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Brian Shepard

@brianmshepard

@UNOSNews CEO, health policy junkie, leadership speaker, little league baseball dad

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Joined March 2014
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It’s official! The U.S. has reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 million organ transplants! Visit LivingItForward.org and join us in honoring the gift of life and celebrating lives transformed. 💙💚🎉 #1MillionTransplants #LivingItForward #DonateLife
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It took "a thousand little victories" for the US to hit 40K transplants in 2021. The donation and transplant community made history and saved even more lives. @RTDNEWS spoke with UNOS CEO @brianmshepard about how we reached this milestone. #DonateLife richmond.com/news/local/rich…

Richmond-based UNOS oversaw a record number of organ transplants in 2021, thanks to 'a thousand...

There have been more than 40,000 organ transplants overseen by Richmond-based UNOS this year, a record number.

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Today we made history. For the first time, the U.S. passed 40,000 lifesaving transplants in one year. Gracious donors, their courageous families, transplant professionals, OPOs and the entire community made this milestone possible. #DonateLife Read more : bit.ly/30Fsd8M
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Do you know about the future of organ allocation? Learn about continuous distribution, the patient-centric framework that will change how all organs in the U.S. are allocated. #DonateLife #TransplantTwitter 🔗: unos.org/policy/organ-distri…
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📢 Learn more about the recent @US_FDA announcement regarding #COVID19 vaccinations. #TransplantTwitter #DonateLife @CDCgov 🔗: bit.ly/3sgDAgT
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The U.S. transplant system saves more lives than any other country in the world. Darmecia Crane’s life was forever changed thanks to a successful organ transplant. Listen to her story.

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Collaboration saves lives dallasnews.com/opinion/edito…
Regarding America's world-beating national organ transplant system: If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Regarding America's world-beating national organ transplant system: If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Collaboration is the key to success.

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12 things UNOS is doing to get the right organ to the right patient at the right time unos.org/news/improvement/ge…
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#Behavioralscience has shown how information presented to a user can impact their decision making. Learn about SimUNet, a simulation platform that is helping to improve organ offer acceptance. #TransplantTwitter #OrganDonation #Transplant bit.ly/3jVwE2E
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OPOs across the country are facilitating more organ donors and more organs for transplant. UNOS is honored to provide tools that support their work. Here are just a few of their stories: bit.ly/2JcuwoK
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Directing livers to the sickest patients on NBC Nightly News: nbcnews.com/nightly-news/vid… via @nbcnews

Controversial change in liver donation rules highlights transplant challenges

For decades, organs have been distributed locally and limited to specific areas, a system some experts say is out of date. The United Network of Organ Sharing recently overhauled its rules, expanding...

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Thanks to all the @UNOSnews staff who are the ones who get the real credit for this #AOPOlive award!
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.@WhiteHouse Organ Summit, @POTUS Administration Announced Key Actions to Reduce the Organ Waiting List #OrganDonor ow.ly/23TW301cXzs
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UNOS CEO @brianmshepard, David Klassen M.D., CMO & Carl Berg M.D., immediate past president @WhiteHouse #organdonor
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Happy to join Marlon Levy and everyone at @VCUTransplant today to raise the Donate Life flag honoring organ donors.
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In Philadelphia at the nation's busiest OPO to talk about proposed changes to transplant rules @Donors1
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In NYC to discuss proposed transplant rule changes - there's still time to make your opinion known online. optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/gov…
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Great discussions at AST CEOT meeting about how to use more of the organs available for transplant. @AST_info #CEOT2016
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Great time at the @ASTSChimera Winter Symposium talking about ways ASTS and @UNOSNews can work together to increase organ transplants
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Thanks to the generosity of organ donors and donor families, unos.org/more-than-30000-tra…
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