Operations and Safety Committee

The Operations and Safety Committee (formerly Operations Committee) reviews de-identified transplant and donation-related adverse events and near misses reported to the OPTN in order to identify potential network improvements and revisions to OPTN policies that may prevent future such occurrences. The committee may develop and recommend specific proposed improvements and policies or it may recommend to the Board that other Committees develop them. The goal of the committee's work is to identify gaps in OPTN policy and processes from a network perspective for the purpose of increasing safety.

 
Chair
Mr. Richard D Hasz
Gift of Life Donor Program
rhasz@donors1.org; cdriscoll@donors1.org
Vice Chairman
Dr. Phillip C Camp
Brigham and Women's Hospital
pcamp@partners.org; lolen@partners.org
Liaison
Kimberly H Taylor
UNOS
taylorki@unos.org
 
Liaison
Ms. Gloria J Taylor
UNOS
taylorgj@unos.org
 
Members Organization
Ms. Dawn C Brim Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network
Dr. Phillip C Camp Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ms. Nance D Conney University Medical Center, Univ of Arizona
Dr. Karen R Cox University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics
Ms. Stacey L Doll Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Mr. Wayne A Dunlap LifeCenter Northwest Organ Donation Network
Ms. Emily L Goldbloom The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland
Michael E Hagan Gift of Life Michigan
Dr. Julie K Heimbach Rochester Methodist Hospital (Mayo Clinic)
Dr. Michael G Ison Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Ms. Lisa M Johnson-Berger Montefiore Medical Center
Ms. Jaymee S Mayo Texas Children's Hospital
Dr. Paul W Nelson St Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Dr. Patrick G Northup University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Dr. Steven M Rudich University of Cincinnati / University Hospital
Dr. Anton Skaro Children's Memorial Hospital
Ms. Sharon E Swofford American Nephrology Nurses Association
Ms. Janel N Tedesco University Hospital - St. Paul
Ms. Barbara Turci New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network OPO
Mr. Robert W Walsh Division of Transplantation, HHS
Ms Donna Woods Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Ms. Erin Wray Ochsner Foundation Hospital


Meeting Summaries
  September 2009
  March 2009

Reports to the Board of Directors*
  November 2009
  June 2008
  February 2008
  June 2007

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*Note: Meeting summaries are prepared for each meeting of the full committee. Reports to the board are prepared for specific meetings of the board of directors. They contain documentation of all committee activity since the previous report to the board and also will include any recommendations that the board is requested to consider at that meeting. Certain recommendations may have been accepted, declined, or modified by the Board of Directors; therefore, please review the Executive Summaries of the board of directors' meetings to confirm the status of all committee proposals.

Meeting summaries and reports to the board remain posted here for the previous two calendar years. For older documents, please contact the UNOS staff liaison listed above. Additionally, report exhibits may be requested from the liaison as well.


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