United Network for Organ Sharing: Organ Donation and Transplantation

Transplant Coordinators Committee

The OPTN/UNOS Transplant Coordinators Committee, largely comprising both procurement and transplant coordinators, considers issues related to the coordination of efforts related to organ procurement, organ allocation, and the entire transplant process. It also considers the potential impact of proposed policy and bylaws revisions upon the process of procurement and transplant coordination, including the education and care of candidates, recipients, living donors, and families. The goal of the work of this committee is to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of procurement and transplant coordination though OPTN initiatives and policies.


Chair Mr. Michael R Thibault LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services thibam@lifequest.ufl.edu	Vice Chairman Mrs. Melissa A Dunbar-Forrest University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center mdunbarforrest@mednet.ucla.edu	Liaison Ms. Kim Johnson UNOS johnsomk@unos.org;Kim.Johnson@unos.org

Members	Organization
Ms. Jennifer Berry-Edwards	University of Michigan Medical Center
Ms. Jessica Buck	Virginia Mason Medical Center
Ms. Laura Butler	Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Nashville VA Medical Center
Mr. Joseph A Carder	Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network
Ms. Joanne C Dupuis	Children's Hospital of Michigan
Ms. Cheryl A Edwards	New England Organ Bank
Ms. Donna L Ennis	Clarian Health- Methodist/IU/Riley
Ms. Suzanne M Fitzpatrick	General Public
Mrs. Sheila Harms	New England Organ Bank
Mr. Alan Hicks	Alabama Organ Center
Ms. Karen Kasinger	University of Chicago Medical Center
Mr. Richard Laeng	Division of Transplantation, HHS
Ms. Jennifer E Milton	University Hospital, University of Texas Health Science Center
Mrs. Valerie Price	University of Maryland Medical System
Ms. Beverly Reynholds	Hartford Hospital
Ms. Rose Rodriguez	NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical Center
Mrs. Laurel W Salonen	The Nebraska Medical Center
Megan D Shaughnessy	California Transplant Donor Network
Mr. Robert W Walsh	Division of Transplantation, HHS

Meeting Summaries
October 2007
October 2008
May 2009

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