• Bio form updated for volunteering for board or committee service
  Thursday, May 14, 2020
  Form is customized to the user’s experience and interest.
  

• Call for nominations for OPTN Heart Committee and Lung Committee
  Friday, March 13, 2020
  The OPTN Board of Directors has voted to dissolve the Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee and create two new OPTN committees in its place. Nomination period closes March 25, 2020.
  

• Median MELD and PELD at transplant scores to be updated March 25
  Sunday, March 8, 2020
  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.
  

• Equity in Access to Transplant Dashboard now available
  Thursday, March 5, 2020
  New OPTN tool identifies factors most associated with disparities in access to kidney, liver and lung transplants.
  

• NIH announces funding opportunity for Lung Transplant Consortium
  Wednesday, March 4, 2020
  The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Division of Lung Diseases announced on Feb. 10 its intention to publish two companion Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs).
  

• New OPTN collaborative project launched
  Wednesday, March 4, 2020
  Pediatric liver discovery aims to help hospitals improve through innovative methodology.
  

• Key personnel to be displayed in OPTN Member Directory
  Wednesday, February 19, 2020
  Beginning Feb. 27, 2020, the names of key personnel will be displayed in the search results for OPOs, histocompatibility labs and all programs and components at each transplant center
  

• System notice: Access for urgent liver candidates in Hawaii and Puerto Rico implemented Feb. 18
  Monday, February 17, 2020
  The variance will improve timely access to donors for liver candidates listed as Status 1A, Status 1B, or with a MELD or PELD score of 37 or higher in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
  

• Webinar to address NLRB effective practices
  Wednesday, February 12, 2020
  The webinar will address common issues and questions both for transplant program staff submitting extension requests and for NLRB members.
  

• New board members elected
  Thursday, February 6, 2020
  Members of the national organ donation and transplantation community have elected 22 people to the Board of Directors.
  

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