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Capital Pride: WRTC on being meaningful community advocates all year round

Capital Pride: WRTC on being meaningful community advocates all year round

Jun 29, 2022 | Improvement, News, OPO

D.C. OPO’s LGBTQIA+ advocacy work increases organ donation.

OPTN Board approves improvements to medical urgency scoring of liver transplant candidates

OPTN Board approves improvements to medical urgency scoring of liver transplant candidates

Jun 28, 2022 | Heart/lung, Histocompatibility, Kidney/pancreas, Liver/intestine, News, OPO, Policy changes, Transplant hospital, VCA

The actions will increase the equity of access to liver transplant, and were among a number of additional measures adopted by the board.

A lasting legacy: Lisa Schaffner honored posthumously with newly renamed award

A lasting legacy: Lisa Schaffner honored posthumously with newly renamed award

Jun 28, 2022 | Leadership, News, OPO, Transplant hospital, UNOS in the news

The late UNOS director of public communications helped establish an award recognizing advocates in 2010. Now, the same award has been renamed to honor its very first champion.

New OPO System and Process Measures Dashboard now available

New OPO System and Process Measures Dashboard now available

Jun 24, 2022 | News, OPO

The OPO System and Process Measures Dashboard is available to all OPOs in the OPTN Visual Analytics section of the data services portal in UNet.

Building a team, serving a community: Pride at NEDS

Building a team, serving a community: Pride at NEDS

Jun 16, 2022 | Improvement, Improvement feature, News, OPO

New England Donor Services LGBTQIA+ outreach meets the community where they are.

UNOS researchers present studies at 2022 American Transplant Congress

UNOS researchers present studies at 2022 American Transplant Congress

Jun 14, 2022 | Histocompatibility, News, OPO, Research, Transplant hospital, UNOS in the news

Meeting held in Boston June 4-8.

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21 organizations join UNOS in support of the Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act

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UNOS aims to help those who are in desperate need of organ donation. But some members of the donation and transplant community continue to malign and defame UNOS, accusing our organization of unlawful behavior. These unfounded statements are just plain wrong.

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