Eliminating transplant waiting time inequities – With an application to kidney allocation in the USA

•First study to model and minimize racial inequality in deceased organ donation for transplant waiting time and transplant probability.•Combines Rawls’ theory of justice with queuing theory and network flow theory.•Presents a compact optimal algorithm to maximize equity in organ allocation across blood types and ethnic groups.•Analyses and discusses implemented policies to improve allocation for kidney allocation in the USA.