LINKS 

ATCA Sponsors

Janssen-Cilag Australia  
Janssen-Cilag Australia is a leading research-based pharmaceutical company, dedicated to improving the health and well being of all Australians. We believe that improving health and quality of life for Australia is at the heart of our business. Janssen-Cilag markets prescription and over-the-counter medicines for a range of conditions in the areas of mental health, neurology, women's health, haematology, gastroenterology and pain management.

Novartis Australia  
Innovative solutions to improve health and well-being, including pharmaceuticals, consumer health, generics, eye-care, and animal health - and enable us to help people right around Australia deal with the challenges of conditions as diverse as breast cancer, mental illness, menopause and fungal infections.

Roche  
Roche is a leading healthcare company with a uniquely broad spectrum of innovative solutions. For more than 100 years, we have been active in the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of novel healthcare solutions. Our products and services address prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, thus enhancing well-being and quality of life.

Wyeth Australia  
Innovative solutions to improve health and well-being, including pharmaceuticals, consumer health, generics, eye-care, and animal health - and enable us to help people right around Australia deal with the challenges of conditions as diverse as breast cancer, mental illness, menopause and fungal infections.

Organ and Tissue Donation Agencies

Australian Donor Awareness Programme and Training ADAPT  
The Australasian Donor Awareness Programme (ADAPT) is committed to providing quality continuing education for health professionals in Australia and New Zealand who are involved in the care and management of dying patients and their families, organ retrieval surgery and the organ and tissue donation process.

Australian Organ Donor Register  
By registering to become an organ donor you could be making the greatest gift one human being can give another - the gift of life.

DonateWest Western Australian Organ and Tissue Donation Agency  
The statewide agency that promotes organ and tissue donation across Western Australia.

LifeGift Victoria and Tasmania Organ Donation Service  
LIFEGift's mission is to optimise organ and tissue donation rates in Victoria and Tasmania.

Lifelink New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory Organ Donation Network  
LifeLink Organ & Tissue Donation Network NSW/ACT is based within the Australian Red Cross Blood Service at the Clarence Street, Sydney site and within a supporting network of nine metropolitan Area Health Services. LifeLink is responsible for the coordination of cadaveric organ and tissue donations in NSW and the ACT.

LifeNet NT Organ Donation Agency  
LifeNet NT is funded by the Department of Health and Families to coordinate organ donations throughout the Northern Territory, support the families of organ donors, provide a network of assistance to organ recipients and their familes and present information to all members of the community to increase awareness and improve donation rates.

New Zealand Organ Donation Agency  
The Transplant Donor Co-ordination service began in 1987 with the commencement of heart transplantation at Green Lane Hospital. Today, this national service facilitates the retrieval of hearts, livers, kidneys, lungs, pancreas', bone, corneas and heart valves.

Queenslanders Donate  
Queenslanders Donate is a division of Queensland Health and aims to provide a structured and consistent approach to organ and tissue donation, aimed at ensuring the key elements of Australians Donate (the National Program established by the Australian Health Ministers - AHMAC) are met in Queensland.

South Australian Organ Donation Agency  
The South Australian Organ Donation Agency (SAODA) is part of the Royal Adelaide Hospital but provides a state-wide service. It was formed in 1996 with the aim of increasing the number of organ donations and providing support for donor families.

Professional and Community Organisations

Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society  
The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society was formed in 1975 to foster and promote all aspects of intensive care medicine within our two countries.

Australia and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry  
The Registry collects and records data on all organ donors after death.

Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority  
The Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority was established on 1st January 2009 to create a nationally consistent and coordinated approach to organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Its role is to work with states and territories, clinicians, consumers and the community sector to build a world leading organ and tissue donation and transplantation system for Australia.

David Hookes Foundation  
The David Hookes Foundation was established to give people something far more important than money. We want to inspire more Australians to register as organ donors and, just as importantly, we want to encourage them to tell their families what they have done.

European Transplant Coordinators Organization  
The European Transplant Coordinators Organization (ETCO) was set up in 1983 to represent the issues of all those working as Transplant Coordinators in Europe and to promote organ and tissue donation in all member countries.

International Transplant Coordinators Society  
The ITCS was formed in order to create a structure that could respond to transplant coordination issues at international meetings, a structure similar to what the Transplantation Society provides for physicians, surgeons, immunologists and other related specialities.

International Transplant Nurses Society  
The International Transplant Nurses Society (ITNS) is a worldwide professional nursing organisation that represents all areas of transplantation. ITNS supports clinicians in meeting the ongoing clinical changes and challenges that transplant nurses tackle daily.

North American Transplant Coordinators Organisation  
We are the organisation for transplant professionals worldwide. We have over 1,800 members and are always looking for ways to diversify our presence in the transplant community.

Renal Society of Australasia  
The Renal Society of Australasia aims for excellence in the dissemination of knowledge in renal disease and replacement therapy.

Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand  
The TSANZ is the professional society of thoracic physicians, scientists and other health care workers involved in lung disease. Its aims are to prevent and cure respiratory disease and relieve disability in those with lung disease.

Transplant Australia  
Transplant Australia Ltd. is an organisation representing transplant recipients, people currently undergoing dialysis treatment, those awaiting transplantation, donor families (including living donors) and medical professionals involved in organ and tissue donation and transplantation.

Transplant Nurses Association  
The TNA is committed to advancing opportunities to enable education, research and networking for nurses and allied health professionals involved in transplantation.

Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand  
The Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) has as members, scientists, doctors, transplant coordinators and research students with an interest in all forms of transplantation.

Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation  
The Foundation aims to make organ and tissue donation and awareness more prevalent in the community. The Foundation sells Zaidee's Rainbow Shoelaces around Australia as an awareness campaign

Publications

Progress in Transplantation - the official journal of ATCA  
Progress in Transplantation is the official journal of the North American Transplant Coordinators Organization, Association for Nurses Endorsing Transplantation, Australasian Transplant Co-ordinators Association, International Transplant Coordinators Society, Canadian Association of Transplantation, International Transplant Nurses Society, Japan Transplant Coordinators Organization, Society for Transplant Social Workers, and United Kingdom Transplant Coordinators' Association.