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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

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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

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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
Archive: Region 5 and Collaborative

Collaborative presentations

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