Vascularized Composite Allograft Transplantation Committee
The Vascularized Composite Allograft Transplantation (VCA) Committee considers medical, scientific, and ethical aspects related to VCA allocation, procurement, distribution, and transplantation. The Committee considers both the broad implications and the specific member situations related to VCA issues and policies. The goals of the Committee's work are to improve access to VCA transplantation, to develop evidence-based policies for allocating VCAs, and to improve the health outcomes of VCA transplant recipients.
Current Projects
Review
Board approved and pending implementation
Implemented
- Update Guidance on Optimizing VCA Recovery
- Apply Transplant Notification Requirements for VCA Program Inactivation (9/2023)
- Modify Graft Failure Definition for VCA (9/2023)
- Establish Membership Requirements for Uterus Transplant Programs (12/2021)
- Programming VCA Allocation in UNet (9/2023)
- Update to VCA Transplant Outcomes Data Collection (9/2023)
- Eliminate the use of regions in VCA distribution (1/2019)
- Align VCA program membership requirements with other programs (1/2018)
- List covered body parts for VCA (1/2016)
- Membership Requirements for VCA Transplant Programs (1/2015)
Chair
- Dr. Sandra Amaral
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Vice Chair
- Dr. Vijay S Gorantla
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Liaison
- Kayla Balfour
- UNOS Employee
- kayla.balfour@unos.org
| Members | Organization | Position | End Term Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Berthiaume | University of Alabama Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2024 |
| Alexa Blood | Yale New Haven Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
| Dr. Amir Dorafshar | Rush University Medical Center | At Large | 3/10/2025 |
| Ms. Shannon M Dunne | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2024 |
| Amanda Gruendell | General Public Region 5 | At Large | 6/30/2024 |
| Dr. Joseph Hendrix | UT Southwestern Medical Center/William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
| Emily Howell | UNOS Employees | Support Staff - Comms | 6/30/2024 |
| Dr. Christina L Kaufman | Jewish Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
| Dr. Marilyn E Levi | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2024 |
| Todd Levy | General Public Region 2 | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
| Dr. Gregory J McKenna | Baylor University Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
| Dr. Paige Porrett | University of Alabama Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
| Dr. Richard J Redett | Johns Hopkins Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
| Dr. Elliott Richards | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
| Donald Rickelman | General Public Region 8 | At Large | 6/30/2024 |
| Elizabeth Shipman | Nevada Donor Network | At Large | 6/30/2024 |
| Charlie Thomas | General Public Region 5 | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
| Dr. Anji E Wall | Baylor University Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2025 |
| Gerald Scott Winder | General Public Region 10 | At Large | 6/30/2026 |
- March 3, 2024 - VCA (PDF - 181 K)
- January 24, 2024 - VCA (PDF - 143 K)
- November 15, 2023 - VCA (PDF - 132 K)
- September 22, 2023 - VCA (PDF 194 K)
- August 23, 2023 - VCA (PDF 118 K)
- July 26, 2023 - VCA (PDF 138 K)
- May 24, 2023 - VCA (PDF 174 K)
- April 24, 2023 - VCA (PDF 202 K)
- March 29, 2023 - VCA (PDF 179 K)
- February 22, 2023 - VCA (PDF - 151 K)
- December 14, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 202 K)
- November 16, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 143 K)
- October 26, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 177 K)
- October 11, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 229 K)
- August 15, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 167 K)
- July 27, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 106 K)
- June 21, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 143 K)
- May 11, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 116 K)
- April 6, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 258 K)
- March 9, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 178 K)
- February 9, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 167 K)
- January 12, 2022 - VCA (PDF - 177 K)
Reports to the Board of Directors
- June 2019: Eliminate the Use of Regions in VCA Distribution (PDF - 1 M)
- June 2016: List Covered Body Parts for VCA (PDF - 425 K)
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