UNOS Update Special 25th Anniversary Issue Now Online Selected Articles from UNOS Update Now Online
Selected feature articles from the UNOS Update are now available in PDF format in the Resources section of the UNOS Web site.
Specific articles from the March/April (Special 25th Anniversary Issue) issue include:
PDF Format NOTA Makes It 'Public' - Reflections on the federal Task Force on Organ Transplantation by James F. Childress, Ph.D.
http://unos.org/ContentDocuments/At_The_Beggining_Childress.pdfPDF Format Turning NOTA into Reality - Oscar Salvatierra, M.D., second OPTN/UNOS president, talks about passage of the National Organ Transplantation Act in 1984
http://unos.org/ContentDocuments/At_The_Beggining_Salvatierra.pdfPDF Format Changes after the 'Final Rule' - Timothy L. Pruett, M.D., recent OPTN/UNOS president discusses changes in operation of the OPTN following the Final Rules
http://unos.org/ContentDocuments/Transitions_Pruett.pdfPDF Format Working Together - Thoughts from James F. Burdick, M.D., former director of HRSA's Division of Transplantation, on cooperation among OPTN/UNOS members, the OPTN and the federal government.
http://unos.org/ContentDocuments/Transitions_Burdick.pdfPDF Format Extending the Miracle - Current OPTN/UNOS president Robert S. D. Higgins, M.D., M.S.H.A., addresses successes in transplantation and ruminates on further improving outcomes and access.
http://unos.org/ContentDocuments/Into_the_Future_Higgins.pdfAdditional articles will be added as new issues are published.
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.
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