Capital Pride: WRTC on being meaningful community advocates all year round
June 29, 2022
D.C. OPO’s LGBTQIA+ advocacy work increases organ donation.
OPTN Board approves improvements to medical urgency scoring of liver transplant candidates
June 28, 2022
- Heart/lung
- Histocompatibility
- Kidney/pancreas
- Liver/intestine
- News
- OPO
- Policy changes
- Transplant hospital
- VCA
The actions will increase the equity of access to liver transplant, and were among a number of additional measures adopted by the board.
Pre-implementation notice: Requirement for race-neutral eGFR formulas
June 28, 2022
A transition plan will allow race-neutral recalculation of certain candidates’ eGFR values and modifications to their waiting times.
OPTN Board approves elimination of race-based calculation for transplant candidate listing
June 28, 2022
The action, to take effect July 27, will ensure that all candidates are consistently assessed in an equitable fashion.
UNOS CEO Brian Shepard to leave organization after a decade of service
June 28, 2022
Shepard’s bold leadership set UNOS on a firm foundation to advance equity and save more lives in coming years.
A lasting legacy: Lisa Schaffner honored posthumously with newly renamed award
June 28, 2022
The late UNOS director of public communications helped establish an award recognizing advocates in 2010. Now, the same award has been renamed to honor its very first champion.
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