Achieving racial equity in transplantation
OPTN Minority Affairs Committee leaders Irene Kim, M.D. and Paulo Martins, M.D., Ph.D., offer insight into how the donation and transplant community collaborates.
Collaboration in the transplant community during the COVID-19 pandemic
“This sense of the need to educate our communities—both individually and potentially as a group—came up, and we started sending around emails amongst ourselves,” said transplant infectious disease specialist Emily Blumberg, M.D.
Why I volunteer: Amber Eck, UNOS ambassador
Community members unite and strengthen the donation and transplantation community to help get the right organs to the right patients at the right time.
Collaborating during COVID-19
Pooja Singh, M.D., “I wanted to share our experience because I knew it would be valuable to others who are currently expanding their telemedicine practices as a result of COVID-19.”
Introducing UNet℠ Image Sharing
“UNet Image Sharing will make the organ allocation process more secure and more convenient for members.”
Why I volunteer: UNOS ambassador Monette Rockymore
United Network for Organ Sharing volunteers are united around a common purpose — saving lives together.