• Deepali Kumar, Oriol Manuel, Yoichiro Natori, Hiroto Egawa, Paolo Grossi, Sang-Hoon Han, Mario Fernández-Ruiz, and Atul Humar.
• Transplant Infectious Diseases, Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Am. J. Transplant. 2020 Jul 1; 20 (7): 1773-1779.

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly evolved and changed our way of life in an unprecedented manner. The emergence of COVID-19 has impacted transplantation worldwide. The impact has not been just restricted to issues pertaining to donors or recipients, but also health-care resource utilization as the intensity of cases in certain jurisdictions exceeds available capacity. Here we provide a personal viewpoint representing different jurisdictions from around the world in order to outline the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on organ transplantation. Based on our collective experience, we discuss mitigation strategies such as donor screening, resource planning, and a staged approach to transplant volume considerations as local resource issues demand. We also discuss issues related to transplant-related research during the pandemic, the role of transplant infectious diseases, and the influence of transplant societies for education and disseminating current information.© 2020 The American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

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