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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
- Miller, double lung recipient
- New pancreas transplant policies take effect
- Bobby, heart recipient
- Joey Moughan: A soldier's story
- Jill, liver recipient
- Nikita Patel: My Transplant Journey
- Joanna Pellegrini: My liver transplant story
- Susan Robinson: Donor mother and founder of Love Rocks
- Jeanne Anne, heart recipient
- Lisa Armijo: My miracle
- Amber, heart recipient
- Dennis, heart recipient
- Leah Howell: A challenging gift
- Matthew, heart recipient
- Matt Schneider: 4-time kidney recipient giving back
- Board approves enhanced liver distribution system
- Jace: A liver transplant in the midst of a pandemic
- Tim, kidney recipient
- Karen Brooks of Seminole, FL
- At two years, HOPE Act still offering hope
- Terri Lynne Willis: 29 year liver transplant survivor
- Policy modification to lung distribution sequence
- UNOS wins contract to continue as national transplant network
- Tracy, liver recipient
- 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
- Travis, double lung recipient
- 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
- Austin Lee: Giving back and helping others
- UNOS researchers study equity in access to deceased donor kidney transplants
- Kim Kondik: 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.
- Tiana: Five months post kidney transplant
- Life is a gift
- James, liver recipient
- Jim Gleason of Beverly, NJ
- David 'SKi' Skalski: Everything counts, the air I breathe
- Katie, my hero
- Liza, kidney/pancreas recipient
- Be more
- Gaylene Grossen of Portland, OR
- Roxanne Watson: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
- Auburn, lung recipient
- Bob Scozzafava: Celebrating my first liver-transplant anniversary
- 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
- Kathy, islet recipient
- 100 people transplanted thanks to HOPE Act
- Jim, liver recipient
- Simon Keith of Las Vegas, NV
- Khansaa's Heart: The Miracle that Changed My Life
- John Fahey: Unfathomable gratitude
- Mary Magee-Huth of Channahon, IL
- OPTN/UNOS operations not affected by partial federal shutdown
- Sydney, organ donor
- Lynn Davis: My second chance at life!
- 'Yes' means we've become a family
- Jodi, non-directed kidney donor
- Organ transplants in United States set sixth consecutive record in 2018
- Idoreyin Obuba: My Kidney Memoir
- Brian Friberg: Now I have many years of hope
- Rita Woodward: Gratitude angel
- C.J., kidney recipient
- Losing a sister, saving a life with donation
- Lindsay, double hand recipient
- Shannon Catalano: 22 Kidney donors climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
- Debbie Fields: Never knew I was sick
- The Ripple Effect of Donation
- Juniper, heart recipient
- T1D free!
- Jen Lentini: Heart transplant recipient 7/6/96
- We can all help
- Mandi Smith: A God-led journey
- Omar Garriott: Liver recipient
- Philip Rostek of Pittsburgh, PA
- Jayde Kelly: A renewed heart
- Thelma Warner: "I will continue to fight until my last breath"
- Brendan: A second set of lungs, a second chance at life
- Don Salamone of Fountain Hills, AZ
- My second heartbeat
- Jill Thorne of Rescue, CA
- Curt Holland: A grateful heart
- Jennifer Wickliffe: Hunter Lives On
- Jamie Warren of Blackfoot, ID
- Wes Hawkins: A second chance at life with PRIDE
- Brayden Welhoefer of Stoughton, WI
- Kristen Logsdon: My brother is my hero!
