Pancreas Transplantation Committee

The Pancreas Transplantation Committee is charged with considering medical, scientific, and ethical aspects related to pancreas and pancreas islet organ procurement, distribution, and allocation. The committee will consider both the broad implications and the specific member situations relating to pancreas and pancreas islet issues and policies. The goal of the committee's work is to develop evidence-based policies aimed at reducing the burden of disease in pancreas candidates and recipients, increasing pancreas utilization, improving access to pancreas transplantation as appropriate, and improving the health outcomes of pancreas transplant recipients.

 
Chair
Dr. Dixon B Kaufman
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
d-kaufman2@northwestern.edu
Vice Chairman
Dr. David A Axelrod
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
david.axelrod@hitchcock.org
Liaison
Ms. Elizabeth F Sleeman
UNOS
sleemaef@unos.org
 
Members Organization
Dr. Ahmad B Abdulkarim University of Kansas Hospital
Dr. James S Bowman Division of Transplantation, HHS
Mr. Chris Chiarello General Public
Mr. Leonard Cortese North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Ms. Mary Beth Drangstveit University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Dr. Brian Flanagan University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Dr. Jonathan A Fridell Clarian Health- Methodist/IU/Riley
Dr. Stuart R Geffner Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Dr. Rainer W. G Gruessner University Medical Center, Univ of Arizona
Dr. Albert J Hwa General Public
Dr. Christian S Kuhr Virginia Mason Medical Center
Dr. Mark R Laftavi Buffalo General Hospital/ Children's Hospital
Dr. Jacqueline A Lappin Memorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas at Houston
Dr. Monica Lin Division of Transplantation, HHS
Dr. James F Markmann Massachusetts General Hospital
Ms. Patricia A Niles New Mexico Donor Services
Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz-Rios Division of Transplantation, HHS
Dr. Horatio L Rilo University Medical Center, Univ of Arizona
Ms. Meg M Rogers LifeSource Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization
Dr. David Scott Oregon Health and Science University/ Portland VA Medical Center
Mr. Paul J Volek University of Cincinnati / University Hospital
Dr. Rubin Zhang Tulane Medical Center


Meeting Summaries
  March 2009
  November 2008
  July 2009

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


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