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All-time records again set in 2021 for organ transplants, organ donation from deceased donors
Deceased donation sets record for eleventh consecutive year.
Workgroup to examine use of race-based adjustment to kidney calculation
Group will study impact of adjustment to eGFR.
Median MELD and PELD at transplant scores to be updated March 25
As of Wednesday, March 25, 2020, updated median MELD at transplant (MMaT) and median PELD at transplant (MPaT) scores will be used as a basis for assigning exception scores for liver transplant candidates.
Liver distribution policy, NLRB implementation deferred until May 14
Policy and system changes are in place, effective May 14, 2019.
First heart transplant performed 35 years ago
Surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on a human being at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.