There are always ways to improve the process to make it a more patient driven system as competition increases for the few organs that become available among transplant centers. A. UNOS committees work on revising allocation systems as patients oftentimes choose to be transplanted at centers outside of their state of residence, often at transplant centers with high success rates, but lower population sizes. Therefore, less of a donor pool to receive organs from. The intent of the new allocation system would make organs more equally accessible to patients no matter where they choose to be transplanted. There are 261 transplant centers.
Many centers have multiple organ transplant departments.
UNMC transplant programs are among the world's busiest and most successful. In addition, cornea and bone transplants are being performed daily at about 11 Nebraska hospitals. Each potential donor is reviewed on a case by case basis. Each case is given a full medical evaluation to determine the health of the donor at their time of death. If you are wishing to be a living-related donor, please contact your relative's physician to discuss the possibility.