United Network for Organ Sharing: Organ Donation and Transplantation

Liver & Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee

The Liver and Intestine Transplantation Committee considers medical, scientific, and ethical aspects related to liver and intestine organ procurement, distribution, and allocation. The committee considers both the broad implications and the specific members' situations of these liver or intestinal issues or policies. The goal of the Committee's work is to develop evidence-based policies aimed at reducing the burden of liver disease in transplant patients (candidates and recipients), increasing liver utilization, improving access to liver transplantation, and improving the health outcomes of liver transplant recipients.


Chair Dr. W. Kenneth Washburn University Hospital, University of Texas Health Science Center washburn@uthscsa.edu	Vice Chairman Dr. Kim M Olthoff Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania kim.olthoff@uphs.upenn.edu;Betty.Jackson@uphs.upenn.edu	Liaison Ms. Ann M Harper UNOS harperam@unos.org

Members	Organization
Dr. Scott W Biggins	University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Ms. Maureen Burke-Davis	Westchester Medical Center
Ms. Patricia L Carroll	LifeLink of Florida
Dr. Michael Curry	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dr. Anthony M D'Alessandro	University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Dr. Stephen P Dunn	Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children
Dr. James D Eason	Methodist University Hospital
Dr. Nigel Girgrah	Ochsner Foundation Hospital
Dr. John M Ham	Oregon Health and Science University/ Portland VA Medical Center
Dr. Julie K Heimbach	Rochester Methodist Hospital (Mayo Clinic)
Dr. Heung Bae Kim	Children's Hospital
Dr. Goran B Klintmalm	Baylor University Medical Center
Dr. Bernard F Kozlovsky	Division of Transplantation, HHS
Dr. Monica Lin	Division of Transplantation, HHS
Dr. Timothy M McCashland	The Nebraska Medical Center
Ms. Lisa McMurdo	General Public Members
Mr. Kenyon W Murphy	General Public
Dr. Shawn J Pelletier	University of Michigan Medical Center
Dr. Elizabeth A Pomfret	Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Dr. John P Roberts	University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Dr. Thomas D Schiano	Mount Sinai Medical Center
Dr. Harvey Solomon	Saint Louis University Hospital
Dr. Debra L Sudan	Duke University Hospital
Dr. Kerri M Wahl	Duke University Hospital

Meeting Summaries
July 2009

Reports to the Board of Directors*
November 2009
June 2009
November 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.