Program areas at MTF
Mtf is a global nonprofit organization that saves and heals lives by honoring donated gifts and serving patients, we collaborate with the medical, scientific, as well as organ and tissue donation communities. Our goal is simple-do what's right for patients, surgeons, tissue donors, and their families through our guiding principles: - we transform by providing safe, high-quality grafts from donated human tissues that are used in a growing array of clinical fields. - we collaborate by forging relationships with experts in tissue and organ recovery, as well as leading physicians and scientists, to accelerate innovation and ensure the best possible experiences and outcomes for patients. - we innovate by advancing the science of transplantation by supporting research within our own organization and among clinicians and researchers worldwide. - we give back by reinvesting in research to positively affect lives across the globe. Since its inception in 1987, mtf, the nation's leading tissue bank, has received tissue donations from over 160,000 donors. In 2022, mtf recovered tissue from over 6,000 donors for use in Musculoskeletal and bone allograft applications, over 5,200 donors for use in burn, general, and plastic surgery applications, over 1,000 birth tissue donors for use predominantly in wound care applications and over 900 donors for organs and tissues for research. Overall, mtf distributed approximately 465,000 units of allograft tissue during 2022. Mtf is focused on saving and healing lives and continues to develop and innovate human tissue solutions to solve clinical problems. Mtf has also continued its efforts to provide research tissue and grant funding for research and development performed by academic centers and entrepreneurs alike. In 2022 mtf continued to pursue its mission, and made tissue forms available in the orthopedic, plastic and reconstructive surgery, and wound care markets through both internal and external distribution relationships. Mtf orthopedics launched multiple new tissue forms in 2022 that positioned the Foundation and our partners to help many more patients in the years to come. Mtf also initiated process efficiencies that will maximize the gift of donation and will provide more opportunities to surgeons to elevate the continuum of care. In the plastic and reconstructive surgery franchise, mtf continued to take advantage of opportunities in buying group contracts. Continued focus was placed on processing efficiencies and donor recovery methods to maximize the gift of donation. Mtf continued to bolster its inter-industry partnerships, increasing the availability of donated human tissue, and the ability to bring human tissue allografts to surgeons and patients. Mtf's wound care continued growing throughout 2022, expanding its presence in the space via representation and processing capability. Mtf generated more clinical and health care economic data to further the expansion in wound care and plastic and reconstructive surgery procedures, further illustrating the safety and value of its tissue forms. Mtf's mission is to save and heal lives by honoring the donated gift, serving patients and advancing science. For individual stories about donor families, please visit mtf biologics website at httpswwwmtfbiologicsorgwhoweserve... community/donors-families. Stories about recipients are also available on the website at httpswwwmtfbiologicsorgwhoweserve... community/recipients.