• To give a willing donor the option of contributing organs and tissues or to offer a Gift of Body / Whole Body Donation for use in medical research and education and
• To facilitate the recovery and placement of donated, non-transplantable human organs and tissues for medical research and education

Through an extensive national network of organ and tissue recovery programs, IIAM has access to thousands of donated organs and tissues, both normal and diseased.

IIAM places donor organs and tissues with nationally recognized academic, governmental, pharmaceutical and private research institutions, medical schools and surgical training programs that are associated with national medical accrediting institutions, and other qualified healthcare training programs. IIAM accommodates customized requests from its research clients, and works closely with its recovery partners to provide high-quality tissues.

All recipients of donor tissues must complete an IIAM Biomaterial Transfer Agreement and receive approval from IIAM's Application Review Committee.

Download the IIAM Biomaterial Transfer Agreement (PDF) for Non-Distributors i.e. Researchers seeking to obtain consented human tissues for internal/in-house research purposes.

Download the IIAM Biomaterial Transfer Agreement (PDF) for Distributors i.e. Researchers seeking to obtain consented human tissues for processing and distribution to qualified research partners.

Upon completion of the application please mail it to:

IIAM
Joann Sulkowski
1232 Mid Valley Drive
Jessup,PA 18434

The completed Biomaterial Transfer Agreement will be submitted to IIAM's Application Review Committee. The approval process takes approximately two weeks. Following approval, researcher requests are immediately included into IIAM's placement rotation.

Testing
Serological testing for infectious diseases is performed by CLIA-certified laboratories on all donors prior to tissue distribution. Standard screenings include:

• HIV I & II
• Hepatitis B and C
• Syphilis
• HTLV I & II
• CMV
• EBV