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UNOS Luminaries brings together the community to continuously improve the system and save more lives.

New speaker series explores latest advances in transplant

Luminaries is a free educational fundraiser that raises awareness of organ transplant and important initiatives. This discussion will spotlight current research and advancements in technology that have the potential to improve the nation’s transplant system.


UNOS news, system changes

UNOS launches new online membership forms to all labs and OPOs

UNet Security Administrators may grant access.


2020: Most lives ever saved by deceased donors. 6% increase in deceased donors over 2019. More than 33,000 life-saving transplants from deceased donors. 10th record year in a row for deceased donation. Based on OPTN data as of 01/11/21. Data subject to change based on future data submission or correction.

Annual record trend continues for deceased organ donation, deceased donor transplants

New records for deceased donation and deceased donor transplants; living donor transplants decreased largely due to COVID-19.


Board of Directors election 2021

Voting opens Jan. 13, 2021, for Board election/Annual meeting of members

Voting opens Jan. 13, 2021 and the 2021 Annual Meeting of Members will be held Jan. 28, 2021.


LifeChoice Donor Services and New England Organ Bank to merge Jan. 1

The merger will create a single OPO that will serve nearly 200 hospitals and approximately 14 million New England residents.


Smiling photo of Robert Veatch, PhD

In Memoriam: Robert Veatch, Ph.D.

UNOS honors the life and service of Robert M. Veatch, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of bioethics and a powerful advocate of its application to organ donation and transplantation.


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