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UNOS research: Insights from the American Transplant Congress

UNOS research: Insights from the American Transplant Congress

Aug 30, 2023 | Insights, Insights feature, News, Research

“There is so much intellectual capital assembled at UNOS to study and evaluate the transplant system and find ways to improve through research and analytics.”

What are the barriers to wider use of organ perfusion?

What are the barriers to wider use of organ perfusion?

Feb 22, 2023 | Heart/lung, Insights, Insights feature, News, Research, Technology

Q&A: David Klassen, M.D., on the promise, and challenges to wider use, of normothermic perfusion.

When minutes matter: The issues at stake in organ transportation

When minutes matter: The issues at stake in organ transportation

Feb 15, 2023 | Insights, Insights feature, News

A look at the intersecting challenges in organ transportation and a call for government and industry leaders to join the donation and transplant community in finding national-level solutions that ensure donor organs get safely to patients in need.

The ethical implications of continuing living donor transplants during COVID-19

The ethical implications of continuing living donor transplants during COVID-19

Sep 24, 2021 | Insights, Insights feature, News

Paper offers rationale and recommendations for continuing living donor transplantation when resources are stretched

Trailblazing physician broke barriers to become nation’s first Black female transplant surgeon

Trailblazing physician broke barriers to become nation’s first Black female transplant surgeon

Feb 25, 2021 | Insights, Insights feature, News

Dr. Velma Scantlebury-White, who has performed more than 2,000 transplants in her career, says there have been significant changes in terms of achieving equity access in the allocation system for minority patients, but some issues persist.

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Tales from the OR and how Congress can help

UNOS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew Klein shares first-hand experiences as a liver transplant surgeon, and how Congressional action can help strengthen the system.

Waitlist deaths decrease under UNOS’ operation of nation’s organ system

The average number of people dying per day waiting for a transplant has dropped under UNOS’ operation of the U.S. organ donation and transplant system.

TMF 2025 speaker Ankit Mathur on AI in Transplant and OPO Operations

By gaining a better understanding of data analytics, predictive data models and AI technologies in organ transplantation, we can foster more thoughtful and informed conversations about the possibilities they offer moving forward.

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