UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT 1

2010 ANNUAL REPORT Working Together, Saving Lives

UNOS may be based in Richmond, Virginia, but thousands of people throughout the country work together every day, around the clock, to save lives through and transplantation.

As you read this report, you’ll learn about the processes involved to make our national transplant system run efficiently and equitably. Along the way, you’ll meet people who are personally involved in donation and transplantation: and transplant professionals, UNOS staff, recipients,In living 2010, donors more and donor than families. 22,100 people around the country received a lifesaving Kristina Armstead Joseph (Joe) Andrew Armstead organ transplant, while more than 110,000 continue to wait for one.

Donor Mom, Richmond, VA Donor, Richmond, VA UNOS oversees our nation’s transplant system under contract with the federal government. We develop and run the information technology systems that match donated organs to those awaiting transplant. We manage organ allocation by developing policies for donation and transplant professionals nationwide. And we are challenged to save more lives each year by uniting professionals to continually advance the field of transplantation. UNOS and LifeNet have supported us other donor families and recipients. Midlothian, Va. — We have an through this journey… Sadly, we unexpectedly lost our 8-and- You can join us in our effort to save lives. If you are a donation or transplant professional, or a amazing nonprofit doing wonderful Please take the time to educate a-half-year-old son, Joseph Andrew - things for our nation right here in the yourself, talk with your family mem transplant recipient or donor family member, consider serving on a UNOS committee. If you are Armstead, on Jan. 1, 2010 to an AVM Richmond community. UNOS (United bers, and contact UNOS for a tour… a living donor or donor family member, consider sharing your personal story to help educate the - (arteriovenous malformation). Network for Organ Sharing) is the na - Joseph lives on in our hearts and Luckily, we had the organ dona public, as Kristina Armstead does in a letter to a local newspaper on the opposite page. If you have tional database for organ needs and memories but he also lives on in the tion talk months before when his great not yet registered to be a donor, make the commitment to register at your state motor vehicle office procurement. recipients of his organs. What seemed aunt passed away and we knew Joseph’s On Oct. 8, it held an Evening of like a difficult decision has ended or online at www.donatelife.net. wishes: “They can take everything Education that included food and up being a soul preserving, faith - but my eyes, Mom, so I can see what’s wine provided by many generous sup - enhancing relationship with his going on up there!” At the most dev Working together, we can save more lives. What could be better than that? porters, as well as amazing artwork by recipients.Kristina BecomeArmstead an organ donor. - astating moment in our lives, we were Dr. Baxter Perkinson. Yet the high able to honor our son’s wishes and that light for my husband, Cliff, and me has brought us immense relief. Both was engaging in conversations with Giving the Gift of Life 2 Charles E. Alexander, RN, M.S.N., M.B.A. Walter K. Graham 23 President Executive Director United Network for Organ Sharing United Network for Organ Sharing UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Making the

Crucial Decision Vargas. of Geovanna courtesy Photo depends on the generosity of people committing to organ donation throughout our nation. In 2010, donations from 7,943 deceased organ donors enabled 22,104 people to receive lifesaving organ transplants. Another 6,559 people gave the gift of life by becoming living donors—most often by donating a kidney, but sometimes a portion of the liver, Workingand occasionally together, a portion the transplantof the lung, pancreas community or intestine. saved or enhanced an average of 79 lives per day.

UNOS• produces and distributes a number of resources to support organ procurement professionals and others in the donation process. These resources include: • “The Injured Brain” (to assist ICU staff in explaining brain death to families) • “Understanding Brain Death” (an information card in English • and Spanish) “Donation After Cardiac Death: A Reference Guide” “Critical Pathway for the Organ Donor” (guidance on • managing adult, pediatric and donation after cardiac Luz Diaz Gail Clegg Stefania DeMayo death donors) “Faith Leader Guide” (guidance for multi-denominational hospital clergy in speaking with donor families) Grief Specialist at OneLegacy, Los Angeles, CA Donor Mom, Tabernacle, NJ Heart Recipient, Wayne, NJ

In 2010: Luz gently provides support to local Spanish-speaking donor Very soon after receiving the gift of a heart in 2009, Stefania families. She is there for them as they navigate the donation gave birth to twins. She may be the first recipient ever to have UNOS mailed 500 complimentary copies of the “Faith Leader experience. She is still there for them weeks and months and done so. Stefania’s new heart allowed her to expand her family Guide” to faith leaders throughout Virginia and to national years later—conducting monthly support group meetings, to include children. She also has been blessed with another new denominational leaders for National Donor Sabbath in translating letters between donor families and recipients family member: Gail Clegg, the mother of her heart donor, Sean. November. Staff also participated in Donor Sabbath and tenderly conducting first-time meetings of donor and activities to spread the word about organ donation to recipient families. approximately 10,000 people. 43 54

UNITEDUNITED NETWORKNETWORK FORFOR ORGANORGAN SHARINGSHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Putting a Transplant in Motion • • Our• nation’s transplant network includes: • • 58 organ procurement organizations • 3 business members • 828 transplant programs at 249 transplant centers • 8 general public members 156 histocompatibility labs 16 medical/scientific organizations Thousands of volunteers promoting organ donation, 10 individual members educating the public and helping develop national organ allocationThe andUNOS transplant Organ policy. Center is the heartbeat of this vast network, running 24/7, 365 days a year.

In 2010, the UNOS Organ Center assisted transplant organizations by offering 10,116 organs and coordinating transportation for more than 2,204.

2010 committee highlights Volunteers serve on committees and the Board of Directors to advance Wanda Samuel Amanda Hensley organ• donation and allocation. The ultimate goals are increasing the number of organ transplants and patient safety. The Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Committee developed Double-Lung Recipient, Chicago, IL Organ Placement Specialist, UNOS Organ Center • new color-coded, organ-specific labels and modified a policy Richmond, VA relating to internal labeling to enhance patient safety. Why does time count when placing organs? In In May, the Membership and Professional Standards Committee August of 2009, Wanda was told that she was “The Organ Center runs 24/7 on a full tank of held a forum to educate organ procurement professionals on newly being sent home from the hospital, because gas at all times, and we are prepared to handle there was nothing more to do and her time had developed OPO performance metrics, which compare actual donor any challenge thrown our way. We assist in organ run out. The same day Wanda received the offer placement, arrange transportation, address policy data to expected organs transplanted per donor. for a bilateral lung transplant from a 14-year-old issues and help coordinators at bedside—often donor named Sarina. Sarina saved multiple lives all at the same time. We build relationships with that day. Wanda refers to Sarina as “her angel” OPOs, transplant coordinators and surgeons. We because if it were not for the decision Sarina and help the transplant community help transplant 65 her family made, she would not be here today. patients.” 76 Photo by Bruce Powell UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Carrie Chown

