Data Advisory Committee
The Data Advisory Committee (DAC) is an operating committee of the OPTN. The DAC is charged with regular review of the OPTN Data Collection Principles and ensuring that data collection activities are in alignment with these principles. The DAC is charged with overseeing all recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding the collection of official OPTN data that are pertinent to the operation of the OPTN, necessary for the development of evidence-based OPTN policies, and to support analytic work undertaken by the OPTN Contractor or the SRTR contractor to perform the tasks required under the respective contracts, the Final Rule, and NOTA. The DAC is charged with making recommendations to the Board of Directors to revise the OPTN Data Collection Principles as needed, to update OPTN data submission and release policies, to collaborate with other OPTN committees on additions, modifications, and deletions of the data elements collected by the OPTN, to improve completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of data collected, to enhance the official OPTN data with elements from other data sources, and any other recommendations and efficiencies for improving collection of official OPTN data.
Principles for Data Collection
Institutional members must provide sufficient data to OPTN to allow it to:
- Develop transplant, donation, and allocation policies
- Determine if Institutional Members are complying with policy
- Determine Member-specific performance
- Ensure patient safety when no alternative sources of data exist
- Fulfill the requirements of the OPTN Final Rule

- Dr. Sumit Mohan
- NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical Center

- Dr. Jesse Schold
- University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center

- Eric Messick
- UNOS Employee
- eric.messick@unos.org
Members | Organization | Position | End Term Date |
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Rebecca Baranoff | General Public Region 4 | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
Mrs. Jamie Bucio | General Public Region 7 | At Large | 6/30/2024 |
Kate Giles | University of Michigan Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
Dustin W Goad | Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
Dr. Michael G Ison | General Public Region 7 | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
Dr. Paul A MacLennan | University of Alabama Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
Ms. Adriana Martinez | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2024 |
Dr. Michael R Marvin | Geisinger Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
Christine Z Maxmeister | University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
Mr. Christopher J McLaughlin | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2024 |
Ms. Meghan E Muldoon | Emory University Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
Hellen A Oduor | Methodist Dallas Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
Ms. Jennifer V Peattie | Baylor University Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
Ms. Julie Prigoff | Mayo Clinic Hospital Arizona | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
Alicia Skeen | Infinite Legacy | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
Allen F Wagner | University of North Carolina Hospitals | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
- September 11, 2023 - DAC (PDF - 164 K)
- August 25, 2023 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 145 K)
- August 14, 2023 - DAC (PDF - 133 K)
- July 10, 2023 - DAC (PDF - 210 K)
- June 23, 2023 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 179 K)
- June 12, 2023 - DAC (PDF - 176 K)
- May 8, 2023 - DAC (PDF - 211 K)
- April 28, 2023 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 186 K)
- April 20, 2023 - Update Non-Use Codes (PDF - 145 K)
- April 10, 2023 - DAC (PDF - 179 K)
- March 24, 2023 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 189 K)
- March 13, 2023 - DAC (PDF - 199 K)
- February 24, 2023 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 154 K)
- February 2, 2023 - DAC (PDF - 285 K)
- January 27, 2023 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 125 K)
- January 9, 2023 - DAC (PDF - 263 K)
- December 12, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 176 K)
- December 9, 2022 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 193 K)
- November 18, 2022 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 136 K)
- November 7, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 223 K)
- November 4, 2022 - Holistic Data Review (PDF 184 K)
- October 28, 2022 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 144 K)
- October 14, 2022 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 138 K)
- October 3, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 189 K)
- September 23, 2022 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 113 K)
- September 12, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 141 K)
- September 9, 2022 - Holistic Data Review ( PDF - 119 K)
- September 7, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 184 K)
- August 26, 2022 - Holistic Data Review (PDF - 139 K)
- August 8, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 116 K)
- July 11, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 114 K)
- June 13, 2022 - DAC (PDF 120 K)
- May 9, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 129 K)
- April 13, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 208 K)
- March 7, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 273 K)
- February 14, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 147 K)
- January 10, 2022 - DAC (PDF - 117 K)
REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- December 2016 (PDF - 77 K)
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