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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. | |
| 4/1/2013 | Share your story. Inspire Others. Win an iPad. |
| To help celebrate National Donate Life Month, Transplant Living will feature stories of hope about living donation. Stories will be used to encourage donation and give hope to the many patients now waiting for a transplant. | |
| 3/27/2013 | In Memoriam: H.M. Lee, M.D. |
| UNOS celebrates the life and achievements of H.M. Lee, M.D., who passed away March 24. | |
| 3/20/2013 | Registration Now Open for Sept. 16-17 UNOS Primer |
| Make plans to attend the UNOS Primer to Practice: Communication, Education, and Engagement, held in Richmond Virginia. | |
| 3/11/2013 | OPTN/UNOS Officers and Board Members Elected |
| Members of the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) have elected 15 members to its Board of Directors. | |
| 2/12/2013 | In Memoriam: David Hull, M.D. |
| UNOS is saddened by the recent passing of Dr. David Hull, Director Emeritus of the transplant program at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut. | |
| 2/7/2013 | New Materials Available for Order in UNOS Print-on-Demand Store |
| As of February 1, the following new materials are available for order in the UNOS print-on-demand store. | |
| 1/17/2013 | Organ Center sets placement activity records |
| The UNOS Organ Center provided placement services for 11,739 organ offers in 2012, setting an all-time annual record for placement activity in its 30-year history | |
| 1/16/2013 | UNOS staff members contribute to articles reviewing allocation history, status, future direction of allocation policy |
| Staff members from UNOS’ departments of Research and Policy collaborated with researchers from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) to publish two special articles in the December 2012 issue of the American Journal of Transplantation.. | |
| 12/11/2012 | Nominees Chosen for Board of Directors Election |
| At its November meeting, the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors approved the following slate of nominees for Board appointments beginning in June 2013. The OPTN Board of Directors also functions as the UNOS Board of Directors. | |
| 12/10/2012 | Register Now for the 2013 UNOS Transplant Management Forum |
| Whether you are new to the field or have years of experience, the UNOS Transplant Management Forum, scheduled for April 16-18 in New Orleans, provides transplant managers with strategies they need to improve operations of their transplant program. | |
| 12/3/2012 | Meet the Transplant Living Story of Hope Video Contest Winners |
Transplant Living received more than 12,000 votes during the month of November to decide the site’s favorite video from a transplant recipient. The story with the most votes was Nefeterius McPerson, a liver recipient from Killeen, TX. | |
| 11/27/2012 | In Memoriam: Joseph E. Murray, M.D. |
| All transplant professionals, and all who have benefitted from organ transplantation over the last 58 years, owe a debt of gratitude to the life, work and example of Dr. Joseph Murray. | |
| 11/13/2012 | OPTN/UNOS Board addresses living donation policies, kidney paired donation requirements, lung allocation, geographic differences in organ allocation |
| The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors, at its meeting November 12 and 13, approved policies to create greater consistency in the medical and psychosocial evaluation and informed consent processes for living kidney donors and increase the level of clinical information reported on post-transplant outcomes for these donors. | |
| 10/23/2012 | Webinars address patient safety, the kidney allocation policy proposal out for public comment, and CMS regulations and OPTN requirements |
| Patient Safety Webinar series begins October 24, 2012. Crosswalk Webinar about CMS Regulations and OPTN Requirements on November 1, 2012. | |
| 10/17/2012 | New resources available for transplant professionals |
| UNOS has launched two new resources for transplant professionals. |
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