90,000 people are waiting for a kidney. Here’s one way to get them a kidney faster.
January 27, 2025
The new, UNOS-supported Medicare program that should help increase kidney transplants.
A more efficient way to get organs to patients in need
January 27, 2025
Automated donor referrals will help more donated organs be transplanted. UNOS calls for Congressional action to mandate this process.
UNOS names 2024 Lisa Schaffner Community Advocate Award recipient
December 17, 2024
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
November 11, 2024
This important bipartisan bill will help increase the number of potential organ donors
UNOS fires back at defamatory statements that it has acted unlawfully
September 13, 2024
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.
UNOS sets the record straight
September 12, 2024
To set the record straight and correct some false information, UNOS is fact-checking statements made during the
House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight Subcommittee hearing titled “A Year Removed: Oversight of Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act Implementation.
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UNOS insights and analysis on healthcare and transplant issues