OPTN Board approves improvements to medical urgency scoring of liver transplant candidates
The actions will increase the equity of access to liver transplant, and were among a number of additional measures adopted by the board.
Pre-implementation notice: Requirement for race-neutral eGFR formulas
A transition plan will allow race-neutral recalculation of certain candidates’ eGFR values and modifications to their waiting times.
OPTN Board approves elimination of race-based calculation for transplant candidate listing
The action, to take effect July 27, will ensure that all candidates are consistently assessed in an equitable fashion.
UNOS CEO Brian Shepard to leave organization after a decade of service
Shepard’s bold leadership set UNOS on a firm foundation to advance equity and save more lives in coming years.
A lasting legacy: Lisa Schaffner honored posthumously with newly renamed award
The late UNOS director of public communications helped establish an award recognizing advocates in 2010. Now, the same award has been renamed to honor its very first champion.
Pre-implementation notice: Updates to living donor exclusion criteria
Updates to OPTN policy language will impact four living donor exclusion criteria. These policy changes take effect July 26.
Median MELD at transplant now based around donor hospital
Educational resources will be available
One-year monitoring report available for pancreas allocation policies
Report captures first 12 months of data after implementation of 250 nautical mile circles.
New OPO System and Process Measures Dashboard now available
The OPO System and Process Measures Dashboard is available to all OPOs in the OPTN Visual Analytics section of the data services portal in UNet.
COVID-19 update: June 23, 2022
FDA authorizes Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for children from 6 months of age