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Nominees chosen for 2023 Board of Directors election

Nominees chosen for 2023 Board of Directors election

Dec 16, 2022 | Get involved, Leadership, News

Voting members will receive election materials in January 2023.

Oct. 13 webinar to address lung continuous distribution policy implementation

Oct. 13 webinar to address lung continuous distribution policy implementation

Sep 23, 2022 | Education, Get involved, Heart/lung, News

The webinar will be recorded for future access.

U.S. reaches historic milestone of 1 million transplants

U.S. reaches historic milestone of 1 million transplants

Sep 9, 2022 | Get involved, News, Patient, Performance

Living It Forward initiative honors donors and recipients, looks toward the next million lifesaving transplants.

Public comment open from Aug. 3 through Sept. 28, 2022

Public comment open from Aug. 3 through Sept. 28, 2022

Aug 3, 2022 | Get involved, News, Patient

The OPTN is offering 15 items for review, including one white paper, one committee update, three concept papers, and 10 policy proposals.

June 14 webinar addresses median MELD at transplant based on donor hospital

June 14 webinar addresses median MELD at transplant based on donor hospital

Jun 20, 2022 | Education, Get involved, Liver/intestine, News

Upcoming policy change will align median MELD at transplant (MMaT) scores around the donor hospital and update sorting within liver allocation.

A message from Matt Cooper, M.D.: 2022 UNOS Member Survey

A message from Matt Cooper, M.D.: 2022 UNOS Member Survey

Jun 10, 2022 | Get involved, Histocompatibility, News, OPO, Transplant hospital

Member survey closes June 17

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Lung CAS summary data updated

Information for lung transplant programs on the distribution of scores for all active registrations waiting for lung transplants in the U.S.

Organs shouldn’t be transported in airline cargo. Here’s why.

Federal law prevents organs from being transported in the main cabin of commercial airplanes. UNOS is working to get organs out of cargo.

We can track Amazon packages-why not lifesaving organs?

The U.S. needs a national organ tracking system. UNOS is working to help make that happen.

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