OPTN: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

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Ad Hoc International Relations Committee

The Ad Hoc International Relations Committee considers issues related to organs and patients that enter the U.S., or leave the U.S. for transplant. It reviews emerging issues related to U.S. candidates who seek transplants in other countries, and it considers the medical, scientific, and ethical aspects of transplanting non-resident aliens. The committee considers the broad implications of such issues and may review specific individual issues or situations.


Chair Ms. Marian A O'Rourke Jackson Memorial Hospital University of Miami School of Medicine	Liaison Ms. Shandie H Covington UNOS shandie.covington@unos.org

Members	Organization
Ms. Gloria Garcia Bohrer	General Public
Ms. Linda Bowes	New York Organ Donor Network
Dr. James S Bowman	Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting
Ms. Grace L Chang	General Public
Dr. Clifford Chin	Children's Hospital Medical Center
Dr. Gabriel M Danovitch	University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center
Mr. Richard S Luskin	New England Organ Bank
Mrs. Brigette J Marciniak-Bednar	Jackson Memorial Hospital University of Miami School of Medicine
Ms. Linda Ohler	General Public
Dr. Jorge D Reyes	University of Washington Medical Center
Mr. Gene E Ridolfi	Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Scott L Sanoff	Duke University Hospital
Dr. Anthony Sebastian	OU Medical Center
Mr. Paul J Volek	University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Mr. Robert W Walsh	Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting

Meeting Summaries
April 2013 (85 K)
January 2013 (121 K)
November 2012 (93 K)
March 2012 (136 K)
August 2011 (374 K)
April 2011 (222 K)
September 2010 (93 K)
October 2008 (77 K)
August 2009 (505 K)
January 2010 (176 K)
April 2010 (176 K)
April 2009 (115 K)
May 2008 (127 K)
March 2008 (147 K)
January 2008 (125 K)
September 2007 (143 K)
October 2007 (121 K)

Reports to the Board of Directors*
November 2012 (58 K)
June 2012 (164 K)
November 2011 (382 K)
June 2011 (306 K)
November 2010 (177 K)
June 2010 (341 K)
November 2009 (872 K)
February 2008 (295 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.