CENTER FOR ORGAN RECOVERY AND EDUCATION

THE CENTER FOR ORGAN RECOVERY & EDUCATION (CORE) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING DONATION, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAVING AND ENHANCING LIVES THROUGH ORGAN, TISSUE AND CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION. CORE OPERATES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF EIGHT VALUES: INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, QUALITY, RESPONSIVENESS, EDUCATION, INNOVATION, RESPECT AND LIFE.CORE HAD MANY NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2024, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:CORE ACHIEVES ITS SIXTH CONSECUTIVE RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR DONATION IN 2024, CORE REACHED AN UNPRECEDENTED MILESTONE-OUR SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF RECORD-BREAKING GROWTH IN ORGAN, TISSUE, AND CORNEA DONATION. WITH A 17% INCREASE IN ORGAN DONORS, A 12% INCREASE IN TISSUE DONORS, AND AN 8% INCREASE IN CORNEA DONORS OVER 2023, CORE'S IMPACT EXTENDED FARTHER THAN EVER. THESE DONATIONS RESULTED IN 970 LIVES SAVED NATIONWIDE THROUGH TRANSPLANT AND OVER 125,000 PEOPLE HEALED OR GIVEN THE GIFT OF SIGHT. THIS ACHIEVEMENT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY CORE'S COMMITMENT TO PURSUING EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR DONATION, EXPANDING ITS CLINICAL WORKFORCE, AND STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS WITH DONOR HOSPITALS AND TRANSPLANT CENTERS.TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION IN ORGAN PRESERVATION AND RECOVERY INNOVATION SOARED IN 2024 AS CORE EMBRACED GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGIES TO EXTEND THE REACH AND VIABILITY OF DONATED ORGANS. NOTABLY, CORE FACILITATED ITS FARTHEST-EVER LUNG TRANSPORT-SENDING ORGANS FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO UCLA-USING THE PARAGONIX BAROGUARD SYSTEM, WHICH ENSURES OPTIMAL LUNG PRESERVATION. CORE ALSO DEEPENED ITS WORK IN THE BIOTECH SPACE, CONTRIBUTING LIVERS AND KIDNEYS FOR DECELLULARIZATION WITH MIROMATRIX TO SUPPORT BIOENGINEERED ORGAN RESEARCH, AND RECOVERED TISSUE FOR THE NATIONAL DGTEX INITIATIVE TO ADVANCE PEDIATRIC GENOMIC SCIENCE. THESE FORWARD-THINKING EFFORTS SIGNAL CORE'S LEADERSHIP IN REDEFINING WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION.HOSPITAL ENGAGEMENT REACHES NEW HEIGHTS THROUGH THE 2024 CHALLENGE IN 2024, HOSPITALS ACROSS CORE'S SERVICE AREA EMBRACED THE MISSION OF DONATION LIKE NEVER BEFORE THROUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA HOSPITAL CHALLENGES. WITH PARTICIPATION GROWING 13% SINCE 2022, MORE THAN 60 HOSPITALS WERE HONORED FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO BUILD CULTURES OF DONATION THROUGH EDUCATION, CLINICAL PRACTICE, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH. HOSPITALS ACHIEVED RECOGNITION IN BRONZE THROUGH TITANIUM TIERS, WITH STANDOUT PERFORMERS LIKE AHN ALLEGHENY GENERAL AND MINNIE HAMILTON HEALTH SYSTEM TAKING TOP HONORS IN THEIR STATES. FROM HOSTING DONATE LIFE EVENTS TO DRIVING INTERNAL DONOR REGISTRATIONS, HOSPITAL PARTNERS PROVED TO BE TRUE CHAMPIONS-SAVING LIVES NOT ONLY AT THE BEDSIDE BUT ACROSS THEIR COMMUNITIES.