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We can track Amazon packages-why not lifesaving organs?

The U.S. needs a national organ tracking system. UNOS is working to help make that happen.


90,000 people are waiting for a kidney. Here’s one way to get them a kidney faster.

The new, UNOS-supported Medicare program that should help increase kidney transplants.


A more efficient way to get organs to patients in need

Automated donor referrals will help more donated organs be transplanted. UNOS calls for Congressional action to mandate this process.


Leslie and Bill Carruth

UNOS names 2024 Lisa Schaffner Community Advocate Award recipient

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has awarded the 2024 Lisa Schaffner Community Advocate Award to Leslie and Bill Carruth in recognition of their tireless advocacy in memory of their daughter, Alexander “Allie.” The Lisa Schaffner Community Advocate Award, named after a longtime member of Team UNOS who passed away in 2021, is awarded […]


21 organizations join UNOS in support of the Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act

This important bipartisan bill will help increase the number of potential organ donors


UNOS fires back at defamatory statements that it has acted unlawfully

UNOS aims to help those who are in desperate need of organ donation. But some members of the donation and transplant community continue to malign and defame UNOS, accusing our organization of unlawful behavior. These unfounded statements are just plain wrong.


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