Langhorne, Pa. – (November 30, 2023) – St. Mary Medical Center is pleased to announce that it has been honored with the 2023 Gift of Life Award. The award was recently presented to St. Mary by Gift of Life Donor Program, the organ procurement organization for the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, and the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Southeast Connect.

The annual Gift of Life Award is given to a hospital with superior performance in organ donation that has either achieved a 75 percent organ donation conversion rate during the past year or that has dramatically improved their performance. Gift of Life also recognized St. Mary for achieving a 100 percent patient referral rate.

“Our ability to provide donors and their families with a heroic legacy of saving and healing lives through donation begins with strong collaboration,” says Jim Woodward, president and CEO of Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic. “Gift of Life Donor Program has the expertise, our compassionate and dedicated staff has the relationship with each family, and our donor families inspire us with their extraordinary generosity. We are grateful for this powerful partnership that transforms so many lives in our community.”

“This marks the fourth time in the 17-year history of the Gift of Life Award that we have honored St. Mary Medical Center for their superior performance in organ donation,” says Rick Hasz, president and CEO of Gift of Life Donor Program. “We congratulate the dedicated team at St. Mary on this achievement and celebrate the strong and sustainable culture of donation they have built by caring for donors, helping to support donor families, and working in close collaboration with our Gift of Life team throughout the donation process to save lives.”

For more information about organ and tissue donation or to register as a donor, visit www.donors1.org.