The Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance has introduced a new Artificial Intelligence Resource Hub, a centralized platform designed to map artificial intelligence innovation across the organ donation and transplantation community, and The Alliance is calling on researchers, clinicians, and innovators across the field to help build it.
The Hub is organized through The Alliance’s Artificial Intelligence Transplant and Donation Resource Collaborative, a national, multi-stakeholder initiative to accelerate the effective use of artificial intelligence in organ donation and transplantation. The Collaborative brings together associations, research institutions, organ procurement organizations, transplant centers, and private sector innovators to coordinate and align artificial intelligence-driven efforts that have the potential to transform the donation and transplantation ecosystem.
Central to the Hub’s design is a framework developed by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. The Registry’s Transplant System Map outlines key milestones across the transplant journey, from donor identification through post-transplant outcomes, providing a shared view of the complex processes and decision points that define the field. Projects submitted to the Hub are organized within this framework, allowing users to filter and explore artificial intelligence initiatives by journey stage, use case, and innovation type.
View the Resource Hub here: https://www.organdonationalliance.org/resources/ai-resource-hub/
Macey Levan, JD, PhD, Co-Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Collaborative, is urging colleagues across the field not to wait. “Every team working on artificial intelligence in this space has something valuable to contribute: a pilot program, a research finding, a lesson learned the hard way. When we share that knowledge openly, we multiply its impact. I encourage every innovator in this field to submit their work and become part of this national effort. The patients we serve cannot afford for us to work in isolation.”
Aninda Dutta, MSCS, FACHE, who serves as Co-Chair alongside Levan, emphasized both the urgency and opportunity ahead. “The work being done across this field is remarkable, but it has largely been happening in silos. The Resource Hub changes that by making innovation visible, and visibility is the first step toward collaboration. We are at an inflection point for artificial intelligence in organ donation and transplantation, and this is the moment to make your work visible. The Resource Hub only becomes more powerful with each organization that contributes. If you are doing meaningful work in this space, whether it is a full-scale implementation or an early-stage pilot, we want to hear from you, and the field needs to hear from you.”
The Collaborative is designed to inventory current activities across the field, facilitate knowledge exchange by providing a platform for sharing successes, challenges, and lessons learned, and promote strategic collaboration by identifying overlapping efforts to encourage alignment, co-development, and data-sharing. By fostering collaboration and reducing redundancy, the goal is to enhance the collective impact of artificial intelligence applications, ultimately improving outcomes for patients and increasing efficiency across the donation and transplantation system.
Participation is open to any professional in the donation and transplantation field who is actively engaged in artificial intelligence research or initiatives. Submissions will help build a comprehensive inventory of ongoing work and ensure broad representation of perspectives and expertise.
Researchers and innovators are encouraged to submit their work today. The submission form is available directly at organdonationalliance.org/ai-innovation-community-map. Every submission strengthens the community’s collective understanding and brings the field one step closer to harnessing the full potential of artificial intelligence on behalf of donors, recipients, and families nationwide.
“Artificial intelligence holds extraordinary promise for organ donation and transplantation,” says Levan, “and this Hub gives our community a dedicated space to learn from one another, avoid duplication of effort, and move forward together with greater purpose and speed.”
