Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee

The Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee considers issues relating to heart and lung procurement, allocation, and transplantation, including medical, scientific, and ethical aspects. The committee also considers the broad implications of such issues and deals with specific individual issues or situations. The goal of the committee's work is to develop evidence-based policies aimed at reducing the burden of heart and lung disease in transplant patients (candidates and recipients), increasing thoracic organ utilization, improving access to thoracic transplantation, and improving the health outcomes of thoracic transplant recipients.
 
Chair
Dr. Maryl R Johnson
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
mrj@medicine.wisc.edu; rjz@medicine.wisc.edu
Vice Chairman
Dr. Mark L Barr
University of Southern California University Hospital
mbarr@surgery.usc.edu
Liaison
Ms. Vipra Ghimire
UNOS
ghimirev@unos.org
 
Members Organization
Dr. Luis F Angel University Hospital, University of Texas Health Science Center
Dr. Raymond L Benza Allegheny General Hospital
Dr. Kevin M Chan University of Michigan Medical Center
Dr. John Chin Sutter Memorial Hospital
Dr. Gregory S Couper Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. R. Duane Davis Duke University Hospital
Ms. Ladora A Dils Lifeline of Ohio
Dr. Kevin M Dushay Rhode Island Hospital
Dr. William P Fiser Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency
Dr. Ramsey R Hachem Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Mr. Herbert Heili General Public
Ms. Denise A Kinder California Transplant Donor Network
Dr. Bernard F Kozlovsky Division of Transplantation, HHS
Dr. Monica Lin Division of Transplantation, HHS
Dr. Robert B Love Loyola University Medical Center
Dr. Dan M Meyer University Hospital - St. Paul
Dr. David P Nelson Integris Baptist Medical Center
Dr. Isabel P Neuringer University of North Carolina Hospitals
Ms. Linda Ohler Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
Dr. Sean P Pinney Mount Sinai Medical Center
Ms. Genevieve Reilly NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical Center
Dr. Mark W Rolfe Tampa General Hospital
Ms. Amy Shorin-Silverstein General Public Members
Dr. Howard Song Oregon Health and Science University/ Portland VA Medical Center
Dr. Stuart C Sweet St. Louis Children's Hospital at Washington University Medical Center
Dr. J. David Vega Emory University Hospital
Dr. Steven A Webber Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Dr. Mark J Zucker Newark Beth Israel Medical Center


Meeting Summaries
  July 2008
  March 2008
  May 2007
  October 2007

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