OPTN: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

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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 Mrs. Melissa A Dunbar-Forrest University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center	Vice Chairman Ms. Laurel Williams-Salonen The Nebraska Medical Center	Liaison Ms. Kim Johnson UNOS Kim.Johnson@unos.org

Members	Organization
Mr. John Belcher	New England Organ Bank
Mrs. Jamie Bucio	University of Chicago Medical Center
Mr. Kevin C Carney	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Ms. Nancy A Carroll	Rochester Methodist Hospital (Mayo Clinic)
Mrs. Michelle I Crossley	Henry Ford Hospital
Ms. Monica J Eaton	St Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Mr. Charles J Gonder	New York Organ Donor Network
Ms. Patricia A Jones	University Hospital, University of Texas Health Science Center
Ms. Ann M Kalis	University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Ms. Marsha Larsen	Seattle Children's Hospital
Mr. Walt Nickels	Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency
Ms. Cathy L Pratt	Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Ms. Christine Radolovic	Gift of Life Donor Program
Ms. Raelene Skerda	Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting
Ms. Marion K Stewart	Duke University Hospital
Ms. Michelle Sturges	University of California Davis Medical Center

Meeting Summaries
January 2013 (53 K)
November 2012 (41 K)
October 2012 (82 K)
September 2012 (66 K)
August 2012 (274 K)
July 2012 (50 K)
June 2012 (175 K)
April 2012 (64 K)
March 2012 (19 K)
February 2012 (16 K)
January 2012 (60 K)
November 2011 (50 K)
October 2011 (133 K)
October 2011 (133 K)
July 2011 (23 K)
May 2011 (133 K)
April 2011 (113 K)
March 2011 (162 K)
September 2010 (119 K)
November 2010 (103 K)
December 2010 (11 K)
October 2010 (309 K)
May 2010 (243 K)
October 2007 (47 K)
October 2008 (16 K)
May 2009 (48 K)

Reports to the Board of Directors*
November 2012 (291 K)
June 2012 (242 K)
November 2011 (259 K)
June 2011 (407 K)
November 2010 (168 K)
June 2010 (142 K)
November 2009 (414 K)
June 2009 (366 K)
June 2008 (156 K)
June 2007 (237 K)

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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.