Trailblazing physician broke barriers to become nation’s first Black female transplant surgeon
February 25, 2021
Dr. Velma Scantlebury-White, who has performed more than 2,000 transplants in her career, says there have been significant changes in terms of achieving equity access in the allocation system for minority patients, but some issues persist.
UNOS to study data collection related to social determinants of health
February 8, 2021
Feasibility study could cast a new light on health disparities research.
UNOS RFI documents for 2021 are available on the UNet Transplant Administrators website
January 27, 2021
UNOS Request for Information (RFI) documents for 2021 are available on the UNetSM Transplant Administrators website
Annual record trend continues for deceased organ donation, deceased donor transplants
January 11, 2021
New records for deceased donation and deceased donor transplants; living donor transplants decreased largely due to COVID-19.
Implementation notice: Phase I of new kidney medical urgency requirements
December 1, 2020
Kidney programs should update candidate data ahead of Dec. 15 final implementation.
Five years of HOPE Act; observations from Sander Florman, M.D.
November 20, 2020
Transplant program director at the hospital performing the most HOPE Act transplants reflects on its significance at the five-year milestone.
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UNOS insights and analysis on healthcare and transplant issues