James Alcorn is the senior policy strategist with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the non-profit leading the U.S. organ donation and transplantation system. In his role, he is responsible for the development of the continuous distribution of organs and setting strategy for how the country determines how to allocate donated organs for transplant in accordance with federal laws and regulations, engaging with medical professionals, patients, academics, institutions, government entities and the public to meet this need.
“Continuous distribution is a generational change in the field of organ allocation. We were able to build a system that’s much nimbler than before, allowing us to identify issues and implement solutions much more quickly in the future.”
Approach uses the new continuous distribution framework to save more lives