Double-Lung Recipient, Sacramento, CA Connecting for Life “Not long ago pulmonary hypertension had taken everything from me and I was preparing for my life to end. But, I went from planning my funeral to planning my It takes highly sophisticated, secure technology to track and analyze transplant data and, most wedding because of the amazing gift I was importantly, facilitate donor-recipient matches. Every aspect of UNOS’ lifesaving mission depends given. The generosity of my donor has on UNOS Information Technology (IT), which is managed by nearly one-third of UNOS’ workforce. allowed me to regain everything I once lost. • Today my life is full of health, happiness In 2010, we: and gratitude with hope for my future.” • Increased system efficiency and capacity by completing a major upgrade to UNOS’ data center infrastructure. • Implemented 18 board-approved projects, including changes to the matching system that • reflect improvements in the lung and heart policies that help children and babies. Protected patient information by updating security on our waitlist and membership databases. Secured our systems from unauthorized access by completing 31 security-related projects to meet the most stringent federal guidelines. As a federal contractor, UNOS must meet all requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002. In 2010, there were aboutUNOS 900 requirements protects patientvs. 200 in information2005. by meeting the most stringent federal security guidelines.

• In addition: UNOS brought together seven transplant centers and seven OPOs to assess the impact of • impending changes to pediatric lung allocation policy. This was the first time we directly involved our members, the end users, in the early stages of the policy implementation process. IT staff provided 32 internal training sessions for UNOS employees and 15 training sessions for 440 remote users. Online learning modules allow transplant professionals to access training at their convenience. Demand for this type of training continues to rise. Terry Box, M.D.

A liver transplant physician and liver recipient himself, Dr. Box is a vibrant example of how healthy and strong life after Liver Recipient, Hepatologist transplant can be. Having been through the experience himself, University Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT he can relate to his patients on a personal level and also inspire them to lead active lives. Grateful for his lifesaving organ and aware of the need to take care of his body, he has competed in the National Kidney Foundation Transplant Games and was 87 89 part of an eight-person bicycle team that took turns riding cross country in the Race Across America. UNITEDUNITED NETWORKNETWORK FORFOR ORGANORGAN SHARINGSHARING Photo by cfnphoto.com 20102010 ANNUALANNUAL REPORTREPORT Creating National Consensus In order for our complex transplant system to work, UNOS relies on everyone involved in organ procurement and transplantation to follow guidelines and policies. To create the greatest level of acceptance from those involved in and affected by transplantation, we develop policies through consensus. Policy proposals start at the committee level. The public comment period that follows gives everyone, including the general public, a chance to express their opinion. Finally, the Board of Directors votes on the policy. This process involves hundreds of volunteers who serve on UNOS committees 230and the people board, as participated well as thousands in of a members public of forum the general to discusspublic. possible concepts for future liver allocation policy.

• In 2010: We implemented several policies aimed at lowering the number of pediatric deaths on the Photo courtesy of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh/UPMC Hospital of Children’s courtesy Photo wait list. These included: broader sharing of 0 to11-year-old donor lungs; allocation modifica- • tions for livers and combined liver-intestines from 0 to 10-year-old donors; and modifications to the requirements to be eligible to receive an ABO-incompatible heart offer. Luke Maeding Julie Johnson Olson Led by the Histocompatibility Committee, the transplant community began defining sensitized patients in a new way. A newly implemented policy change reduces the number of incompatible • organ offers by 20,000 per year – greatly streamlining organ allocation and improving the chance that broadly sensitized patients would be transplanted with a compatible organ. Double-Lung Recipient Kidney-Pancreas Recipient Nazareth, PA Iowa City, IA The Board of Directors unanimously approved the Kidney Donor Profile Index, a reference • that helps transplant professionals assess whether a given donor offer is suitable for a Nine-year-old Luke became a Pittsburgh As an award-winning fashion illustrator, potential recipient. Pirates fan after one of Luke’s physicians Julie’s work has appeared in hundreds The Board of Directors approved significant revisions to pancreas allocation policy to give gave him and his father Pirates tickets. of publications. This year will mark her They attended a baseball game just 20th transplant anniversary. Julie and all types of pancreas candidates an equal opportunity to receive high-quality organ offers. five weeks after Luke’s lung transplant. her donor’s mom wrote to each other for Under the new policy, the match run for all pancreas offers will combine pancreas-only and Pirates Jeff Karstens, Evan Meek, Andrew a few years following the transplant. “It simultaneous pancreas kidney (SPK) candidates onto a single list. In addition, the new policy was a great relief to be able to express McCutcheon and Brian Burres granted establishes minimum medical criteria relating to pancreatic function that SPK candidates Luke’s wish when they came to meet him the overwhelming gratitude I had for this at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of gift,” she says. must meet to accrue waiting time priority. 109 UPMC. They presented him with his own 1011 signed jersey. UNITED UNITED NETWORK NETWORK FOR FOR ORGAN ORGAN SHARING SHARING 20102010 ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT REPORT Jason Beck Guarding Public Trust

Donor, Cincinnati, OH In photo held by his daughter Because transplantation depends on the public’s willingness to donate organs, public trust is vital to “In March of 2006, we lost our son Jason, because of injuries our national system. UNOS serves as a guardian of that trust by reviewing circumstances surrounding received as a passenger in a vehicle operated by a drunk driver. He was only 23 years old. We were then faced with the very each transplant to determine if polices were followed. And our work through the Membership and difficult decision of whether we would donate Jason’s organs. Professional Standards Committee ensures transplant centers and OPOs comply with national Our immediate response was ‘no.’ But we were reminded that policies and bylaws. Jason had noted on his driver’s license that he wanted to be UNOS conducted on-site reviews of 152 transplant programs at 102 centers a donor. Just four months prior, Jason had indeed made that

decision and stressed to us how important it was to him.We and 23 OPOs, and desk reviews of 81 transplant programs at 52 centers. knew— we had to honor his wishes. We are very proud of Jason’s decisionSteve to be a& donor Barbara and we Caudill have since committed ourselves This included reviews of 5,696 medical records. to becoming organ and tissue donors.”

Parents of donor Jason Beck • In 2010:• UNOS pilot-tested the process for conducting site surveys for living donor kidney programs. The Board of Directors approved a series of policy modifications relating to screening • potential deceased donors for transmissible disease and communicating test results among organ procurement organizations, transplant centers and potential recipients. The Membership and Professional Standards Committee designated all living donor transplant programs (kidney and liver) as meeting participation criteria. Niloo Edwards, M.D.

