United Network for Organ Sharing: Organ Donation and Transplantation

Membership & Prof. Standards Committee (MPSC)

The Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) considers requirements that clinical transplant centers, organ procurement organizations, and histocompatibility laboratories, and non-institutional members must meet to be members of the OPTN and UNOS, as established in the OPTN and UNOS bylaws. It monitors member compliance with those requirements and with the OPTN/UNOS policies. The goal of the committee's work is to maintain and improve transplantation quality and safety, as well as member compliance with OPTN/UNOS policies and bylaws and the OPTN Final Rule.


Chair Mr. Charles E Alexander The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland calexander@thellf.org; seller@thellf.org	Vice Chairman Dr. David C Mulligan Mayo Clinic Hospital mulligan.david@mayo.edu; Pallagi.Marie@mayo.edu	Liaison Ms. Sally Harris Aungier UNOS aungiesh@unos.org

Liaison Mr. David M Kappus UNOS kappusdm@unos.org

Members	Organization
Dr. Abbas Ardehali	University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center
Dr. Prabhakar K Baliga	Medical University of South Carolina
Dr. Sharon M Bartosh	University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Dr. Yolanda T Becker	University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Ms. Elaine R Berg	New York Organ Donor Network
Dr. Jonathan M Chen	NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical Center
Dr. David J Conti	Albany Medical Center Hospital
Dr. Todd M Dewey	Medical City Dallas Hospital
Ms. Sue M Dunn	Donor Alliance
Dr. Udeme D Ekong	Children's Memorial Hospital
Mr. Barry S Friedman	University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Dr. Benjamin E Hippen	Carolinas Medical Center
Dr. Christopher B Hughes	Emory University Hospital
Ms. Marjorie D Hunter	General Public
Mr. Ian R Jamieson	University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Iowa City VA Medical Center
Dr. David K Klassen	University of Maryland Medical System
Dr. Christopher L Marsh	Scripps Green Hospital
Mr. David L Marshman	LifeNet Health
Dr. Jerry McCauley	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Mr. Christopher J McLaughlin	Division of Transplantation, HHS
Dr. Michael S Mulligan	University of Washington Medical Center
Dr. David P Nelson	Integris Baptist Medical Center
Dr. Karen A Nelson	Puget Sound Blood Center Immunogenetics Laboratory
Dr. Claus U Niemann	University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Dr. Todd E Pesavento	Ohio State University Medical Center
Dr. Elizabeth A Pomfret	Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Dr. Steven M Rudich	University of Cincinnati / University Hospital
Dr. Shirley D Schlessinger	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Dr. Roshan Shrestha	Piedmont Hospital
Ms. Betsy J Walsh	General Health Pharm Ins
Mr. Robert W Walsh	Division of Transplantation, HHS
Dr. Mark J Zucker	Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Meeting Summaries
July 2009
March 2009

Reports to the Board of Directors*		Additional Information
June 2009
November 2008
June 2008
February 2008
September 2007
June 2007
March 2007

Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader

Printer Friendly

*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.