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 | University of Chicago Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2024 |
Mr. Earnest J Davis | General Public Region 10 | Visiting Board Member | 6/30/2023 |
Ms. Shannon M Dunne | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2024 |
Dr. Michael G Ison | General Public Region 7 | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
Lauren E Kearns | University of North Carolina Hospitals | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
Dr. Macey L Levan | NYU Langone Health | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
Dr. Paul A MacLennan | University of Alabama Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
Dr. Krishnaraj Mahendraraj | General Public Region 5 | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
Mr. Bilal Mahmood | Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
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 |
Dr. Rachel E Patzer | Emory University Hospital | Ex Officio | 6/30/2023 |
Dr. Benjamin R Schleich | Hackensack University Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
Mr. Daniel L Stanton | Medical University of South Carolina | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
Dr. Farhan Zafar | General Public Region 10 | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
- 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)
- December 16, 2021 - Late Turndowns (PDF - 235 K)
- December 13, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 121 K)
- November 8, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 159 K)
- October 21, 2021 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 482 K)
- October 18, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 602 K)
- September 16, 2021 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 606 K)
- September 13, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 722 K)
- August 19, 2021 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 165 K)
- August 11, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 655 K)
- July 12, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 155 K)
- June 17, 2021 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 732 K)
- June 3, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 520 K)
- May 20, 2021 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 848 K)
- May 10, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 501 K)
- April 29, 2021 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 635 K)
- April 15, 2021 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 634 K)
- April 12, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 513 K)
- March 18, 2021 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 640 K)
- March 11, 2021 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 624 K)
- March 8, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 627 K)
- February 24, 2021 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 632 K)
- February 18, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 764 K)
- February 8, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 637 K)
- January 21, 2021 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 516 K)
- January 11, 2021 - DAC (PDF - 721 K)
- December 17, 2020 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 629 K)
- December 14, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 246 K)
- November 19, 2020 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 723 K)
- November 9, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 503 K)
- October 26, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 626 K)
- October 15, 2020 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 632 K)
- September 29, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 652 K)
- September 14, 2020 - Refusal Codes & Late Turndowns (PDF - 631 K)
- August 10, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 515 K)
- July 13, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 135 K)
- June 15, 2020 - DAC (PDF -154 K)
- May 11, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 520 K)
- April, 13, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 268 K)
- March 27, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 208 K)
- March 9, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 118 K)
- February 10, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 220 K)
- January 13, 2020 - DAC (PDF - 107 K)
- December 9, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 513 K)
- November 18, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 463 K)
- October 10, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 219 K)
- September 16, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 196 K)
- August 12, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 185 K)
- July 8, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 179 K)
- June 24, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 232 K)
- June 17, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 214 K)
- May 20, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 156 K)
- May 1, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 179 K)
- April 29, 2019 - DAC(PDF - 55 K)
- April 22, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 128 K)
- April 15, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 128 K)
- April 8, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 145 K)
- March 25, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 495 K)
- March 11, 2019 - DAC (PDF -268 K)
- February 25, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 125 K)
- February 11, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 623 K)
- January 28, 2019 - DAC (PDF - 93 K)
- December 13, 2018 - DAC (PDF - 106 K)
- March 22, 2018 - DAC (PDF - 551 K)
- December 21, 2017 - DAC (PDF - 474 K)
- November 8, 2017 - DAC (PDF - 605 K)
- September 19, 2017 - DAC (PDF - 488 K)
- May 11, 2017 - DAC (PDF - 503 K)
- October 6, 2016 - DAC (PDF - 28 K)
- February 17, 2016 - DAC (PDF - 630 K)
- January 20, 2016 - DAC (PDF - 81 K)
REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- December 2016 (PDF - 77 K)
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