Being a surgeon requires long, intense hours in the operating Chair of Cardiac Surgery and Director of room and beyond. For nearly 10 years, Dr. Edwards worked time Cardiac Transplant, University of Wisconsin into his busy schedule to serve on the Thoracic Transplantation ChrisHospital Goodavish, and Clinics, Madison, PA WI and Membership and Professional Standards Committees. Dr. Edwards is one of hundreds of volunteers—including transplant and donation professionals, transplant recipients, living donors and donor family members—who serve on Physician Assistant, University of Wisconsin 21 committees and the Board of Directors to shape transplant Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI policy, enhance patient safety and help save lives every day.

Photo by Becca Worple/OwenEmma Photography Becca Worple/OwenEmma by Photo Photo by John Maniaci/UW Hospital and Clinics

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UNITEDUNITED NETWORKNETWORK FORFOR ORGANORGAN SHARINGSHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Exploring New

Catherine Richard What do two women, one in a small town in New (right) Hampshire and the other in St. Louis have Approaches in common? They made transplant history on Living Kidney Donor, Henniker, N.H December 6, when they gave each other’s loved Pictured with Kidney Recipient, one a kidney in the first transplant arranged With more than 110,000 people on our nation’s organ transplant waiting list, we stand at a pivotal Kathy Niedzwiecki by the national kidney paired donation pilot time in transplantation. Donation and transplantation professionals are considering a broader program. Why? Richard wanted to donate a range of potential donors based on age and medical condition. And matches are being located for kidney to her sister-in-law, but wasn’t a match. living donors who are incompatible with their intended recipients so that transplants can still take Burkes wasn’t able to give a kidney to her fiancé place. Recognizing these and other trends, UNOS plays a central role in exploring new approaches either. So Richard donated a kidney to Crowder, and Burkes donated a kidney to Niedzwiecki. to advancingUNOS the field fosters of transplantation. partnerships across the entire spectrum–transplantation, social science, medical care and healthcare administration–to further clinical practice and policy development to benefit patients.

• In 2010: UNOS launched the Center for Transplant System Excellence to leverage the expertise of UNOS staff with that of academic and clinical researchers. The Center’s first major project is a study to estimate deceased donor potential in the United States over the next five to ten years. The two-year, $1.7 million study will seek input from experts in organ procurement • and transplantation as well as system dynamics, public health, demography, epidemiology and geography. UNOS began a pilot of a national kidney paired donation (KPD) program, involving 77 transplant centers. KPD identifies medically-compatible pairs of potential living kidney donors and candidates, in cases where the potential donor did not match with his or her original intended recipient. The first transplant arranged through the pilot involved a recipient and donor in St. Louis, paired with a recipient and donor in New Hampshire (see photos, p. 13). The goal of the pilot is to combine the data of multiple centers and networks Rebeccato generate Burkes successful matches that may not be found through one individual organization. Photo by Mark Washburn/Dartmouth-Hitchcock by Photo

Living Kidney Donor, St. Louis, MO 1514 1413 Pictured with Kidney Recipient, Ken Crowder (center) and Transplant Surgeon, Jason Wellen, M.D. UNITEDUNITED NETWORKNETWORK FORFOR ORGANORGAN SHARINGSHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Faces of Transplantation 1 Here are just some of the thousands of people touched by transplantation throughout the country. 1. Laura Puente, Donor Wife, Wasilla, AK 2. Bronson Parsons, Donor, Troy, MT 2 3. Anna du Saire, Liver Recipient, St. Louis Park, MN 11 4. Mary Baliker, Kidney Recipient, Madison, WI 10 5. Melinda Prince, Living Kidney Donor, Detroit, MI 3 6. Joseph Gbonoi, Liver Recipient, Reynoldsburg, OH 7. Nicole McKenna, Kidney Recipient, Professional Services Liaison, Center for Organ Recovery & 9 Education, Cranberry, PA 8 8. Lexi Keller, Heart Recipient, Sanborn, NY 12 4 9. David Axelrod, M.D., M.B.A., Transplant Surgeon, 13 5 15 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 14 7 10. Robert Ayers, Liver Recipient, Tualatin, OR 17 11. Alicia Foss, Double-Lung Recipient, Kennewick, WA 19 12. Vince Price, Kidney Recipient, Rigby, ID 16 6 13. Anna Young, Perfusionist, UW Hospital and Clinics, 20 Madison, WI 29 14. Morgan D’Organ, Mascot for Donate Life Illinois 18 15. Jerry Cahill, Double-Lung Candidate, Brooklyn, NY 16. Mikey Carraway, Liver Recipient, Oakland, CA 17. Michael Ratliff, Liver Candidate, Draper, UT 21 23 18. Jason Wellen, M.D., Transplant Surgeon, Barnes-Jewish 22 Hospital, St. Louis, MO 19. Debbie Sohovich, Donor Mom, Columbus, OH 20. Nefeterius McPherson, Liver Candidate, Washington, D.C. 21. Glenn Matsui, Heart Recipient, Hospital Services 25 26 Coordinator, OneLegacy, Los Angeles, CA 27 22. Mariee Mena, Donor, Norman, OK 24 23. Donorsaur, Tennessee Donor Services Mascot 24. Paris Chang, Heart Recipient, Honolulu, HI 28 25. Barry Guimont, Kidney Recipient, Tucson, AZ 26. Alexia Bronson, Heart Recipient, Dallas, TX 27. Sara Beth James (Miss Mississippi 2010), Volunteer, Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency, Flowood, MS 28. Kim Jacques, Heart/Double-Lung Recipient, Tallahassee, FL 30 29. Chris Nalley, Double-Lung Recipient, Richmond, VA 30. Josie Flores, Donor Family Member, Community & Donor Family Services Coordinator, Life Alliance Organ Recovery 16 Agency, Miami, FL 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Reaching Out, Willie Thornton Near and Far Curley Mae Williams Because UNOS is the definitive source of transplant data and other related information, we use Heart Recipients, Volunteers, Houston, TX many means to educate the public, support patients, promote donation and help our members Willie “Willie T” Thornton and Curley Mae serve their patients. Each year, we receive close to 1.5 million visits to the web sites we run: Williams needed heart transplants due to congestive heart failure. Luckily, hearts became available in time to save them both. They met when Willie T was visiting and encouraging patients in the hospital. unos.org—revamped in 2010 with new quick links and enhanced search capability • Now they spend time together volunteering • transplantliving.org and its Spanish-language equivalent trasplantesyvida.org­—to help andJocelyn promoting Reed organ and tissue donation. patients and their families better understand the transplant process • donormemorial.org—paying tribute to our nation’s organ and tissue donors (below right) • optn.transplant.hrsa.gov—for data, policies, bylaws and other transplant information Living Kidney Donor, Project and Conference Coordinator, Donate Life America, Richmond, VA We also use social media to connect people with an interest in transplantation, engage the public When Jocelyn learned that her brother in donation topics and share information. UNOS’ online community includes Facebook, Twitter, Michael needed a kidney, she had a feeling she YouTube and Flickr, which help friends, followers and fans network and connect with other would be the one to donate. Although all three transplant professionals, donation advocates, patients and UNOS supporters. siblings were tested, Jocelyn turned out to be • the best choice. Jocelyn believes things happen In 2010: for a reason. And now she feels she knows the reason she was drawn to working at Donate Life UNOS provided an exhibit featuring transplant “myth busters” for a ten-city series of 5K America in April of 2002. run/walks, sponsored by DaVita Inc. to educate the dialysis community about transplantation. • We reached out to thousands of transplant recipients and donor families at the U.S. Transplant Games to further educate them about UNOS resources designed just for them. UNOS staff connected with more than 11,000 attendees of conferences sponsored by • professional associations, to inform them about resources we develop for our members to help them serve their patients. UNOS studies help the transplant community make informed decisions on many aspects of transplantation. UNOS researchers presented studies on donation after cardiac death, living Photo by Raph Lauer/LifeGift Raph by Photo donation, hepatocellular carcinoma and other subjects at the American Transplant Congress and other professional venues. Maureen Bell R.N.

