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How you can help shape the future of organ donation and transplant

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A message from Dianne LaPointe Rudow, President, UNOS Board of Directors

By Dianne LaPointe Rudow, ANP-BC, DNP, FAAN, President, UNOS Board of Directors

What’s going on

I’m a nurse practitioner by training, and I’ve spent countless hours with patients—both those waiting for a transplant and those who’ve just received one. I’ve seen firsthand the highs and lows, both physical and mental, that patients, living donors, loved ones, and family members of generous deceased donors go through, and one thing remains clear: Patients like you are at the center of the U.S. organ donation and transplant system, and it is up to us in the transplant community to engage with you and learn more from your experiences. Read the complete article from UNOS here.

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Transforming Transplantation

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UC San Diego Health’s Center for Transplantation is among the nation’s best in lung, heart, kidney and liver programs.

Organ donation and transplantation marks one of the great advances of modern medicine, providing a second chance at life for a patient whose organ(s) is failing or damaged beyond repair from disease or injury. 

The Center for Transplantation at UC San Diego Health is a national hub of clinical expertise and research, and the region’s leader in transplantation. Since 1968, the center has performed thousands of transplants under a national standard of care model. Read more in UC San Diego Today.

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