United Network for Organ Sharing: Organ Donation and Transplantation

The UNOS Update is a bimonthly magazine that contains news and information of interest to the transplant community.

The primary audience is OPTN/UNOS membership, including transplant surgeons, physicians, nurses and coordinators. Other readers, however, such as interested patients, donor families and the general public are also encouraged to subscribe. Subscribe now

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Selected Articles From the Current Issue

       July/August 2008

       PDF Format The 'Yin and Yang' of UNOS (part 2 of 2)

       Standardizing Donor Management

       America's Youngest and OPTN/UNOS Policy

       Living Donor Medical Evaluation Now Available

Selected Articles From Past Issues

       May/June 2008

       PDF Format The 'Yin and Yang' of UNOS

       'Trust, But Verify'

       Getting There

       Marking Milestones

       March/April 2008

       PDF Format Having a Voice

       Fast Friends

       Yielding Results

       Coming Up from Down Under

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Update Deadlines

Deadlines for 2008 are as follows:

Jan./Feb. - 12/5/07
March/April - 2/8/08
May/June - 4/2/08
July/August - 6/4/08
Sep./Oct. - 8/6/08
Nov./Dec. - 10/1/08

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