Lindberg, Scott https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6577-0036
Dutton, R. P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9523-9078
Flescher, A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4975-632X
Thiessen, C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1410-0112
Article History
Received: 22 April 2026
Accepted: 28 April 2026
First Online: 4 June 2026
Declarations
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: This article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.
: 1. Scott Lindberg is the Vice Chair of the OPTN Membership and Professional Standards Committee.2. Richard P. Dutton has no competing interests to disclose.3. Andrew Flescher is chair of the OPTN Ethics Committee and chair of the NY State Transplant Council Ethics Committee.4. Carrie Thiessen is a member of the OPTN Membership and Professional Standards Committee, the ASTS Ethics Committee, the TTS Ethics Committee, and the AST PSECOP Executive Committee.5. The views expressed are the authors’ own and do not represent the positions of the OPTN, its committees, HRSA, professional organizations of which we are members, or our parent institutions. The authors declare no financial conflict of interest relevant to this article.