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• and Patients UNOS• helps its members and transplant patients by developing patient resources, such as: • “Partnering with Your Transplant Team: The Patient’s Guide to Transplantation” • “What Every Patient Needs to Know,” and “What Every Kid Needs to Know” • Multiple listing brochures • Organ-specific policy overviews Living donation resources In A2010, toll-free our line forpatient patients, services checked throughoutstaff responded the day to ensure to almost rapid response

11,800 requests for information or patient resources.

• 2010 highlights: In January, UNOS launched an electronic newsletter for members, replacing a system of cumbersome, individual emails. The new monthly communication allows members to scan • information by category and click on items relevant to them. In 2010, 8,116 people accessed 44,000 page views. • The Patient Affairs Committee began work on a handbook to promote healthy attitudes and Susan and David Caples lifestyles after transplant, to increase long-term survival. In April, we held our 18th annual Transplant Management Forum, which provides transplant managers strategies to improve transplant program operations. The forum attracted 40 Donor Family, Amelia Island, FL exhibitors and 418 transplant administrators, clinical coordinators, transplant financial • coordinators, social workers, OPO executive directors, quality directors, transplant physicians The Caples’ story began like that of so many donor families… and surgeons. a phone call telling them of a terrible car accident involving In September, UNOS hosted its first-ever onsite training seminar for transplant administrators their 17-year-old daughter, Katie. Since honoring her wish to be an organ donor, the Caples have done more to promote and managers, who came from as far away as Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The presentation organ donation in their local community than most other covered everything from the evolution of a transplant policy to the specifics involved in a donor families. Through funds raised by a foundation created transplant center site survey. in Katie’s name and an annual 100k bicycle event, more than 19,000 high schools students in northeast Florida have been educated about the importance of organ donation. 2019 2021

UNITED UNITED NETWORK NETWORK FOR FOR ORGAN ORGAN SHARING SHARING 20102010 ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT REPORT Saying “Thank You” Nationwide

Transplantation is only possible through the generosity of donors and their families. Recognizing this beautiful gift, UNOS proudly established and maintains the National Donor Memorial on UNOS grounds. Visitors to the memorial garden and its accompanying web site (www.donormemorial.org) pay tribute“I toam our sonation’s grateful, organ and there tissue are donors. no words that can express the deep gratitude that I feel. I may not know who you are, but you are with me every day and I thank you.”

– Liver Recipient, Sandra Flaharty • In 2010: Donor mom Jen Ballentine and her husband, Ken Burris, visited the National Donor Memorial on April 1st to help kick off National Donate Life Month. UNOS was just • one stop along their 7,000-mile “trike ride” across the country to promote organ donation in memory of Jen’s daughter, Alex, who became an organ donor at age 11. Janet and Milt Bemis We added 150 names of donors to the “Wall of Names,” and rededicated the memorial in June. First Lady of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Maureen McDonnell, spoke publicly for (right) • the first time about her sister, Ellen Gardner, receiving a lung transplant Donor Family, David City, Nebraska in January. “My family is now a part of the UNOS family,” she commented. Pictured with Lily (Mandel) Allen and her husband UNOS established its first annual National Donor Memorial Award of Excellence to For 25 years, Janet and Milt have promoted organ donation, recognize donor family members or recipients for outstanding volunteer efforts to promote following the accidental death of their two-year-old son, organ donation. Organ procurement organizations throughout the country submitted Matthew. In June, UNOS honored their efforts with the first nominations for the inaugural award, which went to Janet and Milt Bemis (see photo, p. 21). National Donor Memorial Award of Excellence. Organ Ana Stenzel Doni Bell procurement organizations throughout the country nominated their outstanding volunteers for this national recognition. In addition to the bond shared as fellow transplant recipients, Matthew’s liver went to then 14-month-old Lily Mandel, with Ana and Doni share something that brings them much whom the Bemis’ developed an exceptionally close Double-Lung Recipient Kidney-Pancreas Recipient closer—the same donor—James Dorn from Oregon. Doni relationship. They attended Lily’s wedding and participated Redwood City, CA Senior Donor Services Coordinator received James’ pancreas and Ana his lungs. They were in the with her in the 2009 Tournament of Roses Parade—Lily National Donor Memorial, along with Ana’s twin and Patient 2221 The Living Legacy Foundation 2223 rode on the float, which featured a floragraph of Matthew. Baltimore, MD Affairs Committee member Isabel Stenzel-Byrnes, filming part of their internationally known documentary, “The Power of Two.” UNITEDUNITED NETWORKNETWORK FORFOR ORGANORGAN SHARINGSHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Amanda Kekich Photo by Sam Nalven/944 Magazine Sam Nalven/944 by Photo Supporting Liver Recipient Nurse, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center Phoenix, AZ

