Liver forum and committee update from David Mulligan, M.D., chair, OPTN/UNOS Liver Committee
About 200 people attended the June 22 liver forum, and about 210 more participated via webinar.
Florida Donor Parents Honored with NDM Award for Excellence
UNOS presented David and Susan Caples the 2015 National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence in recognition of their untiring efforts as donation advocates.
Transplant Network Reaches Milestone of 500,000 Deceased Donor Organ Transplants
Richmond, Va. – As of May 19, 2015, the national transplant allocation system developed by United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has coordinated 500,000 organ transplants from deceased donors in the United States since its beginning in October 1987. More than 250,000 recipients of these transplants are estimated to be surviving.
Liver Committee Chair on status of liver distribution discussion
Dr. David Mulligan reviews the status of liver distribution discussions.
New pancreas transplant policies take effect
As of October 30, 2014, new policies are in place to allocate pancreas and kidney-pancreas transplants.
Liver forum provides key feedback for additional committee discussion
Find additional information and resources related to the forum on the OPTN website.
Liver forum provides key feedback
Nearly 500 people participated, either in person or via webinar, in a public forum held Sept. 16 to discuss concepts related to liver distribution equity.
Liver forum presentations, videos available
Nearly 20 individuals and panelists gave presentations at the September 16 public forum being held to discuss liver distribution concepts. The slide sets provided by the speakers, as well as video highlights from the forum discussion, are available below. You can... Public forum addresses equity in liver distribution
Approximately 400 people attended a public forum held on Sept. 16, 2014 to discuss various concepts to reduce geographic variation in access to liver transplantation.
