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.
Featured reports
Two new kidney policy monitoring reports available (9/18/2024)
Deceased kidney donors recovered increase six-months post-implementation minimum donor criteria for kidney biopsies (12/19/2023)
Current Projects
Review
- Continuous Distribution of Kidneys, Winter 2025
- Continuous Distribution of Kidneys Update, Summer 2024
- Continuous Distribution of Kidneys and Pancreata Update
- Efficiency and Utilization in Kidney and Pancreas Continuous Distribution Request for Feedback
- Continuous Distribution of Kidneys and Pancreata Committee Update
- Continuous Distribution of Kidneys & Pancreata Request for Feedback
- Update on Continuous Distribution of Kidneys and Pancreata
- Reassess Inclusion of Race in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) Equation
- Deceased donor initiated KPD chains (7/2017)
Board approved and pending implementation
Implemented
- Update Kidney Paired Donation Policy
- Modify Waiting Time for Candidates Affected by Race-Inclusive Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) Calculations (1/2023)
- Establish Minimum Kidney Donor Criteria to Require Biopsy
- Standardize Kidney Biopsy Reporting and Data Collection (9/2023)
- Distribution of Kidneys and Pancreata from Alaska (12/2019)
- Establish OPTN Requirement for Race- Neutral eGFR Calculations
- Addressing Medically Urgent Candidates in New Kidney Allocation Policy (12/2019)
- Eliminate the use of DSA and Region in kidney allocation policy (11/2019)
- Improving en bloc kidney allocation 2 (7/2017)
- Improving dual kidney allocation (7/2017)
- Simultaneous liver-kidney allocation 2016 (1/2016)
- Proposal for Informed Consent for Kidney Paired Donation (9/2014)
Chair
- Dr. Jim Kim
- Keck Hospital of USC
Vice Chair
- Dr. Arpita Basu
- Emory University Hospital
Liaison
- Kaitlin Swanner
- UNOS Employee
- kaitlin.swanner@unos.org
| Members | Organization | Position | End Term Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristen M Adams | General Public Region 7 | Region 7 Representative | 6/30/2026 |
| Prince Anand | Medical University of South Carolina | At Large | 6/30/2027 |
| Toni Bowling | Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2027 |
| Ms. Leigh Ann Burgess | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital | Region 11 Representative | 6/30/2026 |
| Dr. Jesse L Cox | Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at The Nebraska Medical Center | Region 8 Representative | 6/30/2026 |
| Patrick O Gee | General Public Region 2 | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
| Ms. Tania A Houle | Legacy of Hope | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
| Dr. Christine S Hwang | Parkland Health and Hospital System | Region 4 Representative | 6/30/2027 |
| Dr. John G Lunz | LifeLink Transplantation Immunology Laboratory | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
| Dr. Marc Melcher | Stanford Health Care | Region 5 Representative | 6/30/2027 |
| Dr. Jason A Rolls | Christiana Care Health Services | Region 2 Representative | 6/30/2026 |
| Dr. Reza F Saidi | State University of New York Upstate Medical University | Region 9 Representative | 6/30/2026 |
| Eloise Salmon | University of Michigan Medical Center | Region 10 Representative | 6/30/2026 |
| Dr. Chandrasekar Santhanakrishnan | Swedish Medical Center | Region 6 Representative | 6/30/2026 |
| Aparna Sharma | General Public Region 3 | Region 3 Representative | 6/30/2026 |
| Dr. Charles V Strom | New England Organ Bank | Region 1 Representative | 6/30/2026 |
| Curtis Warfield | General Public Region 10 | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
- May 12, Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 178 K)
- April 21, 2025 Kidney (PDF - 191 K)
- April 21, 2025 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 176 K)
- March 24, 2025 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 171 K)
- March 18, 2025 Kidney (PDF - 179 K)
- March 10, 2025 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 254 K)
- March 3, 2025 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 147 K)
- February 10, 2025 Kidney (PDF - 155 K)
- January 13, 2025 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 154 K)
- December 16, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 143 K)
- December 9, 2024 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 186 K)
- November 18, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 242 K)
- November 4, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 148 K)
- November 4, 2024 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 164 K)
- October 28, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 179 K)
- October 8, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 341 K)
- September 16, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 198 K)
- August 26, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 185 K)
- August 19, 2024 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 149 K)
- August 12, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 140 K)
- August 5, 2024 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 142 K)
- July 22, 2024 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 148 K)
- July 15, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 184 K)
- July 8, 2024 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 172 K)
- June 24, 2024 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 166 K)
- June 10, 2024 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 190 K)
- June 10, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 169 K)
- May 29, 2024 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 164 K)
- May 20, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 209 K)
- May 13, 2024 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 198 K)
- April 29, 2024 Expedited Placement Workgroup (PDF - 172 K)
- April 15, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 218 K)
- March 18, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 191 K)
- February 21, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 403 K)
- January 19, 2024 Kidney (PDF - 162 K)
- December 18, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 120 K)
- November 20, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 195 K)
- October 11, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 1763 K)
- September 18, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 157 K)
- August 25, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution (PDF - 239 K)
- August 21, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 219 K)
- August 14, 2023 Kidney Medical Urgency Workgroup (PDF - 164 K)
- August 11, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution (PDF - 179 K)
- July 31, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 127 K)
- July 28, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution (PDF - 186 K)
- July 17, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 188 K)
- July 14, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution (PDF - 220 K)
- June 23, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 184 K)
- June 22, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 139 K)
- June 13, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Review Boards (PDF - 183 K)
- May 26, 2023 Kidney Medical Urgency Workgroup (PDF - 223 K)
- May 23, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 230 K)
- May 22, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Review Boards Workgroup (PDF - 159 K)
- May 18, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 182 K)
- May 9, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Review Boards Workgroup (PDF - 162 K)
- May 8, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution (PDF - 155 K)
- April 25, 2023 Kidney Medical Urgency Workgroup (PDF - 165 K)
- April 25, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Review Boards (PDF - 153 K)
- April 24, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 185 K)
- April 18, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 332 K)
- April 17, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 144 K)
- April 11, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Review Boards Workgroup (PDF - 179 K)
- April 10, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 146 K)
- April 4, 2023 Kidney Paired Donation (PDF - 201 K)
- April 3, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 180 K)
- March 28, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Review Boards Workgroup (PDF - 154 K)
- March 14, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Review Boards Workgroup (PDF - 150 K)
- March 14, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 333 K)
- March 13, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 169 K)
- February 28, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Review Boards Workgroup (PDF - 122 K)
- February 27, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 177 K)
- February 27, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 151 K)
- February 14, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Review Boards Workgroup (PDF - 116 K)
- February 13, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 153 K)
- February 8, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 165 K)
- February 6, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 125 K)
- January 27, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 194 K)
- January 25, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 199 K)
- January 24, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Review Boards Workgroup (PDF - 152 K)
- January 20, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 121 K)
- January 17, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 114 K)
- January 11, 2023 Utilization Considerations of Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 164 K)
- January 10, 2023 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Review Boards Workgroup (PDF - 141 K)
- January 9, 2023 Kidney (PDF - 150 K)
Reports to the Board of Directors
- June 2019: Kidney/Pancreas Workgroup Report (PDF - 496 K)
- June 2017: En Bloc Kidney Allocation (PDF - 617 K)
- June 2016: KAS Clarifications (PDF - 443 K)
- June 2016: Simultaneous Liver Kidney Allocation (PDF - 729 K)
For historical versions of OPTN documents, please contact PCRACRequest@unos.org.