A man inSeattleneeds a new heart to go on living . . .

A Chicago woman’s liveris failing . . .

A boy inBoston waitsfor a kidneyto release him from daily dialysis . . .

And a family in Denver decides to donate the organs of a family member who has died . . .

What’s the Connection?

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UNOS Organization

Non-profit and charitable Membership organization Government contractor

National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 (NOTA)

Prohibited buying/selling organs

Created Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)

Established Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

What OPTN/UNOS Does

Facilitates organ distribution, transplantation Establishes equitable policies Maintains national transplant waiting list Monitors members for policy compliance Collects/validates/reports transplant data Promotes organ availability

Who Are Our Members? As of May 2012

Transplant CentersTransplant Centers 242242Organ Procurement Orgs.Organ Procurement Orgs. 5858Histocompatibility LabsHistocompatibility Labs 156156Public Orgs.Public Orgs. 66Medical/Scientific Orgs.Medical/Scientific Orgs. 1616Individual MembersIndividual Members 77

Patients waiting

Organ Matching

Donor organ

Transplant

National computer matching system

Potential recipient list

Organ Matching Criteria Medical urgency Tissue match Blood type Waiting time Organ size Immune status Geographic distance

UNOS Regional Map

Policy Development

Issue

Committee(s)

Board ofDirectors Policy

TransplantCommunity

Input

PublicCommentProcess

Process is flexible May take as little as 3 months or as long as several years Could involve thousands of individuals

OPTN/UNOS Committees Organ Specific

Thoracic Liver/Intestine Kidney Pancreas

OPO Organ Availability Finance Transplant Administrators Policy Oversight International Relations

Disease Transmission Advisory Membership & Professional

Standards Ethics Histocompatibility Patient Affairs Minority Affairs Pediatrics Living Donor Transplant Coordinators Operations

Deceased and Living Donors2002 - 2011

Our ChallengeThe U. S. Organ Shortage

Patients WaitingTransplants Donors

30,000

60,000

2001 2003 2005 2009 2011

90,000

120,000

Promoting Organ Availability

Public awareness through Donate Life America and local affiliates

Identifying and sharing best practices

Education/Collaboration involving transplant and other health professionals

Lives

Transplants

Save

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