Honoring the gift of life: Midwest Transplant Network saved lives through 1,080 organ transplants in 2025
Midwest Transplant Network is proud to share a level of achievement for transplanting lifesaving organs.
In 2025, MTN honored the legacies of 371 donor heroes through their gifts of donation and provided 1,080 organs for transplant.
In 2024, MTN transplanted 1,075 organs from 399 donor heroes. It was the first time MTN reached and surpassed one thousand organ transplants in a single year.
Midwest Transplant Network is a not-for-profit organ procurement organization (OPO) and consistently performs in the top 10% among 55 OPOs in the country, according to data measures by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
“We are truly grateful to the donor heroes and their families for giving these gifts to save lives and help so many people. This is only possible because of the generosity of donor heroes, and the commitment of our staff and hospital partners to honor their gifts with dignity and compassion,” said Jan Finn, RN, MSN, President & CEO, Midwest Transplant Network.
“The impact of donation means lives are changed in ways that truly make a difference. Because of the meaningful work we do, it means the grandmother who needed a kidney gets to see her grandchildren grow up. It’s the husband who waited for weeks in the hospital for a heart transplant and he’s healthy enough to ride bikes and take trips with his wife and sons. It’s the young woman who had a second liver transplant that brought her back to health, so much so that she’s in nursing school to become a transplant nurse.
“We want the donor families to feel honored and respected for their part of the donation journey. And we want the transplant recipients to know we are working for them, too. It’s these reasons this work is so meaningful,” said Finn.
2025 – Honoring the gift of life
One organ donor can save eight lives; a tissue donor can enhance 100 lives. Through MTN, organ, eye and tissue donor heroes and their families saved and enhanced lives:
- 371 donor heroes shared the gift of life, resulting in 1,080* lifesaving organ transplants.
(*Excluding organs donated for research) - 1,682 cornea and tissue donor heroes saved and enhanced lives.
- MTN’s award-winning histocompatibility lab performed 39,122 transplant-supporting tests including bone marrow matching and analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of transplants.
- MTN marked its third full year of the onsite Donor Care and Surgical Recovery Unit (DCU), caring for 90 donor hero patients resulting in 345 lifesaving transplants.
At a Glance
MTN Year-End Numbers for 2025
More lives to save
Organ transplants save lives every day, yet data reports from Health Resources and Services Administration show that more than 108,000 people across the country are on the waiting list for an organ transplant. In Kansas, more than 500 people are on the waiting list; in Missouri, more than 2,100 are waiting for a transplant.
The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) set a bold aim to achieve 50,000 annual organ transplants in 2026 by working with key stakeholders on multiple initiatives. Midwest Transplant Network is a leader in helping to reach the bold goal to save lives.
