@article{dcd5f456fad04527bdcf139f1d288ae2,
title = "Report of National Kidney Foundation Consensus Conference to Decrease Kidney Discards",
abstract = "The organ shortage is one of the major challenges in the field of organ transplantation, yet the percentage of kidneys procured and discarded prior to transplantation has continued to rise to twenty percent. The causes of organ discard are complex, yet an urgent need exists for collaborative efforts to maximize the utilization of all potentially transplantable renal allografts. The National Kidney Foundation convened a meeting of experts to identify factors contributing to reduced organ utilization, and to propose actionable solutions to decrease the rate of kidney discards.",
author = "Matthew Cooper and Richard Formica and John Friedewald and Ryutaro Hirose and Kevin O{\textquoteright}Connor and Sumit Mohan and Jesse Schold and David Axelrod and Stephen Pastan",
note = "Funding Information: Funding information The conference was funded by the National Kidney Foundation and through the support of the following sponsors: Novartis, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS). The meeting organizers would like to extend special thanks to the kidney recipients, family members of kidney patients, and donor family members who participated in the development of the conference and/or conference deliberations: Kevin Fowler, Nichole Jefferson, Kevin Longino, Fiona Portington, and Andreas Price. The meeting organizers would also like to extend gratitude for the following individuals who participated in pre-conference discussions, although they were not able to attend: Kevin Abbott, Francis L. Delmonico, Renee F. Dupee, Ian R. Jamieson, Charles Modlin, Cathi Murphey, Peter G. Stock, and Robert J. Stratta. Thank you to National Kidney Foundation staff: Stephanie Cogan, Kevin Longino, Jennifer Martin, Tonya Saffer, and Troy Zimmerman. Funding Information: The conference was funded by the National Kidney Foundation and through the support of the following sponsors: Novartis, Veloxis Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1111/ctr.13419",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "33",
journal = "Clinical Transplantation",
issn = "0902-0063",
publisher = "Wiley",
number = "1",
}