The most active living donor liver transplant programs
Living liver transplants increased in 2019. University Hospital in San Antonio is among those growing their programs and performing more transplants.
Nominees chosen for 2020 Board of Directors election
At its December 2019 meeting, the Board of Directors approved the following slate of nominees for Board appointments beginning in July 2020.
Upcoming changes to histocompatibility and CPRA display in UNet
The OPTN policy on addressing HLA typing errors will take effect on Feb. 27.
Introducing UNOS’ new mission and vision statements
Board of Directors President Maryl Johnson, M.D., shares UNOS’ new mission and vision statements.
Requests for Potential Transplant Recipient corrections on match runs
As requests for PTR corrections continue to be submitted occasionally, a reminder of a 2010 previous notice is being re-circulated.
Annual UNOS RFI: 2020 documents now available on the UNet℠ transplant administrators website
Administrators can submit essential organ transplant program data to insurance and managed care companies.
Annual UNOS staffing survey now open
The 2020 annual staffing survey was created by the OPTN Transplant Administrator Committee along with UNOS research and IT staff.
Improving DonorNet Mobile℠: A Q&A with Lloyd Board
The new DonorNet Mobile is built on a modern application framework that will be easier to rapidly develop and update than existing systems.
Transforming policy into algorithms
In a recent Voices in Transplant blog post, Tulchinsky discusses the technological solutions that his team works with the transplant community to build and maintain.
Michele Fleeger
My tribute is for my wife Michele. On June 13, 2019 she donated a part of her liver to a baby she didn’t know named Summer Laforme. My wife has a huge heart and has since become an advocate for living organ donation.