DALLAS, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Transplant Alliance, the federally-designated organ procurement organization (OPO) serving more than 200 hospitals in 90 counties throughout Texas, and RTI Donor Services have entered into a collaborative arrangement to better maximize the gift of donated tissue and better serve Texas donor families.
Together, RTI Donor Services and Southwest Transplant Alliance offer comprehensive services including organ and tissue recovery and placement, family support, professional education and community services. The main office in Dallas for the two organizations is supported by satellite offices located throughout the service area including Corpus Christi, El Paso, Galveston and Tyler.
"We are excited to work with one of the premier OPOs in this country," says RTI Donor Services Vice President Beverly Bliss. "We look forward to serving families and donation supporters in Texas, as well as continue to provide tissue that improves patients' lives."
Jim Cutler, Southwest Transplant Alliance president and CEO, says the organization is pleased to work with RTI Donor Services, which he describes as a respected and responsible organization. "We have very similar values and hold the same deep commitment to families and the communities we serve," he says.
RTI Donor Services is a not-for-profit tissue recovery network dedicated to serving donor families and donation advocates in perpetuating the circle of life. In addition to offering families the option of tissue donation, RTI Donor Services supports their wishes as a responsible steward of human donated tissue gifts, and provides family and recovery participant services, as well as community support. RTI Donor Services may be accessed through the Internet at http://www.rtidonorservices.org/.
RTI Donor Services is an affiliate of Regeneration Technologies, Inc. (RTI), a leader in tissue-based innovations and one of the largest processors of precision-tooled tissues in the United States with a commitment to science, safety and innovation.
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