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Article History

Received: 23 April 2026

Accepted: 2 May 2026

First Online: 22 May 2026

Declarations

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: This article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.

: Mr. Alcorn was previously an employee at the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), while UNOS was the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network’s (OPTN) contractor for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA). Following employment, JA continued as a consultant for UNOS. Dr. Macey Levan receives consulting and/or speaking honoraria from IMS Legal Strategies, Patients Like Me, Texas Transplantation Society, The Hastings Center, Verici Dx Plc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals (via Patients Like Me), Villanova University, the American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation, Houston Methodist, and UC San Diego Health. She also holds unpaid and paid academic appointments at Johns Hopkins University and Purdue University. In addition, Dr. Levan serves in fiduciary or leadership roles with the Children’s Organ Transplant Association and formally with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Dr. Levan and Ms. Klitenic are the Ethics Section Editors for Current Transplantation Reports.