- My Lung Transplant Journey
- Patrick McGlone: Enjoying the moment
- Kemberlie Hornbeak: Third time's a charm
- Jax the Heart Warrior
- Merle Zuel of Bonner Springs, KS
- Richard G. Perez Senior: I'm a survivor
- A new heart during the COVID-19 pandemic
- César López: Don't take anything for granted
- Lung and kidney patients: Animated videos describe allocation scores and formulas
- Mahogany Simmons: Always have faith
- Latasha Traynham: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
- New booklet advises parents of pediatric transplant patients
- Kathi Clapham of West Chester, PA
- Captain Rob: Finding my hope
- Jhett Skaggs of Lexington, OK
- Ginger Ireland-Hoffmann: From living liver donor to transplant nurse
- Dinorah Arambula of Las Vegas, NV
- Matthew Kuchera: The gift of life during COVID-19
- I only had a 2% chance
- Sarah Ridder: A family's journey with IPF
- Constituent Council initiative tests options to improve committee structure
- Margo Gill: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
- Darmecia Crane: The perfect graduation gift
- Hannah Smith: A match made in heaven
- Kathryn Smith of Miami, FL
- Lisa Tork: Heart transplant recipient
- Nadia Guerra: Running out of time
- Ben, heart recipient
- Marcus Simon: A life restored
- Curtisha Anderson: Life is good
- Joseph Hillenburg: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
- Joe Lafferty: Living life Justin time
- Heather Hazlett of Waxhaw, NC
- Barbara Tennyson-Crawford: I am a wonder child
- Betsy, living kidney donor
- Honoring a life and finding joy in a bowl of cereal
- Melissa Arias: Fighting for a heart
- Destiny, liver recipient
- Ivette Rodriguez: Blessed
- Clare Dowling of Danville, CA
- Amanda Demchak: My second chance, thanks to an organ donor
- Change of heart – Giving back to mankind
- Noah Thibodeau: "Live like Noah"
- Kirk Menefee: Everyday is a gift
- Maureen Jaret: The heart of giving
- OPTN disaster relief information refresher
- The Gallery at UNOS: Nov. 5 virtual opening of Looking Back
- Gene Shimandle: A change of heart
- Skylar, heart recipient
- Valerie Bolt: Eleni the brave
- Mary Wu: Confessions of a kidney transplant recipient
- Paul's Story
- Martin, double lung recipient
- Jane Enright of Pickerington, OH
- Jasmine Ruiz: Waitlisted
- Kim DeAngelo of Columbus, OH
- Maria Margarita Gamboa: Life is beautiful
- Barb McMillan: My lung transplant journey
- Jaclyn Smith: I woke up in another world
- Janet Ocasio: My gift has given me 20 years of life
- The Cullen family: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
- Barbara Craycraft of Franklin, OH
- Quinn Family: Madelyn's Heart
- Bex Hall: The letter I wrote to a stranger
- Jerry Cahill: To the Brink and back after lung, liver, and kidney transplants
- Deceased organ donors in United States exceeded 10,000 for first time in 2017
- Brendon Dix of Albuquerque, NM
- Brian Montalbano: Heart Transplant x2
- Nicole Nidea: Lifelong organ donation advocate
- Debbie Akers: Thankful to my donor each and every day
- Peggy Averitt celebrates seventh liverversary
- The Art of the SCAR: Redux
- Walter McCants Junior: Dialysis and post transplant
- Aubrynn Marshall: Saved by God's grace
- Raimundo Anderson: 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
- Sara Siqueiros: Mother of three heart transplant recipients
- Clyde Resaba: Given a chance
- Donnie Field Senior: My story
- Richard Schmidt: Grateful recipient
- Whittney, kidney recipient
- Temperance, liver recipient
- Jameson Finney: The transplant that came out of left field
- Changes to liver policy and exception score process are in place
- Nita, kidney recipient
- Mitchell Miller: A second chance for life here on earth
- Jimmy Potter: Daughter lives normal life again
- Brooke, liver recipient
- OPTN/UNOS Board adopts principles of geographic organ distribution
- Walter, kidney recipient
- Monica Hall: Grace recipient
- Dawn Martin: I may not be a first responder, but my kidney is!
- Jennifer Ontiveros: Miracles do happen
- Dr. Jonas Willie Gadson: "A bonus from Jonas"
- OPTN/UNOS Board adopts principles of geographic organ distribution
- Zion and Zhania, heart recipients
- Bethany Goralski: Solitary kidney siblings
- Chris, living donor
- Race-based calculations eliminated from transplant candidate listing
- New Intestine Program Applications and Bylaws
- Bridgett Jones-Bolar: Grateful transplant recipient
- Leah Przedwiecki: My second chance of living
- Liver policy reverted to DSA and regions
- All-time records again set in 2021 for organ transplants, organ donation from deceased donors