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Voices in Transplant
Perspectives from the organ donation and transplant community driving innovation, improvement and insights to save lives together
Why I volunteer: Pete Lalli, Ph.D., Carolinas Medical Center
Community members unite and strengthen the donation and transplantation community to help get the right organs to the right patients at the right time.
Why I volunteer: Colleen Reed, Ph.D., liver recipient
Community members unite and strengthen the donation and transplantation community to help get the right organs to the right patients at the right time.
Better screening accelerates organ offers
Kenneth Andreoni, M.D., envisioned a system in which health care providers could better determine which types of organs their hospital would accept.
Why I volunteer: Oliver Hale, 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.
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.”
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Idea incubator
UNOS Labs is a collaborative space where UNOS’ behavioral scientists, biostatisticians, data scientists, and developers partner with donation and transplantation experts to work toward solutions that will make the transplant system more efficient and increase transplants.
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INNOVATION,
IMPROVEMENT
& INSIGHTS
Improving DonorNet Mobile together
The new mobile-friendly website was developed in partnership with transplant coordinators, administrators and surgeons from across the country.
Overcoming the financial obstacles to living donation
The National Living Donor Assistance Center is available to help living donors cover travel expenses, lost wages and other costs.
Data dashboard monitors equity in access to transplant
Data tools helps monitor trends, support key OPTN goals to provide equity in access.
IN FOCUS
New animation for patients explains the lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS)
New patient-friendly video explains the factors that will determine lung allocation in the continuous distribution framework.