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UNOS CEO Maureen McBride announces retirement
After 30 years with UNOS, Dr. Maureen McBride is retiring; “Working at UNOS has been the privilege of my lifetime.”
UNOS and Leading Organ Donation and Transplant Organizations Urge Congress to Maintain Key Priorities in Final FY26 Federal Government Funding Legislation
Coalition of 15 organizations thanks the U.S. Senate and U.S. House Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittees leaders for including policies that improve organ donation and transplant.
UNOS responds to Ways & Means hearing
UNOS statement following Dec. 2 Ways & Means hearing
UNOS responds to Congressional hearing
UNOS statement following July 22 congressional hearing.
UNOS CEO Maureen McBride responds to July 20 New York Times article
UNOS CEO Maureen McBride responds to new article by New York Times.
UNOS adds two members to its board of directors
Melina Davis and Mark Johnson join UNOS’ current seven-member board
U.S. surpassed 48,000 organ transplants in 2024
UNOS advocates for reforms to strengthen the system
Organ transplants are increasing
- 2025: More than 49,000 organ transplants performed
- 2022: U.S. surpassed historic milestone of 1 million transplants
- Liver transplants increased by 4.3 percent since policy implementation
- 29% increase in kidney transplants with policy change
About us
FAQs
- What does UNOS do?
- About deceased organ donation
- Who decides who gets a donated organ?
- Who does what: The national organ transplant system
- Organ Procurement Organizations: Increasing organ donation
Issues and advocacy
Strengthening organ donation and transplant
- Collaborating to support donation and transplant internationally.
- The waitlist is better described as a giant pool of patients. Watch a video
- The transplant journey and the technology that drives it
Working together: Our nation’s organ donation and transplant system
- The OPTN, HRSA and CMS have different roles. Learn about the roles
UNOS is a nonprofit on a mission to save and transform lives through research, innovation and collaboration. UNOS builds on its experience and expertise to strengthen organ donation and transplantation systems and enhance public health. The nonprofit helps people live life without limits by developing products and services, conducting data-driven research and analysis, providing expert consulting services, advocating for reforms to help patients, and partnering to drive a greater impact.
Data
Serving as a contractor for the OPTN, UNOS has collected data on every organ donation and transplant event occurring in the U.S. since October 1, 1987.
