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Kidney Transplantation Committee

The Kidney Transplantation Committee is charged with considering medical, scientific, and ethical aspects related to kidney organ procurement, distribution, and allocation. The Committee considers both the broad implications and the specific member situations relating to kidney issues and policies. The goal of the committee's work is to develop evidence-based policies aimed at reducing the burden of renal disease in transplant patients (candidates and recipients), increasing kidney utilization, improving access to kidney transplantation as appropriate, and improving the health outcomes of kidney transplant recipients, fostering access to transplantation and good outcomes for patients (including waiting candidates and living donors) involved in kidney transplantation.


Chair Dr. John J Friedewald Northwestern Memorial Hospital	Vice Chairman Dr. Richard N Formica Yale New Haven Hospital	Liaison Ms. Gena Boyle UNOS gena.boyle@unos.org

Liaison Ms. Ciara J Samana UNOS Ciara.Samana@unos.org

Members	Organization
Dr. Mark I Aeder	University Hospitals of Cleveland
Dr. Sandra Amaral	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Adam Bingaman	Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital
Dr. James S Bowman	Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting
Dr. Blanche M Chavers	University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Ms. Noelle Dimitri	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dr. Pang-Yen Fan	UMass Memorial Medical Center
Dr. Erik Finger	University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Dr. Adam M Frank	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Dr. Michael Gallichio	Albany Medical Center Hospital
Dr. Sundaram Hariharan	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dr. Nicolae Leca	University of Washington Medical Center
Dr. Monica Lin	Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting
Mrs. Patricia M McDonough	Montefiore Medical Center
Ms. Marla Jill McMaster	General Public Members
Dr. Clifford D Miles	The Nebraska Medical Center
Dr. Ronald D Perrone	Tufts Medical Center
Dr. Jeffrey D Punch	University of Michigan Medical Center
Dr Kunam S Reddy	Mayo Clinic Hospital
Dr. Peter P Reese	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Nancy L Reinsmoen	Cedars-Sinai Transplantation and Immunogenetics Laboratory
Dr. Jeffrey Rogers	North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Ms. Teresa J Shafer	LifeGift Organ Donation Center
Dr. Anton Skaro	Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Mr. Ron S Taubman	Transplant Recipients International Organization
Dr. Nicole A Turgeon	Emory University Hospital
Dr. Rachael S Wong	General Public

Meeting Summaries
March 2013 (282 K)
January 2013 (201 K)
January 2013 (167 K)
August 2012 (218 K)

Reports to the Board of Directors*
November 2012 (281 K)
June 2012 (559 K)
November 2011 (220 K)
June 2011 (378 K)
November 2010 (379 K)
June 2010 (339 K)
November 2009 (1.46 MB)
June 2009 (414 K)
November 2008 (391 K)
June 2008 (395 K)
February 2008 (588 K)
September 2007 (1.98 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.