training and user manuals for systems and machines used by the department, photos
of staff, photos and videos from the 2010 National Kidney Foundation U.S. Transplant Games
held in Madison (WI), perfusion machines used by the department in training, as well as the
first diagnostic tool to assist health care professionals in evaluating potential for
donation after cardiac death (DCD).
