United Network for Organ Sharing: Organ Donation and Transplantation

Kidney Transplantation Committee

The Kidney Transplantation Committee is charged with considering medical, scientific, and ethical aspects related to kidney organ procurement, distribution, and allocation. The Committee considers both the broad implications and the specific member situations relating to kidney issues and policies. The goal of the committee's work is to develop evidence-based policies aimed at reducing the burden of renal disease in transplant patients (candidates and recipients), increasing kidney utilization, improving access to kidney transplantation as appropriate, and improving the health outcomes of kidney transplant recipients, fostering access to transplantation and good outcomes for patients (including waiting candidates and living donors) involved in kidney transplantation.


Chair Dr. Kenneth A Andreoni Ohio State University Medical Center kenneth.andreoni@osumc.edu	Vice Chairman Dr. John J Friedewald Northwestern Memorial Hospital jfriedewald@northwestern.edu;mbajramo@nmh.org	Liaison Ciara J Samana UNOS samanacj@unos.org

Members	Organization
Dr. Mark I Aeder	University Hospitals of Cleveland
Dr. James S Bowman	Division of Transplantation, HHS
Dr. Eileen D Brewer	Texas Children's Hospital
Dr. William I Bry	California Pacific Medical Center
Dr. J. Michael Cecka	University of California at Los Angeles, Immunogenetics Center
Mr. Dolph Chianchiano	National Kidney Foundation
Dr. Ari J Cohen	Ochsner Foundation Hospital
Mr. Harold J Fassnacht	General Public
Dr. Bernard V Fischbach	Baylor All Saints Medical Center
Dr. Richard N Formica	Yale New Haven Hospital
Dr. Oscar H Grandas	University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville
Dr. Erica L Hartmann	North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Mr. John C Hodges	General Public
Dr. Devon G John	New York University Medical Center
Dr. Dixon B Kaufman	Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Dr. Monica Lin	Division of Transplantation, HHS
Mrs. Patricia M McDonough	Montefiore Medical Center
Mr. Christopher J McLaughlin	Division of Transplantation, HHS
Ms. Marla Jill McMaster	General Public Members
Dr. Shamkant P Mulgaonkar	Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Ms. Patricia A Niles	New Mexico Donor Services
Dr. Mikel Prieto	Rochester Methodist Hospital (Mayo Clinic)
Dr. Stephen C Rayhill	Oregon Health and Science University/ Portland VA Medical Center
Dr. Paolo Salvalaggio	University of Washington Medical Center
Dr. Dorry Segev	Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Peter G Stock	University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Ms. Sharon E Swofford	American Nephrology Nurses Association
Mr. Sean F Van Slyck	California Transplant Donor Network
Dr. Alexander Wiseman	University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center

Meeting Summaries
July 2008

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