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UNOS news, education

Toolkit available to assist programs in sharing donor and recipient information

OPO and transplant center staff who would like to encourage information sharing between transplant recipients and donor families/living donors now have a toolkit of resources to help them in these efforts.


UNOS news, patient safety

UNOS is your Partner in Patient Safety; Keep Us in the Loop!

Assisting members in their efforts to assure the safety of transplant patients and living donors is a top OPTN priority.


UNOS news

Read the New DTAC News to Learn about Efforts to Coordinate Case Reviews

The DTAC News from the ad hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee includes an article about efforts to reduce the burden on OPTN members in case reviews for potential donor-derived disease transmission events, and provides additional stories and resources. See a  memo from UNOS Assistant Executive Director Brian Shephard about the PDDTE issue.


UNOS news

Vermont Man Honored with National Award of Excellence for Organ Donation Advocacy

James Carter of Underhill, Vt., was honored with the 2011 National Donor Memorial Award of Excellence for his extraordinary volunteer efforts in promoting organ donation for more than two decades. The award was presented during the June board meeting of the Organ Procurement Transplantation Network and United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) in Richmond, where […]


UNOS news

UNOS Rededicates National Donor Memorial, Presents First Award of Excellence

In a poignant ceremony held the evening of June 21, UNOS rededicated the National Donor Memorial on the grounds of its headquarters. Participants from the national OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors meeting and UNOS staff welcomed a number of guests, including several participants from the national advisory committee that guided the design of the memorial in […]


UNOS news

UNOS Foundation Establishes Planned Giving Society

The board of directors of the UNOS Foundation has approved the formation of the Deborah C. Surlas Legacy for Life Society to recognize supporters who include UNOS in their estate plans. The society is named to honor kidney-pancreas recipient, patient advocate and former registered nurse Debi Surlas, who recently informed UNOS that she has included […]


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