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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
- Joanna Pellegrini: My liver transplant story
- Susan Robinson: Donor mother and founder of Love Rocks
- 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
- Terri Lynne Willis: 29 year liver transplant survivor
- 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
- Austin Lee: Giving back and helping others
- 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.
- Tiana: Five months post kidney transplant
- 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
- 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
- '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!
- Jen Lentini: Heart transplant recipient 7/6/96
- We can all help
- Philip Rostek of Pittsburgh, PA
- Thelma Warner: "I will continue to fight until my last breath"
- 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
- Brayden Welhoefer of Stoughton, WI
- 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
- 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
- Marcus Simon: A life restored
- Curtisha Anderson: Life is good
- Joseph Hillenburg: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
- Heather Hazlett of Waxhaw, NC
- Barbara Tennyson-Crawford: I am a wonder child
- Honoring a life and finding joy in a bowl of cereal
- Ivette Rodriguez: Blessed
- 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
- Valerie Bolt: Eleni the brave
- Paul's Story
- 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
- Aubrynn Marshall: Saved by God's grace
- 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
- Richard Schmidt: Grateful recipient
- 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
- Dawn Martin: I may not be a first responder, but my kidney is!
- Miracles do happen
- OPTN/UNOS Board adopts principles of geographic organ distribution
- Solitary Kidney Siblings
- New Intestine Program Applications and Bylaws
- Bridgett Jones-Bolar: Grateful transplant recipient
- Liver policy reverted to DSA and regions
- All-time records again set in 2021 for organ transplants, organ donation from deceased donors