Amanda was transplanted May 8, 2005, when she Our Mission was 18 years old. She was only on the list a few weeks before receiving her transplant, but was in While operating the federal contract is our primary activity, UNOS generates additional revenues multi-organ failure for unknown reasons. Later it was determined that she had Wilson’s disease. Her through fundraising and by providing services to help fund public education, consensus conferences transplant took place at Banner Good Samaritan and other projects not covered by the contract. In recent years, we have been developing several Medical Center, where she currently works as an external lines of business, primarily serving transplant-related organizations. ICU nurse. After being in the hospital for nearly two months, she decided to become a nurse to help others and to encourage people to become Tii Informatix Group (Tii) (www.tii-informatix.com) offers a variety of clinical support, data analysis, organ donors. technology and custom software programming services to the healthcare market. Tii’s primary focus is to• support transplant-related organizations, such as the International Society for Heart and , for which Tii developed and operates a heart and lung registry. Through a subcontract with the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Tii developd the web site and back-end systems needed to support The National Living Donor Assistance • Center. This center provides access to transplantation for persons who want to donate but cannot afford travel and subsistence expenses sometimes associated with living donation. • Tii was chosen by Berlin Heart, Inc. to assist with the U.S. clinical trial of a pediatric ventricular assist device for children suffering from severe heart failure. In 2010, Tii launched two new services to support organ procurement organizations: IT security assessment services and custom intranet/extranet services.

UNOS Meeting Partners (www.unosmeetingpartners.com) offers meeting planning services to transplant organizations. During the year, UNOS Meeting Partners managed logistics for 75 meetings, including the Transplant Management Forum and the annual meetings for the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, Transplant Financial Coordinators Association and the The seasonedAssociation forstaff Multicultural at UNOS Affairs in Meeting Transplantation. Partners has managed more than 1,000 successful meetings, conferences and events over the years.

Through our creative services business, CreativeAid (www.creativeaid.com), we provide print and on-line graphic design services to transplant-related organizations. Notably, CreativeAid annually designs posters and promotional materials for Donate Life America, as well as customizations for 2524 2423 Donate Life organizations around the country.

UNITEDUNITED NETWORKNETWORK FORFOR ORGANORGAN SHARINGSHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Inspiring Support

The UNOS Foundation brings charitable support to UNOS. Since its inception, the foundation has securedIn 2010, millions we of dollars secured to meet $548,257 capital, program in charitableand operational gifts needs. and educational grants, including:

• • • The F.M. Kirby Foundation – support for UNOS datacenter infrastructure upgrades • The Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation – support for Center for Transplant System Excellence • Dominion Resources – organ donation education activities for minority communities • Massey Foundation – general operating support • Genentech – Transplant Living patient education web site and resources • Astellas – Transplant Living patient education web site and resources Pauley Family Foundation – Center for Transplant System Excellence Dorothy Pauley – United for UNOS community awareness

In 2010, we restructured the UNOS Foundation Board of Directors to reflect its fund-raising efforts and recruited new leaders from the philanthropy and business communities who also have been touched personally by organ donation and transplantation.

Deborah C. Surlas Legacy for Life Society The Deborah C. Surlas Legacy for Life Society recognizes supporters of UNOS Foundation who include UNOS in their estate plans. The society in named in honor of kidney-pancreas recipient, Deborah C. Surlas patient advocate and former registered nurse Debi Surlas, who informed UNOS that she has included a significant gift to UNOS in her will. Kidney-Pancreas Recipient, Naples, FL

“My decision to include the UNOS Foundation in my will just makes sense to me. After all, this is the organization that helped to make my future possible. It seems only fitting that I help to make UNOS’ future possible as well, so that others will have the same hope for a second chance at life as me.” 2625 Debi is pictured releasing 15 balloons in honor of her 15th 2726 transplant anniversary. UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT UNOS Board of Directors 2010-2011

PRESIDENT REGIONAL COUNCILLORS Michael D. Voigt, M.B., Ch.B. (8) Michelle M. Desler, M.S. Geoffrey A. Land, Ph.D. John P. Roberts, M.D. Charles E. Alexander, RN, M.S.N., M.B.A. Medical Director, Liver Transplant Research Technologist II Director, Histocompatibility and Chief, Division of Transplantation Chief Executive Officer Paul E. Morrissey, M.D. (1) University of Iowa Hospitals Eppley Institute for Cancer Research Transplant Immunology UCSF Medical Center The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland Associate Professor of Surgery Iowa City, IA Nebraska Medical Center The Methodist Hospital San Francisco, CA Baltimore, MD Rhode Island Hospital Transplant Services Omaha, NE Houston, TX Providence, RI David J. Conti, M.D. (9) Michael S. Seely, M.S., CPTC VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECT Director, Kidney Transplant Program Thomas A. Falsey, B.S. Marlon F. Levy, M.D., FACS Executive Director John R. Lake, M.D. Lynt B. Johnson, M.D., M.B.A. (2) Albany Medical College Shawnee, KS Surgical Director, Transplantation Pacific Northwest Transplant Bank Director, Program Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery Department of Surgery Baylor All Saints Medical Center Portland, OR Executive Medical Director, Solid Organ Chief of Surgical Services Albany, NY Marcelo Fernández–Viña, Ph.D., D(ABHI) Fort Worth, TX Transplantation Program Georgetown University Medical Center Professor of Pathology Randall C. Starling, M.D., M.P.H. University of Minnesota Medical Washington, D.C. Lynn Driver, CPTC (10) Stanford University School of Medicine Robert B. Love, M.D., FACS Vice Chair, Department of Center–Fairview Chief Executive Officer Co-Director, Histocompatibility, Professor of Surgery, Microbiology Cardiovascular Medicine Minneapolis, MN George E. Loss Jr., M.D., Ph.D. (3) Indiana Organ Procurement Organization Immunogenetics and Disease and Immunology Head, Section of Heart Failure and Chief, Multi-Organ Transplant Institute Indianapolis, IN Profiling Laboratory Vice Chair, Department of Thoracic Cardiac Transplant VICE PRESIDENT OF PATIENT Associate Chair, Department of Surgery Palo Alto, CA and Cardiovascular Surgery Cleveland Clinic AND DONOR AFFAIRS Ochsner Foundation Hospital Carl L. Berg, M.D. (11) Stritch School of Medicine Cleveland, OH Mary J. Nachreiner, B.S.P.T. New Orleans, LA Chief, Division of Gastroenterology Richard B. Freeman, M.D. Surgical Director, Lung and Heart– Community/Family Services Specialist and Hepatology Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery Lung Transplantation University of Wisconsin Hospital Organ David P. Nelson, M.D. (4) Medical Director of Liver Transplantation Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center Loyola University Medical Center Procurement Organization Chief, Division of Heart University of Virginia Health Sciences System Dartmouth Medical School Maywood, IL Madison, WI Transplant Medicine Charlottesville, VA Lebanon, NH Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute Joren C. Madsen, M.D., D.Phil. SECRETARY Integris Baptist Medical Center AT LARGE BOARD MEMBERS Catherine A. Garvey, RN, B.A., CCTC Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Ruth A. McDonald, M.D. Oklahoma City, OK Clinical Director–Transplant Massachusetts General Hospital Medical Director, Organ Transplant Donna Banks University of Minnesota Medical Center Director, MGH Transplant Center Seattle Children’s Hospital Christopher L. Marsh, M.D. (5) Yorktown Heights, NY Minneapolis, MN Section Chief, Cardiac Surgery Seattle, WA Chief, Transplant Surgery Boston, MA Scripps Green Hospital David E. Burgio, M.P.A., LFACHE Michael E. Hagan, D.O., M.S.H.A., CMQ TREASURER La Jolla, CA Lexington, KY Director of Quality Improvement M. Jill McMaster, M.A., CAPT USNR (Ret.) Art L. Thomson, M.A. Gift of Life Michigan Kingston, TN Administrative Director, Transplant Center Karen A. Nelson, Ph.D., D(ABHI) (6) Mary A. Carpenter Ann Arbor, MI Administrator, General Surgery & HPB and Director, Immunogenetics Program Cost Control Analyst Silas P. Norman, M.D. Transplant Surgery Puget Sound Blood Center Northrop Grumman Sandra D. Hickey Nephrologist Cleveland Clinic Seattle, WA Merritt Island, FL Director, Aftercare University of Michigan Medical Center Cleveland, OH Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates Ann Arbor, MI Yolanda T. Becker, M.D., FACS (7) Lori Coleman, RN, CPTC Louisville, KY IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Professor of Surgery Manager, Heart/Lung/Liver Mark C. Norquist James J. Wynn, M.D. Director, Kidney and Pancreas California Pacific Medical Center John C.F. Hodges, M.A. Senior Materials Planner, Cray Inc. Chief, Section of Transplant Surgery Transplant Program Department of Transplantation Cambridge, MA Chippewa Falls, WI Georgia Health Sciences University University of Chicago Medical Center San Francisco, CA Augusta, GA Chicago, IL Bobby Howard Jeffrey P. Orlowski, M.S., CPTC Suzanne Lane Conrad, RN, M.S. Manager, Multicultural Donation Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Education Program Center for Donation and Transplant Iowa Donor Network LifeLink of Georgia Albany, NY North Liberty, IA Norcross, GA

