Additional data on long-term outcomes incorporated into OPTN living donor data
Living Donor Committee updated on enhanced data; there are no impacts on policy monitoring or research related to transplant candidate or recipient outcomes.
Daniel Kristopher Glover
Danny died on January 30, 2012, he saved many lives including that of his little league coach who received his liver.
2022 UNOS staffing survey now open
New enhancements to the 2022 Staffing Survey streamline the user experience and make it easier to submit and receive data.
VCA coming to UNet Sept 14, 2023
Allocation of all Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) organs that were originally scheduled to move into UNet in Spring 2023, will now implement on Sept. 14.
Dissecting the grief cycle: TMF 2023 presenter Nona Dawson-Land on coping with trauma in the workplace
TMF session to focus on understanding loss and grieving cycles in the transplant space.
OPTN data collection changes coming Sept. 14
On Sept. 14, multiple updates will be made to UNet to implement approved OPTN Policy changes that affect OPTN data collection.
Nominations open for the Lisa Schaffner Community Advocate Award
The award recognizes volunteers, such as living donors, donor family members or transplant recipients, who are promoting organ donation and transplantation with little public recognition.
New milestone reached in kidney donation and transplant
For the first time, more than 25,000 kidney transplants were performed in a single year
UNOS welcomes competitive bidding process for next OPTN contract
We are committed to working with government partners and all who care about serving donors, patients and their families.
Pediatric Status 1A and 1B heart and heart-lung candidates may have expanded access to intended incompatible blood type offers
On March 16, 2023, the OPTN Executive Committee approved immediate implementation of a key portion of. the recently proposed policy to expand eligibility criteria.