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Nominees chosen for 2023 Board of Directors election
Voting members will receive election materials in January 2023.
United States reaches milestone of one million organ transplants
Milestone reflects accelerating trend in donation and transplantation.
OPTN Board Approves Elimination of Race-Based Calculation for Transplant Candidate Listing
The action, to take effect July 27, will ensure that all candidates are consistently assessed in an equitable fashion.
Updated race and ethnicity labeling coming to OPTN data reports
Changes will make summary reporting of data clearer and easier for users to interpret.
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
Read about updated median MELD and PELD transplant scores effective March 25, 2020.
Liver Distribution Policy, NLRB Implementation Deferred Until May 14
Read the latest on the deferred liver allocation policy rollout to May 14, 2019.
First Heart Transplant Performed 35 Years Ago
Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on a human being at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, on December 3, 1967.