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UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT UNOS Foundation UNOS Foundation President’s Council 2010 Financial Facts Board of Directors 2010-2011 These Richmond-based business and civic leaders serve as volunteer advisors UNOS’ primary mission is to perform the OPTN contract. Total OPTN funding represents 76.3% to Foundation President Walter Graham. They help build local awareness of of UNOS revenues. The remaining 23.7% of revenues provide for resources needed to support UNOS and open doors to business opportunities and charitable funding. the mission and the financial health of the organization. The OPTN is a cost-sharing government contract in which the federal government contributed 8.3% of funds. CHAIR Members are as follows: Marc R. Katz, M.D. Robert S. D. Higgins, M.D., M.S.H.A. Viola O. Baskerville The OPTN represents 79.7% of expenses for the organization. OPTN-related expenses are those Executive Director, Comprehensive Former Secretary of Administration, Virginia Medical Director, Bon Secours Heart Transplant Center and Vascular Institute not covered by the OPTN contract, but complement the OPTN and provide services to the Ohio State University Medical Center Nancy Belleman transplant community. Columbus Civic Leader Anne R. Lower Transplant Advocate, and widow of SECRETARY AND TREASURER Robert M. Blue Dr. Richard R. Lower, transplant pioneer Jim Traficant Senior Vice President, Dominion Meeting/Member Data Vice President, Healthcare Solutions Nadine Marsh-Carter & Other Resources, Inc. Services 3.0% Harris Corporation President/CEO, Children’s Home 4.0% REVENUES Falls Church, VA Diana Cantor Society of Virginia UNOS Fees Alternative Investment Management, LLC OPTN Registrations $27,408,894 15.4% Charles E. Alexander, RN, M.S.N., Dorothy Pauley OPTN Government Funding 2,500,000 Contributions M.B.A., CPTC Richard Cullen, Esq. Civic Leader 1.3% Chief Executive Officer Chairman, McGuireWoods, LLP UNOS Fees 6,040,832 The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland Wallace Stettinius Data Services 1,572,575 Baltimore, MD Palmer Garson Civic Leader, Cadmus Communications, Meeting Fees 337, 0 47 Managing Director, Cary Street Partners retired Debra Rothschild Contributions 521,910 Scarsdale, NY William M. Gottwald Marilyn House West OPTN Contract Member Services 235,752 76.3% Westham Partners Chairman and CEO, M. H. West & Co., Inc. Other 578,270 Scott Silverstein Chappaqua, NY David L. Heavenridge Total $39,195,280 President and CEO, Dominion Deborah C. Surlas, AEE Resources, Inc., retired OPTN Naples, FL Related Other 4.0% .8% Robert S. D. Higgins, M.D., M.S.H.A. General & Administrative Walter K. Graham (ex officio) EXPENSES 12.3% Executive Director, UNOS Executive Director, Comprehensive Fundraising OPTN $29, 908,894 0.6% President and CEO, UNOS Foundation Transplant Center Richmond, VA Ohio State University Medical Center Data Services 964,535 Data Services Columbus, OH Fundraising 215,798 2.6% Vicki F. Sauer General & Admistrative 4,600,104 Assistant Executive Director for External Affairs, UNOS OPTN Related 1,532,001 Executive Vice President and Chief Other 301,515 Operating Officer, UNOS Foundation Total 37,522,847 Richmond, VA OPTN 79.7%

Change in Net Assets $1,672,433

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UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT 2010 Contributors

$50,000 and above The UNOS Foundation proudly thanks the following contributors for their support in 2010.

