• Your transplant program is closing
  Monday, August 31, 2015
  What are your next steps?
  

• Liver policy - instructions for reporting HCC lesions
  Friday, July 17, 2015
  The OPTN/UNOS Liver and Intestinal Transplantation Committee offers some guidance about imaging criteria for Class 5 lesions.
  

• Liver forum and committee update - June 2015
  Monday, June 29, 2015
  David Mulligan, M.D., is chair of the Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee.
  

• Public comment sought on criteria for research involving transplantation of HIV positive donor organs to HIV positive recipients
  Thursday, June 18, 2015
  The criteria were developed in accord with the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, also known as the HOPE Act.
  

• Board releases two member institutions from probation
  Monday, June 1, 2015
  The action was taken at the June 2015 board meeting.
  

• Board approves policies to support HOPE Act, enhance VCA transplantation
  Sunday, May 31, 2015
  Action will facilitate the transplant community’s participation in the federal HIV Organ Policy Equity Act.
  

• Board places University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on probation
  Saturday, May 30, 2015
  The board took action at its meeting June 1.
  

• Transplant network reaches milestone of 500,000 deceased donor organ transplants
  Tuesday, May 19, 2015
  More than 250,000 recipients of these transplants are estimated to be surviving.
  

• Educational toolkit, virtual town hall address transplant program performance reviews
  Tuesday, May 12, 2015
  A recording is now available of the May 5, 2015, performance review webinar.
  

• HOPE Act to facilitate organ recovery from HIV-positive donors
  Thursday, May 7, 2015
  The OPTN Final Rule will be amended to allow the recovery of transplantable organs from HIV-positive donors.
  

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