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Sir Roy Calne, a pioneer in the field of transplantation, passed away on January 6th, leaving behind a significant legacy. Throughout his career, Calne focused on innovation and improving the outcomes of transplantation through surgical techniques and immunosuppressive therapies. He recognized the importance of collaboration and education in the field and played a key role in the formation of the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) in 1982. Calne's philosophy of multidisciplinarity continues to shape ESOT today. His passing marks the end of an era, but his influence lives on through the generations he inspired and the visionary society he helped nurture. [Extracted from the article]

Liver transplantation is a highly complex, life-saving, treatment for many patients with advanced liver disease. Liver transplantation requires multidisciplinary teams, system-wide adaptations and significant investment, as well as being an expensive treatment. Several metrics have been proposed to monitor processes and outcomes, however these lack patient focus and do not capture all aspects of the process. Most of the reported outcomes do not capture those outcomes that matter to the patients. Adopting the principles of Value-Based Health Care (VBHC), may provide an opportunity to develop those metrics that matter to patients. In this article, we present a Consensus Statement on Outcome Measures in Liver Transplantation following the principles of VBHC, developed by a dedicated panel of experts under the auspices of the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Guidelines’ Taskforce. The overarching goal is to provide a framework to facilitate the development of outcome measures as an initial step to apply the VMC paradigm to liver transplantation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]