UNOS DonateLife

January 5, 2001

UNOS Online Receives International Association Web Award

Richmond, Va. -- The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Web site, UNOS Online, has added another Web award to its growing list of accolades. The "Golden Web Award" is given to sites by the International Association of Web Masters and Designers in recognition of creativity, integrity and excellence on the Web.

UNOS Online is an important resource for the transplant community. It provides an immense array of facts, data and resources about organ transplantation and allocation to its many visitors including transplant patients, members, and the media 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Over the past few years, UNOS Online has also been honored with the:

• Hardin MD Clean Bill of Health Award
• HealthLink Select Site Award
• Oncology Times Medical Website of the Month
• Top Rated Site Award from MedExplorer
• Medinex Seal of Approval
• 1998 Award of Excellence for WWW sites
• Cool Site of the Day
• USA Today Hot Site
• 1998 National Health Information Bronze Award
• Times Pick by the Los Angeles Times
• The Medsite Gold Award for Excellence
• Achoo Medical Directory Site of the Week
• National Academy Press Cool Science Link of the Week
• HMS Beagle WebPick of the Day

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), a nonprofit charitable organization, maintains the nation's organ transplant waiting list under contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. UNOS brings together, under that contract and on behalf of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), medical professionals, transplant recipients and donor families to develop organ transplantation policy. UNOS provides the OPTN with a functional, effective management system incorporating the UNOS Board of Directors, committees and regional membership structure to operate OPTN elements and activities.