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March 8, 2011

OPTN/UNOS Officers and Board Members Elected

Richmond, Va. -- Members of the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) have elected 19 members to its Board of Directors, including a new president, vice president/president elect and treasurer.

The OPTN brings together medical professionals, transplant recipients and donor families to develop national organ transplantation policy. The OPTN is managed by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) under contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Transplantation. The OPTN Board of Directors also serves as the Board of Directors for UNOS.

These positions will be effective at the conclusion of the Board meeting on June 29, 2011.

• President – John R. Lake, M.D., University of Minnesota Medical Center
• Vice President/President Elect – John P. Roberts, M.D., University of California San Francisco Medical Center
• Treasurer – Peter D. Farstad, M.B.A., LifeSource
• Immediate Past President – Charles E. Alexander, RN, M.S.N., M.B.A., Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland
• Region 1 Councillor – Elizabeth A. Pomfret, M.D., Lahey Clinic Medical Center
• Region 2 Councillor – David K. Klassen, M.D., University of Maryland Medical System
• Region 3 Councillor – Christopher B. Hughes, M.D., Emory University Hospital
• Region 8 Councillor – Susan M. Dunn, RN, B.S.N., M.B.A., Donor Alliance
• Region 10 Councillor – Steven M. Rudich, M.D., University of Cincinnati Medical Center
• Region 11 Councillor – Prabhakar K. Baliga, M.D., Medical University of South Carolina
• Minority Transplant Professional Representative – Jorge D. Reyes, M.D., University of Washington Medical Center
• Histocompatibility Representative – Amy B. Hahn, Ph.D., D (ABHI), Transplantation Immunology Laboratory of the Albany Medical College
• OPO Representative – Tim Brown, M.B.A., Donor Network of Arizona
• Transplant Coordinator Representative – William H. Hasskamp, RN, B.S.N., CPTC, LifeShare of the Carolinas
• Patient and Donor Affairs and Voluntary Health Organization Representatives – Suzanne L. Conrad, RN, M.S.; Rose T. D’Acquisto, B.A.; Michelle M. Desler, B.S., M.S.; Lisa M. McMurdo, RN, B.S.N., M.P.H.; Kenyon W. Murphy, J.D.