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| 10/1/2013 | UNOS Transplant Management Forum Call for Sponsors and Exhibitors |
| The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Transplant Management Forum is calling for sponsors and exhibitors to participate. These opportunities increase your organization's presence at the conference and can be tailored to meet your needs. | |
| 9/19/2013 | Transplant Leadership Award Nominations Requested |
| The UNOS Transplant Administrators Committee is seeking nominations for the Annual Heckenkemper Leader in Transplant Administration Award to be presented at the UNOS Transplant Management Forum in April 2014. | |
| 9/16/2013 | Support UNOS during The Amazing Raise |
| Please join UNOS in this year’s Amazing Raise, Richmond's 36-hour giving event, which will take place 6 AM Wednesday, September 18th - 6 PM Thursday, September 19th. | |
| 8/19/2013 | Read the Latest Edition of UNOS Update |
| The latest edition of the UNOS Update is now available in interactive PDF format in the Professional Education section of the UNOS Web site. | |
| 8/5/2013 | OPTN/UNOS Nominating Committee Seeks Board Nominations |
| Do you know exceptional members of the transplant community who are committed to continuous improvement of the nation’s transplant system?? | |
| 7/10/2013 | UNOS awarded continuation of national transplant network contract |
| United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has renewed its federal contract to operate the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). | |
| 7/5/2013 | Vascular Composite Allografts to be added to OPTN Final Rule and National Organ Transplant Act definitions of organs |
| In a Federal Register Notice published July 3, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that vascular composite allografts (VCAs) will be added to the definition of organs covered by federal regulation (the OPTN Final Rule) and legislation (the National Organ Transplant Act). This designation is effective July 3, 2014. | |
| 6/24/2013 | Michigan Woman Honored with National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence |
| Patty Jo Herndon of Chelsea, Mich., has received the 2013 National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence for her volunteer efforts to promote organ, eye and tissue donation since 1997. | |
| 6/10/2013 | OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee approves discretionary listing of pediatric lung transplant candidates |
| The OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee, meeting by conference call, approved a revision to national lung allocation policy affecting transplant candidates age 11 or younger. | |
| 6/6/2013 | OPTN Response to Court Order Regarding Sarah Murnaghan |
| The letter is in response to a June 5, 2013 federal district court order. | |
| 5/17/2013 | UNOS Researchers Present Studies at American Transplant Congress |
| United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) staff members authored and will present several studies at the American Transplant Congress (ATC), a joint meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the American Society of Transplantation held May 18-22 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. | |
| 5/12/2013 | In Memoriam: Paul B. Oldam |
| UNOS commemorates the life and service of Paul Oldam, a longtime transplant recipient and tireless advocate of the cause of organ donation and the interests of transplant candidates and recipients. | |
| 5/8/2013 | UNOS Primer Call for Sponsors |
| The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Primer is calling for sponsors to participate. | |
| 5/1/2013 | Meet the Story of Hope Contest Winners |
| Transplant Living received more than 9,000 votes during the month of April to decide the site’s favorite story from a living donor. The story with the most votes was William, “Willie” Richardson, a living donor from Mercer Island, Washington. | |
| 4/30/2013 | UNOS' 2012 Corporate Annual Report is Now Available Online |
| The report, titled "Working together. Saving Lives." provides glimpses of how people throughout the country work together to save lives through organ donation and transplantation. | |
| 4/18/2013 | UNOS presents OPTN webinar series on new living kidney donor requirements |
| To learn more about the new living kidney donor OPTN requirements that were recently implemented (February 1, 2013), please attend a UNOS-sponsored webinar series beginning in May. There is no charge for participants. |
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