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Two-year analysis shows effects of kidney allocation system
Results show success in a number of key system goals.
OPTN/UNOS Board approves national board to review exception priority for liver transplant candidates, guidance document for transplant candidate education
The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors, at its meeting June 5 and 6, approved a national system to assign liver allocation priority for candidates with exceptional medical conditions.
UNOS announces national donor memorial award winner
This is the first time in the award’s history that it was bestowed upon the family member of an organ recipient.
UNOS again named top workplace
UNOS has been named a Top Workplace program in the Richmond, Va. region.
In Memoriam – Thomas Starzl, M.D.
UNOS shares with the transplant community in remembering and honoring Thomas Starzl, M.D. His achievements are integral to the development of the practice and science of organ transplantation.
New pancreas transplant policies take effect
As of October 30, 2014, new policies are in place to allocate pancreas and kidney-pancreas transplants. The revisions are intended to increase access to transplantation for more than 3,000 candidates currently listed for these organs and enhance the efficiency of the...
