News

2/6/23: Learn about the lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS) calculator, now available on the OPTN website.

2/3/23: Members of the national organ donation and transplantation community have elected 19 people to the OPTN Board of Directors.

1/26/23: The OPTN offers 12 items for review during the winter 2023 public comment cycle and encourages the community to provide feedback.

1/26/23: Read about an OPTN computer system enhancement that incorporates predictive analytics into the organ offer experience for adult deceased donor kidneys.

1/25/23: Read an OPTN Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) update on donation after circulatory death (DCD) protocols.

1/18/23: The OPTN announces that voting for the election of the Board of Directors begins on January 18 and concludes on February 1, 2023.

1/16/23: Learn about plans for more than 80 transplant programs from across the country to participate in the OPTN Offer Acceptance Collaborative.

According to data from the OPTN, 2022 organ transplants again set annual records. Organ donation from deceased donors continues a 12-year record-setting trend.

1/5/23: Learn about the OPTN Board approval of waiting time adjustment for kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based calculation.

1/5/23: The OPTN Board of Directors approved a set of actions to prepare for implementation of a new lung allocation policy based on continuous distribution.