Originally founded in 1973 as the Midwest Organ Bank, the organization
has provided transplant and procurement services to transplant centers and
hospitals throughout the region for more than a quarter of a century.
Midwest Organ Bank was the first independent organ procurement organization
in the country. In addition to providing organ procurement and histocompatability
testing, in 1990 the organization responded to community requests to provide tissue
procurement services then added eye banking services in 1998 upon acquiring the
Kansas City Eye Bank. To more accurately reflect the changing scope of its services while retaining a link to the past, the name was changed to Midwest Transplant Network in 1999.
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