• UCI Medical Center placed on probation
  Thursday, March 23, 2006
  UCI voluntarily withdrew its liver transplant program from OPTN membership in November 2005.
  

• Member sanction levied against St. Vincent Medical Center
  Thursday, March 2, 2006
  Center declared to be a "member not in good standing."
  

• Federal register to solicit comments on OPTN oversight of living donor guidelines
  Saturday, January 21, 2006
  Written comments must be submitted by February 22, 2006.
  

• Board addresses compliance and quality monitoring
  Friday, November 18, 2005
  Action will expand and improve monitoring and public notice of OPTN/UNOS member institutions for compliance with OPTN/UNOS by-laws and policies.
  

• Statement regarding St. Vincent liver transplant program
  Monday, September 26, 2005
  The center took action following an internal investigation.
  

• Board addresses information needs of potential living donors
  Friday, June 24, 2005
  Resolutions were developed as part of the OPTN's evolving responsibility to oversee the practice of live organ transplantation in the United States.
  

• Report identifies transplant trends for 2004
  Wednesday, March 16, 2005
  The number of organ transplants and transplant survival rates are increasing while the demand continues to grow.
  

• Memorandum addresses living donor solicitation
  Wednesday, January 12, 2005
  Recent publicity has called to question the appropriateness of public solicitation for live donor organs for transplantation.
  

• Board approves policies to benefit children who need livers, kidneys
  Friday, November 19, 2004
  The new policies restructure the way pediatric candidates are considered for kidney and liver organ offers.
  

• Board opposes solicitation for deceased organ donation
  Friday, November 19, 2004
  "Organ donation is a gift, not a transaction," said OPTN/UNOS President Robert Metzger, M.D.
  

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