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Get more information about Region 5 meeting below. Interact with UNOS leaders and contacts, network with your regional colleagues and discuss important issues in donation and transplantation.

Region 5 meeting

  • Feb. 29, 2024
  • Las Vegas, NV

Registration and agenda information coming soon.

OPTN Region 5

Region 5 Educational Collaborative

  • Winter 2024 event will be Feb. 28, 2024
  • More information to come
 

Regional profile

Regional Councillor

Mark L. Barr, MD

Keck Hospital of USC

 

Governance

OPTN Board of Directors

Committee members

 

Data

OPTN regional data

Preparing for the meeting

UNOS Region 5 Educational Collaborative – Winter 2024

  • Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024
  • More information to come

 

UNOS Region 5 Educational Collaborative – Summer 2023 was generously supported by Lifesharing, CareDx, Sanofi, Specialist Direct, Takeda, Trinity Medical Solutions, and Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

UNOS maintains a distinct separation between UNOS private and OPTN events. The UNOS Region 5 Educational Collaborative is a UNOS private event and sponsorship does not carry over to the OPTN Region 5 Meeting.

Archives

Review presentations, summaries and other documents from past regional meetings:

Summer 2023 Educational Collaborative

View presentation slides See agenda

The UNOS Region 5 Educational Collaborative was a daylong forum (Aug. 23, 2023) organized by members of the region. Teams shared their unique expertise, research and experiences with each other in a coordinated, collective and innovative environment.

Agenda highlights:

  • Normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) – Ethics, best practices for consenting and lung utilization
  • Composite Allocation Score (CAS) –  Geographical challenges with our new allocation practice
  • Keeping up with the times – Final Rule, eGFR mandates and Organ Offer Acceptance Rate Ratio
  • Living donors – Increasing utilization and sharing experience
  • Maximizing the gift – DCD, NRP and disparity in access related to organ biomechanics
  • Transplant program operations – Staffing models and challenges with increasing number of organ offers
Winter 2023 Collaborative

The UNOS Region 5 Collaborative was a daylong forum (Feb. 8, 2023) organized by members of the region. Teams shared their unique expertise, research and experiences with each other in a coordinated, collective and innovative environment. View agenda and presentation slides.

Agenda highlights:

  • Multiple sessions on DCD/NRP from start to finish
  • Coordinator retention
  • Living donor wellness
  • Soft skills and communication skills for OPOs and transplant centers
  • OR time coordination
  • Increase in donor derived TB
Summer 2022 Collaborative

The UNOS Region 5 Collaborative was a daylong forum (Aug. 24, 2022) organized by members of the region. Teams shared their unique expertise, research and experiences with each other in a coordinated, collective, and innovative environment. See presentation slides.

Highlights:

  • COVID-19 Update
  • CMS Final Rule
  • NRP Heart and Liver
  • UCSF Living Donor Advocate PDSA
  • DEI Update/Ongoing Work
Winter 2021 Collaborative
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