Nocero Family Foundation Tara Bernhard Children’s Memorial Hospital Elizabeth B. Davis Middle Give With Liberty International Association of Sylvia Leonard Astellas Pharma US, Inc. OneLegacy Jack Berry Eugene Chiulli School Linda J. Gobis Machinists and Aerospace William Levitt Estate of Lisa K. Hubbard Owens & Minor Philip C. Berry George Chokos Elliott Company of Joseph K. Goerner Workers Katherine J. Lewis $10,000The F.M. Kirby to Foundation $49,999 George Sakash E. F. Biedron Victor Claman Indianapolis, Inc. Elaine R. Goldman Iowa Donor Network Steve Lewis Vicki Sauer Marie B. Blazek John Clayton Lois J. Ellis Walter K. Graham Joseph Isaacs Barbara Lewman SMBW Architects, PC Virginia A. Board Cleveland Clinic Mary D. Ellison Karen Green ISSD Lifebanc Dominion Resources Ira N. Smith Linda Bogar Transplant Center Emerson Network Power The Nicholas Green Foundation Jennifer N. Jackson LifeNet Health Genentech Southwest Transplant Alliance Allison Bogdanovic Colby’s Pig Roast Catering, Inc. Cassandra Emery Barbara Greene Jody Jackson Amy Loar The Rollin M. Gerstacker Tennessee Donor Services Patricia F. Boone Colonial Webb Contractors Tim Ernst Fred Guerriero Sharon Jacob Vicki LoBiondo Foundation The Bleckley Mandell Family Jean M. Bost MaryAnn Conlon Marilyn Esteves Suzanne M. Gwaltney Gladys Jacobsen Richard W. Lohwasser Massey Foundation The Living Legacy Foundation James S. Bowman John J. Conway June M. Everett Richard D. Haberstroh Doug James Marilyn S. Loving Dorothy Pauley of Maryland Mary Sue Boyce Debra A. Cooper Janice Everson Elizabeth A. Hafer Sara James Roger G. Lowden $1,000Pauley Family to Foundation$9,999 Upstate New York Transplant Grace Brayley Curtis Coty Expressions Of Hope Jeannine P. Hagan Marilyn Jarrett Anne R. Lower Services Adele Brock Shandie Covington Extreme Networks Haley Pontiac-GMC Suzanne Jensen Jeff Lund W. Baxter Perkinson, Jr., DDS Katherine R. Bryant Charles Cox Thomas Eyssell William J. Hall Patricia C. Johnson Paula J. Lyon Anderson & Strudwick and Associates, Ltd. Paula Bryant Donald L. Creach Jessica Faria Richard Ham Carl W. Johnson Jo Ann M. Malone Aspen Capital, LLC Wachovia Foundation Lynn Bullock Mary Kate Creasey Monica L. Farrell Susan A. Hanson Johnson City Medical Center John Maloney Joel D. Bieber, LLC Williams, Mullen, Clark & Donna Burke Andrea Crowley Nash Fayad Kimberly Harrelson Melissa Johnston LeeAnn Marker Bon Secours Health System, Inc. Dobbins Norma J. Burroughs Sandra J. Crump Heidi Febert Douglas E. Harvey Debra F. Jones Mary R. Marquette California Transplant Donor Williams Mullen Foundation Steve Burrows Dorothy J. D’Angelo Patricia A. Ferris Brenda Hawkins Monica Kantzler Nadine Marsh-Carter Network James and Linda Wright Brad Burshem Diane M. Daum Fife Family Foundation, Inc. Mary Jo Healy David Kappus Nedra D. Martz Center for Donation and $999Xerox and under Leah Bush Nancy G. Davis Donald Filete Amy Heidenrteich Ellen B. Karnisky Margie Masoner Transplantation Carolyn S. Cadwell Susan L. Davison First Baptist Church Board Douglas A. Heiney Linda Kaye Jennifer A. Mauri Comsys Elizabeth Campbell Jessica K. Deil of Deacons John B. Helm Claire Kearns Michael Maxfield DCI Donor Services Abbott Laboratories Debra D. Carey Jeryl Desjarlais Karen Fischer Henrico Doctors’ Hospital Susan E. Keefe Mayo Clinic Florida Donor Alliance, Inc. Actuarial Benefits & Douglas E. Carlisle Rita DiRado Ruth Fischer Henry Ford Transplant Institute Dorothea Keenan Maureen McBride ESB Financial Design Company Gerald Carlisle Dominion Foundation Matching Maggie Fisher Blaine Hess Patricia Keenan Karl J. McCleary Filtrona Richmond, Inc. AIG Matching Grants Program Stan Carlisle Gifts Program Richard H. Fisher Michael Hess Marie Kelfer Linda McCoy Gift Of Hope Organ & Tissue Julie Alam Jane Carlson Douglas Aquatics Michael J. Fitzgerald Linda Hewitt Cade M. Kelly Jay and Judy McDonald Donation Network Ale House Holdings, LLC Patricia Carmichael Jill Douglass Joan Forth Hewlett-Packard Lawrence M. Kessler Lin J. McGaw Gift Of Life Donor Program Richard E. Allen Jay Carpenter Donna A. Drews Peter A. Foseid Robert S. D. Higgins Jani L. Kirkwood Edward J. McGrath Indiana Organ Procurement American Door & Glass, Inc. Debbie Carroll Driscoll Children’s Hospital Linda Francis Hill Electrical, Inc. Joseph R. Klonowski Kevin McGregor Organization Kenneth Ampy Carter Machinery Company, Inc. Brooke E. Dubois Raymond J. Fred Jeannie A. Hiller Susan J. Krueger Cynthia McMurtry LifeGift Organ Donation Center Donna G. Anderson Thomas Cassara Rebecca and Jason Dyer Alexandra Fricke Peter Hirs Rebecca Kulinski Francis E. McShane LifeLink Foundation, Inc. James S. Anderson Shekar Challa Thomas Dyer Carolyn Frugis Eric J. Hodges Ann La Pointe Medical College of Georgia Lifesharing Community Organ Annette Hall Mission Group Jeannette Chappell East Coast Fire Protection, Inc. Elisabeth J. Gabrynowicz Burt Hoffman Justine Ladowski David Meinershagen and Tissue Donation of First Baptist Church Leway Cheng Elaine Ek Harold Gaide Kristen K. Hoffman-Chock Peggy Lambing Larry B. Melton Agnes and A.C. Lilly Kristina E. Armstead Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Linda M. Gaines Peter Hogan Michael F. Langer Memorial Medical Center M&T Bank Shaker K. Asmar Jennifer Gamache Richard and Kathy Holden Kiki W. Larkin Merck Employee Giving M. H. West & Co., Inc. Auxilio Mutuo Hospital Kimberly L. Gandy Susanne Hopkins Peter Larsen Campaign Mailing Services, Inc. B & L Floorcovering, Inc. Make a planned gift to UNOS and join these distinguished Donna Garber Kate Houck Amy Lawch Methodist Hospitals of Dallas James R. Markiewicz Ralph L. Ballard members of the Deborah C. Surlas Legacy for Life Society: Palmer P. Garson David Housel Winifred M. Lawless Methodist Specialty & McGuireWoods Liz Bapp Alexander R. Garza Arthur L. Huey Katherine W. Lawson Transplant Hospital Robert Metzger Julius Barton Deborah C. Surlas, founder Paul Oldham Paul and Eunice Gatesh Sumner Hunnewell Ralph Layman Metro Parts, Inc. Marshall Miller John D. Baxter Margaret Allee, R.N., JD Vicki Sauer Jennifer Gavin Marjorie D. Hunter Deborah Lee Dan Michener New Jersey Organ and Tissue Thomas D. Beard Estate of Lisa Hubbard James P. Trunck Sharon Gerard Robert Huotari Julie Lee Microsoft Giving Campaign Sharing Network Nancy Belleman Walter K. Graham James Wynn, M.D. Lisa Germano Rita Hurt Erin N. Leech Donald J. Miller New York Organ Donor Network Nancy M. Bennett Selma Gershkowitz Margaret Huston Legacy Good Samaritan Rae W. Miller David Berkowitz For more information call the UNOS Foundation office at Mary Ruth Giese IBM Employee Services Center Hospital and Medical Center Rumy Mohta 31 (804) 782-4924 or visit http://support.unos.org. Shannon Gingras Integris Baptist Medical Center Legal Resources Georgia A. Molinar 32

UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING 2010 ANNUAL REPORT 2010 Contributors Gift Robert B. Moore Diane Rasch Daniel Sill University of California, William T. Moore Real Estate & Facilities Jacquelyn Silverman San Diego Honoring the Andrea Morgan Management Jack I. Silverstein University of Kansas Hospital Jane E. Morgan Linda Redman Courtney Skunda Authority Emiko H. Morrell Rexnord Industries, LLC Sherri F. Sledd University of Michigan Anne Moss Reynolds Lighting Supply Carlene Smith Transplant Center Saralynne Mullen Company Janet B. Smith University of Pennsylvania of Life Kevin Myer Nadine B. Rhodes Kathy Smith Hospital Avid V. Napier Robert P. (Bobby) Richardson Jane Smith-Bowen USC Transplant Institute Anthony Nardella Susan F. Richardson Kevin Smolen Valley Proteins, Inc. Shelley Neiderbach Kim Ridenhour Anthony Sokolich Vanderbilt University Tracey Nettell Riverside Community Hospital Christine Sowinski Medical Center Network for Good Nancy Rochler Stephanie Spajer Christine R. Vassey

Scott Neviaser Erin Rodger Laura M. Spence VCU Health System of LifeNet Health courtesy Photos Tom and Lynn Neviaser Kimberly Rogers Kate Sperber Voegeli Chevrolet-Buick, Inc. Mike M. Nguyen John C. Ross Paul Sprague Darlene Waelchli Bernie Niemeier Jeffrey and Debra Rothschild St. John Health System Mary J. Waelchli Catherine A. Nitti Joseph Rottman St. Vincent Transplant Services George Wagoner Elizabeth F. Nolan Rush University Medical Center Cathy W. Stanley Wake Forest University Baptist North Shore University Hospital Nicholas Sacco Sue G. Stewart Medical Center Northwestern Memorial Frank K. Salvas Kathleen Streib Virginia Ward Hospital Richard Salzer Stuart Sweet Katherine Warner Cathleen O’Connor Rachel E. Sanborn Sarah W. Swope Burton H. Wax Thomas G. Olbrych Marlene Saunders Margaret Tackett Barbara S. Weber Kristine Opatz John A. Scavnicky Heidi Tallman & Becky Priest Claire E. Welsh OSF Saint Francis Lisa L. Schaffner Lynn R. Taylor Deborah Wendorf Medical Center Karl Scharl Maxine T. Taylor Sarah Werner Swope Heather P. Otero Cynthia Schmeits Lawrence E. Terry Marilyn H. West Ellen J. Otto James Schneithorst The Methodist Hospital Sheila West Mary E. Otto Betty Schnellenberger The Siegfried Group, LLP William Westgard Margaret Pantano Carol Schultz The Truisi Family Chris & Kathi White Mary Ann Paris Schwab Charitable Fund Deonna Thomas Mary J. Wiese Anne Paschke Jack Schweitzer Mary E. Tilebein Denise Wilkerson Stephen Pashia Joseph A. Scoppa Doris B. Titsworth John L. Williams Patient First Corporation Scott & White Hospital Travis R. Willey, D.D.S. Soy Williams Carol Pearson Margaret P. Scrimgeour Truist Terrence L. Williamson Jeffrey M. Pelicone Scripps Green Hospital Rebecca Tsai Barbara R. Wilson Sharon Peple Stuart M. Seaton Paul Tucci Erin K. Wilson John Persons Seattle Children’s Hospital San San Tung Will Winston Donna S. Pfarrer Sentara Norfolk General Hattie G. Turner Chris Withers Melissa Phillips Hospital Twins Air Duct Cleaning, LLC Brett Wood Patricia J. Phillips Susan Seward U.S. Access Board Daphne Wood-Lasser Jennifer Piepszak Gunjan Shah Michael Uliano Brad Worley Patty A. Plantz Lee Shapiro June Um Natalie Worlow Fewer moments are more emotional, yet gratifying than the Mark Poriss Sharp Memorial Hospital UnitedHealthcare David W. Wright initial meeting of donor families and the recipients of their Daniel Priga Cheryl Shaw University of Iowa Hospitals Thomas G. Wright loved one’s organs. Just before this report went to press, the Qualcomm Matching Catherine H. Sheehan and Clinics, Organ Thomas C. Yeaman family of Joseph Armstead (see inside front cover) met the Gift Program Brian Shepard Transplant Center Julie Zalinski recipient of Joseph’s kidney, Aurelia Gheorghe. Above, from left Cara N. Raimo Carol Sherman University of Rochester Margo D. Zelermyer to right, are: donor dad Cliff Armstead and his wife, Kristina, 33 Joan Rappa Ruth H. Sidorowicz Medical Center Joseph’s brother Tripp, Aurelia and her husband Emilian. 35 In the photo left, Tripp shares loving memories of Joseph. In UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING photo above, a hug expresses what words cannot.2010 ANNUAL REPORT The UNOS mission is to advance organ availability and transplantation by uniting and supporting its communities for the benefit of patients through education, technology and policy development.

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