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Data
Waiting list candidates 105,109 as of today 5:43pm
Transplants January - August 2009 19,114 as of 11/13/2009
Donors January - August 2009 9,754 as of 11/13/2009
OPTN News
- November 17, 2009
OPTN/UNOS Board Approves Living Donor Kidney Programs
Orlando, Fla. -- At its meeting November 16-17, the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors approved 236 living donor kidney transplant programs that met criteria for key personnel and enhancing living donor...
- November 13, 2009
Policy Proposal Issued for Public Comment
One policy proposal is now being offered for public comment. This proposal was developed by the Living Donor Committee.
- November 04, 2009
Report Identifies Recent Transplant Trends
As part of an ongoing effort to identify emerging trends in the field of organ donation and transplantation, more than 50 experts from many areas of the transplant community have prepared the...
Calendar
- OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee Meeting
- OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors Meeting
- Gift of Life Dual Advocacy: A Value-Positive Approach to Obtaining Consent for Tissue Donation Educational Training Workshop
- OPTN/UNOS Liver/Intestine Committee Meeting
- OPTN/UNOS Transplant Administrators Committee Conference Call
- OPTN/UNOS Kidney Committee Meeting
- OPTN/UNOS Pancreas Committee Meeting
- OPTN/UNOS Minority Affairs Committee Teleconference Call