The Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) is one of 58 federally designated not-for-profit organ procurement organizations (OPO) in the U.S. CORE works closely with donor families and designated health care professionals to deliver the gift of hope by coordinating the surgical recovery of organs, tissues and corneas for transplantation. CORE also facilitates the computerized matching of donated organs, tissues and corneas. With headquarters in Pittsburg and an office in Charleston, CORE oversees a region that encompasses 155 hospitals and over 6 million people throughout Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Chemung County in New York.

• We are dedicated to promoting donation, education and research for the purpose of saving and improving lives
• We seek to educate and encourage people in our region to become organ donors
• We bridge the gap between donor families, healthcare providers and transplant recipients to transform lives
• Nationally, more than 116,000 people are awaiting a lifesaving organ transplant
• We deliver the gift of hope to everyone waiting for an organ, tissue or cornea implant

• Susan Stuart
  President/CEO
  Phone: (800) 366-6777
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