Understanding the OPTN/UNOS PHS Guideline
Monday, September 23, 2013
Effective Oct. 1, a new policy (3.1.14) created to define the PHS Guideline will allow members to use either the 1994 or the 2013 version. It will also require members to specify which version they are using in the donor highlights section of DonorNet. Click here for more information, or see a comparison of the guidelines.
News
- October 10, 2018On October 3, members of AST’s leadership went to W
- October 10, 2018UNOS released a special public comment this week related to liver and intestinal organ allocation. This new proposal, open October 8 through November 1, removes donor service area and regions.
- October 10, 2018The AST partnered with American Association of Kidney Patients, American Society of Nephrology, and American Society of Transplant Surgeons on a
- August 30, 2018In a formal announcement yesterday, the Department of Labor responded to a legislative provision authored by U.S.
- July 23, 2018The transplant community recently lost a trailblazer in the field of Transplant Infectious Diseases with the death of Dr. Robert (Bob) Rubin. Dr.
- July 18, 2018J. Wesley Alexander, MD, ScD, internationally renowned pioneer in transplantation, died Saturday, July 7. He was 84 years old.
- June 05, 2018The American Society of Transplantation (AST) announced the recipients of its 2018 Achievement Awards at the recent American Transplant Congress (ATC) meeting in Seattle, WA.
- June 05, 2018The American Society of Transplantation (AST) announced its recently elected 2018-2019 board members, including its new president, president-elect, and treasurer, at the American Transplant Congres
- May 15, 2018MINNEAPOLIS ― May 14, 2018 ― In December 2016, SRTR launched a new website that displayed a new 5-tier outcome assessment for all transplant programs in the United
- May 03, 2018We are pleased to announce the results for the Communities of Practice (COP) elections, which includes the Co-Chairs and Members-at-Large of the Executive Committees.
- April 10, 2018The 2018 board elections are now open through June 4, 2018, at 5 pm PST. Winners of the election will be announced at the AST Town Hall in Seattle, WA.
- April 04, 2018The American Society of Transplantation (AST) announced that is has earned the 2018 Platinum GuideStar Nonprofit Profile Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar,
- April 02, 2018April is National Donate Life Month. This month-long celebration was created by Donate Life America in 2003 and aims to promote organ, eye, and tissue donation.
- March 01, 2018The AST was mentioned on the Senate floor this week in regards to the Society's support of the Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act.
- February 09, 2018The University Health Network's transplant team in Toronto is the first recipients of the AST Innovation Award for their breakthrough program in Ex Vivo Organ Perfusion.
- February 06, 2018Each Community of Practice (COP) is governed by an Executive Committee (EC) elected by its members. The EC defines and plans COP initiatives with input and involvement from fellow COP members.
- February 06, 2018MINNEAPOLIS ― February 6, 2018 ― The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) began publicly repor
- January 29, 2018The Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology, previously known as the Annual Thomas E.