The 2021 National Donor Management Summit focused on “new world changes,” current issues and innovative trends impacting the community by identifying challenges and highlighting opportunities to maximize every donation opportunity to heal more lives.

The Key Areas of Focus for the 2021 National Donor Management Summit included:

• Implications of the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) on organ donation
• Elucidating differences in the organ donation process between the adult and pediatric domains
• How recent organ allocation changes at the national level have affected transplant programs and their patients
  DCD hearts and lungs
• Infectious disease transmission
• How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the landscape of donation and transplantation
• Cutting edge clinical innovations pushing the boundaries of what is possible
• The value of building the bridge to equity in healthcare to advance organ donation and transplantation

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