Hope Starts Here.
Southwest Transplant Alliance is a nonprofit organ procurement organization whose mission is to save lives through donation.
What we do
Our Values
At STA, our team members are:
Passionate I Selfless I Trustworthy I Collaborative I Creative
Our Role
STA plays a vital role in the recovery of donated organs and tissues for transplant. We are part of a nationwide network of agencies that are responsible for coordinating the recovery and allocation of organs and tissues within our federally designated service area.
STA’s service area includes:
10 hospital transplant centers
270+ hospitals
89 Texas counties and 1 Arkansas county
10.5 million residents
Our Culture
Southwest Transplant Alliance is made up of more than 350 selfless, dedicated team members across Texas. We are an organization on a mission to lead with compassion, make an impact and save lives.
Because of this, we’ve achieved record-breaking numbers of successful organ and tissue recoveries for transplant - improving Texas one life at a time.
Learn more about the mission, culture and team that makes STA a great place to work.
Our History
For more than 40 years, Southwest Transplant Alliance has helped save and improve lives by recovering donated organs and tissues for transplantation. Founded in 1974, STA is one of the largest federally designated, nonprofit organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in the country.
As the first independent OPO in the United States, STA was founded to facilitate kidney retrieval for Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Today, STA coordinates organ transplantation to patients in 10 transplant centers in our service area across Texas. Since our founding, we’ve recovered more than 35,000 organs and saved or enhanced the lives of more than 100,000 people.
More than 40 years of saving lives.
Donor Service Area
Southwest Transplant Alliance is one of three organ procurement organizations (OPOs) that provide recovery operations in Texas. Learn more about partner organizations at Donate Life Texas.