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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. Kim M Olthoff Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania	Vice Chairman Dr. David C Mulligan Mayo Clinic Hospital	Liaison Mrs. Ann M Harper UNOS ann.harper@unos.org

Members	Organization
Dr. James S Bowman	Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting
Dr. Adel Bozorgzadeh	UMass Memorial Medical Center
Dr. Andrew Cameron	Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Kenneth D Chavin	Medical University of South Carolina
Dr. Srinath Chinnakotla	University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Dr. Steven D Colquhoun	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Dr. David C Cronin	Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
Dr. R. Mark Ghobrial	The Methodist Hospital
Dr. Fredric D Gordon	Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Dr. Ryutaro Hirose	University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Dr. Simon P Horslen	Seattle Children's Hospital
Dr. Burnett (Beau) S Kelly	General Public
Dr. Leona Kim-Schluger	Mount Sinai Medical Center
Dr. Milan Kinkhabwala	Montefiore Medical Center
Dr. Nancy Knudsen	Carolina Donor Services
Dr. George E Loss	Ochsner Foundation Hospital
Dr. Susan L Orloff	Oregon Health and Science University/ Portland VA Medical Center
Dr. Fredric G Regenstein	St Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Dr. Manuel I Rodriguez-Davalos	Yale New Haven Hospital
Dr. Kirti Shetty	Georgetown University Medical Center
Mr. Thomas Starr	General Public
Dr. Michael D Voigt	University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Iowa City VA Medical Center
Dr. Michael E Wachs	University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center
Dr. Atsushi Yoshida	Henry Ford Hospital

Meeting Summaries
March 2013 (172 K)
January 2013 (39 K)
November 2012 (145 K)
July 2012 (287 K)
March 2012 (442 K)
December 2011 (307 K)
October 2011 (281 K)
July 2011 (190 K)
March 2011 (265 K)
December 2010 (387 K)
February 2011 (427 K)
October 2010 (487 K)
November 2009 (247 K)
July 2009 (353 K)

Reports to the Board of Directors*
November 2012 (389 K)
June 2012 (399 K)
November 2011 (439 K)
June 2011 (418 K)
November 2010 (405 K)
June 2010 (843 K)
November 2009 (492 K)
June 2009 (1.5 MB)
November 2008 (69 K)
September 2007 (3.82 MB)

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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.