Celebrating Recovery Partners Who Help Transform Donated Gifts into Life-Changing Allografts

Edison, NJ (April 16, 2026)— MTF Biologics proudly announced the recipients of its 2025 Technical Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in tissue recovery throughout the past year.

These annual awards recognize the dedication and expertise of MTF Biologics’ Recovery Partners, whose exceptional work ensures the availability of high-quality allografts to patients around the world.

“We are proud to recognize our Recovery Partners whose commitment to precision, consistency, and continuous improvement directly advances our ability to serve patients,” said Mike Real, Vice President of Procurement at MTF Biologics. “Their focus on quality at every step of the recovery process not only strengthens our collective impact, but also honors each donor’s gift by helping deliver safe, reliable allografts to those who depend on them.”

2025 Technical Award Honorees

Golden Glove Award – for excellence in sterile recovery of allografts:

• LifeShare Tissue Services
• Legacy of Life Hawaii

Golden Graft Award – for superior surgical technique in skin allograft recovery:

• LifeShare Tissue Services
• Live On Nebraska
• Gift of Life Michigan

Golden Hourglass Award – for excellence in timely donor release facilitation:

• NJ Sharing Network

Trinity Award – for excellence in hemipelvis recovery and low bioburden rates supporting Trinity allografts:

• DonorConnect

En-Bloc Award – for excellence in osteochondral allograft recovery, including en-bloc recovery rates, bioburden, and timely donor chart release:

• Infinite Legacy
• Donor Network of Arizona

Make it Happen Award – for meeting demand in specialized allograft recovery:

• LifeSource (Costal Cartilage Recovery)
• Lifebanc (Costal Cartilage Recovery)
• Southern Legacy of Life (Radius and Ulnar Recovery)
• Living Legacy of Hawaii (Radius and Ulnar Recovery)

Rising Star Award – for achieving advancements across key performance metrics:

• Gift of Life Donor Program

Emerald Award of Excellence – for achieving best practice levels throughout 2025 in key performance metrics:

• Living Legacy of Hawaii
• Live On Nebraska

Emerald Award of Excellence with Distinction – for achieving best practice levels in all four quarters of 2025:

• Donor Network of Arizona
• LifeShare Tissue Services
• LifeSharing

Platinum Partner Award – for top overall performance across all technical recovery categories:

• LifeShare Tissue Services

MTF Biologics also recognized all Recovery Partners who met best practice benchmarks in key performance areas throughout 2025. Their collective efforts play a critical role in honoring the gift of donation and ensuring patients have access to safe, high-quality allografts when they need them most.

About MTF Biologics 

MTF Biologics is a global nonprofit organization that saves and heals lives by honoring donated gifts, serving patients and advancing science. In partnership with organ and tissue recovery organizations, MTF Biologics provides exceptional services, resources, and expertise to donors and their families; tissue and organ transplant patients; and clinicians and scientists who advance patient care.

The International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine (IIAM), a Division of MTF Biologics, honors donors of non-transplantable organs by providing their gifts to the medical research community to combat and cure diseases. Statline, also a Division of MTF Biologics, provides specialized screening, coordination, and communications services to organ transplant centers, organ, tissue, and eye procurement organizations, and the hospitals and patients that they serve. Its sister organization, Deutsches Institut für Zell-und Gewebeersatz – DIZG (The German Institute for Cell and Tissue Transplantation) expands its reach to patients across the globe.

Contacts

MTF Media Contact:
Aleksa Loch
Email: aleksa.loch@finnpartners.com