System faces questions amidst milestones

Kim Uccellini, 42, Manager, Political and Community Relations, UNOS; 33-year-old kidney transplant recipient, Atlanta.

Brian Shepard, CEO, UNOS, Richmond, VA.

Deepali Kumar, MD, President of the American Society of Transplantation; Transplantation Infectious Diseases Physician, Ajmera Transplantation Centre; Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto.

Press Release, UNOS.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: “Realizing the Promises of Equity in the Organ Transplant System.”

Health Resources & Services Administration: “Statistics on Organ Donation.”

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN): “Data.”

Press Release, United States Sente Committee on Finance.

Journal of Clinical Medicine: “Advances and Current Advances in Solid Organ Transplantation.”

Yuri S. Genyk, MD, Transplant Surgeon, Co-Director, USC Transplant Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.

Timucin Taner, MD, PhD, Transplant Surgeon, Dept. Chief of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Kim Lute, 48, two-time liver transplant recipient; Regional Communications Manager, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta.

Journal of Medical Economics: “Estimates of mean lifetime survival after organ transplantation in the US and UK.”