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Posts

• 100th living donor kidney transplant arranged through OPTN/UNOS Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program
• NRLB update: MMaT calculation now based on DSA of transplant hospital
• Brian Anderson of Lakewood, CO
• Gift of new life during trying times
• Revised national kidney transplant allocation system is now in place
• Alice Bach of West Chester, PA
• Public comment sought
• Special public comment period addresses liver distribution
• Heart recipient honored with 2019 NDM Award for Excellence
• New pancreas transplant policies take effect
• Nikita Patel: My Transplant Journey
• Lisa Armijo: My miracle
• 4-Time Kidney Recipient Giving Back
• Board approves enhanced liver distribution system
• Jace: A liver transplant in the midst of a pandemic
• Karen Brooks of Seminole, FL
• At two years, HOPE Act still offering hope
• Policy modification to lung distribution sequence
• UNOS wins contract to continue as national transplant network
• Kennedy Carter of Mayville, MI
• UNOS Organ Center at 35: A vital link with the transplant community
• Upcoming heart allocation policy change
• Odds for receiving a kidney transplant now equal for black, white and Hispanic candidates
• Two-year analysis shows effects of kidney allocation system
• Liver distribution proposal advances for board consideration
• OPTN/UNOS Board approves national board to review exception priority for liver transplant candidates, guidance document for transplant candidate education
• UNOS announces national donor memorial award winner
• UNOS researchers study equity in access to deceased donor kidney transplants
• Above and Beyond Friendship
• UNOS again named top workplace
• Transplant patient webinar addresses proposed changes to kidney and pancreas distribution
• A heart transplant is a miracle
• In Memoriam – Thomas Starzl, M.D.
• Life is a gift
• Jim Gleason of Beverly, NJ
• David 'SKi' Skalski: Everything counts, the air I breathe
• Katie, my hero
• Be more
• Gaylene Grossen of Portland, OR
• Roxanne Watson: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
• Prabir Bagchi: Living with a transplanted lung
• UNOS celebrates 34th anniversary founding
• The special bond of Hudson and Uncle Trevor
• Gianna Paniagua: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
• 100 people transplanted thanks to HOPE Act
• Simon Keith of Las Vegas, NV
• Mary Magee-Huth of Channahon, IL
• OPTN/UNOS operations not affected by partial federal shutdown
• 'Yes' means we've become a family
• Organ transplants in United States set sixth consecutive record in 2018
• Idoreyin Obuba: My Kidney Memoir
• Losing a sister, saving a life with donation
• Never knew I was sick
• The Ripple Effect of Donation
• T1D free!
• We can all help
• Philip Rostek of Pittsburgh, PA
• Don Salamone of Fountain Hills, AZ
• My second heartbeat
• Jill Thorne of Rescue, CA
• Jamie Warren of Blackfoot, ID
• Brayden Welhoefer of Stoughton, WI
• My Lung Transplant Journey
• Jax the Heart Warrior
• Merle Zuel of Bonner Springs, KS
• A new heart during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Latasha Traynham: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
• New booklet advises parents of pediatric transplant patients
• Kathi Clapham of West Chester, PA
• Jhett Skaggs of Lexington, OK
• Dinorah Arambula of Las Vegas, NV
• Matthew Kuchera: The gift of life during COVID-19
• I only had a 2% chance
• Constituent Council initiative tests options to improve committee structure
• Margo Gill: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
• Darmecia Crane: The perfect graduation gift
• Kathryn Smith of Miami, FL
• Joseph Hillenburg: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
• Heather Hazlett of Waxhaw, NC
• Clare Dowling of Danville, CA
• My second chance, thanks to an organ donor!
• Change of heart – Giving back to mankind
• Noah Thibodeau: "Live like Noah"
• OPTN disaster relief information refresher
• The Gallery at UNOS: Nov. 5 virtual opening of Looking Back
• Jane Enright of Pickerington, OH
• Kim DeAngelo of Columbus, OH
• The Cullen family: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
• Barbara Craycraft of Franklin, OH
• Quinn Family: Madelyn's Heart
• Deceased organ donors in United States exceeded 10,000 for first time in 2017
• Brendon Dix of Albuquerque, NM
• Brian Montalbano: Heart Transplant x2
• Peggy Averitt celebrates seventh liverversary
• The Art of the SCAR: Redux
• Walter McCants Junior: Dialysis and post transplant
• My real life hero
• UNOS announces 2018 National Donor Memorial Award winner
• New national liver and intestinal organ transplant system in effect Feb. 4, 2020
• Jameson's story: The transplant that came out of left field
• Changes to liver policy and exception score process are in place
• Mitchell Miller: A second chance for life here on earth
• Daughter Lives Normal Life Again
• OPTN/UNOS Board adopts principles of geographic organ distribution
• Miracles do happen
• OPTN/UNOS Board adopts principles of geographic organ distribution
• Solitary Kidney Siblings
• Liver policy reverted to DSA and regions