Become a Blood or Organ Donor

Voluntary Blood Donations

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital relies largely on voluntary blood donations from carefully screened blood donors. Donated blood undergoes extensive testing for safety. Whenever possible, we encourage autologous blood donation. Autologous blood donation means that you donate your own blood for transfusion you may need at a later date. If this procedure is not possible because of medical status, family members may donate blood for patient use if they have the same blood type. This is called a directed blood donation.

Your doctor will tell you if and when you may need a transfusion and will discuss the criteria for blood donation with you. Donated blood must be used within a short time period. There is no fee for directed donation. There is a fee for processing, testing, and handling autologous blood donation.

Please call the New York Blood Center at (800) 933-2566 and they will direct you to the nearest donor center.

Organ Donation

Should you wish to consider organ donation and enroll in the New York State Donate Life Registry, you may do so by calling the New York State Organ and Tissue Donor Registry at 1-866-NYDONOR or 1 (866) 693-6667. You may also enroll through the New York State Department of Health website.