Insiders say Richmond's organ transplantation network dismisses whistleblower concerns, resists change

According to interviews with more than a dozen people inside the organ-sharing industry, leaders of the Richmond-based United Network for Organ Sharing have pushed out a board member critical of the organization, opened an investigation against a researcher and created an environment hostile toward dissenting opinion. UNOS says it hasn't received reports that the network has retaliated against whistleblowers. It says not all criticism constitutes whistleblowing and that disagreeing with an individual's position doesn't necessarily constitute retaliation.