Actions to strengthen the U.S. organ donation and transplant system

Optimizing our nation’s transplant system to save more lives

people need an organ transplant*

United Network for Organ Sharing

We are the private, non-profit organization that manages the nation's organ transplant system under contract with the federal government. Learn more.

Resources

• Enewsletters
• Transplant Living (Patient site)
• OPTN (Government site)

UNOS Store

• Patient brochures
• Professional resources
• UNOS promotional items

Honoring donors

• National Donor Memorial
• Give in tribute
• Stories & tributes
• Be an organ donor

Get involved

• Events
• Careers
• Issues & advocacy
• UNOS Ambassadors
• Public comment
• Invest in research

Latest news

UNOS fires back at defamatory statements that it has acted unlawfully

UNOS aims to help those who are in desperate need of organ donation. But some members of the donation and transplant community continue to malign and defame UNOS, accusing our organization of unlawful behavior. These unfounded statements are just plain wrong.

UNOS sets the record straight

To set the record straight and correct some false information, UNOS is fact-checking statements made during the
House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight Subcommittee hearing titled “A Year Removed: Oversight of Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act Implementation.

Implementation notice: Standardize six-minute walk for lung allocation

New policy requirement in effect that requires lung transplant programs to perform an oxygen titration test ahead of initial the six-minute walk test.