Webinars
Learning together
Every transplant is its own journey, but you are not alone. Our webinars offer answers to your questions, whether you are a patient or care for one.
Policy
Lung transplants: Changes to allocation
January 2023
Resources
Learn more by visiting the OPTN website:
- Patient FAQs: Lung allocation based on the Composite Allocation Score (CAS)
- Information for lung transplant candidates and caregivers about the new lung allocation system and how it differs from the current policy
Transplantation Journey
COVID-19 and transplant: Patient questions answered
September 22, 2021
Resources
Living organ donation
April 14, 2021
Learn more about living organ donation from Heather Hunt and Katey Hellickson, members of the Living Donor Committee.
Resources
- Living donation: Information you need to know (PDF) (Versión en español)
- How to find a living donor (PDF)
- Kidney-paired donation: I have a living donor who doesn’t match, what can I do? (PDF)
- Guidance for transplant hospitals on transplant candidate use of social media to find living donors (PDF)
Post-transplant health & wellness (part 1)
May 12, 2021
Are you a transplant recipient? Learn about post-transplant health and wellness from Darnell Waun and Molly McCarthy, members of the Patient Affairs Committee. This is the first of two health and wellness webinars in our series Transplantation Journey.
Resources
Transplantation Journey
Post-transplant health & wellness (part 2)
July 14, 2021
Health and wellness continues long after receiving an organ transplant. Learn about post-transplant health from UNOS Medical Director David Klassen, M.D., Filza Hussain, M.D., of Stanford University, and Koren Axelrod of CareDx. This is the third webinar in our Transplantation Journey series.
Leaders in transplant excellence
The Transplantation Journey webinar series supported by CareDx. Special thanks to our corporate sponsor for supporting excellence in transplant education.
UNOS, in partnership with webinar panelists, creates the Transplantation Journey content. Sponsors provide the production support to make the webinars possible.
