Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Heart Transplantation Committee

The Heart Transplantation Committee considers issues relating to heart procurement, allocation, and transplantation, including medical, scientific, and ethical aspects. The committee also considers the broad implications of such issues and deals with specific individual issues or situations. The goal of the committee’s work is to develop evidence-based policies aimed at reducing waitlist mortality in heart transplant candidates, increasing heart utilization, improving access to heart transplantation, and improving the health outcomes of heart transplant recipients.

Featured report

Monitoring heart allocation policy changes (PDF - 3.5KB; 3/2020)

Current Projects

Review

Implemented

Chair

Dr. Shelley A Hall
Baylor University Medical Center

Vice Chair

Dr. Richard C Daly
Rochester Methodist Hospital (Mayo Clinic)

Liaison

Eric Messick
UNOS Employees
Eric.Messick@unos.org

Members	Organization	Position	End Term Date
Dr. Tariq Ahmad	Yale New Haven Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2024
Dr. Amrut Ambardekar	University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2024
Dr. David A Baran	Sentara Norfolk General Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. James S Bowman	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2023
Ms. Jennifer Carapellucci	Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital	At Large	6/30/2024
Dr. Hannah Copeland	Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne	At Large	6/30/2023
Dr. Jose P Garcia	Indiana University Health	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Steven Kelban	General Public Region 9	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Arun Krishnamoorthy	Piedmont Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Michael D Kwan	Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Marilyn E Levi	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2023
Dr. Cindy M Martin	University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Jondavid Menteer	Childrens Hospital Los Angeles	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. Nader Moazami	NYU Langone Health	Regional Rep.	6/30/2024
Ms. Kelly Newlin	University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview	At Large	6/30/2023
Dr. Jonah Odim	General Public Region 2	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Adam K Schneider	UW Health Organ and Tissue Donation	At Large	6/30/2023
Fawwaz R Shaw	Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston	At Large	6/30/2024
Dr. M. Cristina Smith	Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2024

Meeting Summaries

October 19, 2021 Heart Committee (PDF - 199 K)
September 21, 2021 Heart Committee (PDF - 252 K)
September 17, 2021 Heart Pediatric Heart Workgroup for ABOi Offers (PDF - 196 K)
August 17, 2021 Heart Committee (PDF - 173 K)
July 28, 2021 Heart Pediatric Heart Workgroup for ABOi Offers (PDF - 205 K)
July 20, 2021 Heart Committee (PDF - 147 K)
June 15, 2021 Heart Committee (PDF - 183 K)
June 11, 2021 Heart Pediatric Heart Workgroup for ABOi Offers (PDF - 145)
June 9, 2021 Heart Primary Graft Dysfunction Subcomm (PDF - 149 K)
June 8, 2021 Heart Status Extension Subcomm (PDF - 147 K)
May 18, 2021 Heart Committee (PDF - 246 K)
April 20, 2021 Heart Committee (PDF - 268 K)
March 23, 2021 Heart Primary Graft Dysfunction (PDF - 245)
March 16, 2021 Heart Committee (PDF - 242 K)
March 9, 2021 Heart Status Extension Subcomm (PDF - 278 K)
February 22, 2021 Heart Primary Graft Dysfunction Subcomm (PDF - 270)
February 16, 2021 Heart Committee (PDF - 272 K)
February 10, 2021 Heart Status Extension Subcomm (PDF - 278)
January 28, 2021 Heart Primary Graft Dysfunction Subcomm (PDF - 264 K)
January 20, 2021 Heart Status Extension Subcommittee (PDF - 248 K)
January 19, 2021 Heart Committee (PDF - 247 K)
December 18, 2020 Heart Status Extension Subcommittee (PDF - 633 K)
December 17, 2020 Heart Primary Graft Dysfunction Subcomm (PDF - 622 K)
December 1, 2020 Heart Status Extension Subcommittee (PDF - 311 K)
November 30, 2020 Heart Primary Graft Dysfunction Subcomm (PDF - 240 K)
November 17, 2020 Heart Committee (PDF - 260 K)
November 6, 2020 Heart Primary Graft Dysfunction Subcomm (PDF - 215 K)
October 29, 2020 Heart Committee (PDF - 315 K)
October 27, 2020 Heart Pediatric Heart Workgroup (PDF - 234 K)
October 19, 2020 Heart Primary Graft Dysfunction Subcomm (PDF - 249 K)
October 14, 2020 Heart Primary Graft Dysfunction Subcomm (PDF - 220 K)
September 22, 2020 Heart Pediatric WG (PDF 727 K)
September 15, 2020 Heart Committee (PDF - 318 K)
September 8, 2020 Heart Committee (PDF - 294)
August 18, 2020 Heart Committee (PDF - 280)
July 21, 2020 Heart (PDF 768 K)

Past projects from the Thoracic committee expandable content

Board approved and pending implementation

National Heart Review Board for Pediatrics (12/2019)
Adult heart allocation changes 2016 (1/2016)

Implemented

Eliminate the use of DSAs in thoracic distribution (1/2019)
Review board guidance on HCM and RCM exceptions (1/2018)
Guidance on congenital heart disease exception requests (7/2017)
Modify adult heart allocation 2016 2nd round (8/2016)

Past meeting summaries from the Thoracic Committee expandable content

June 25, 2020 (PDF - 221 K)
May 28, 2020 (PDF - 145 K)
May 26, 2020 (PDF - 144 K)
May 21, 2020 (PDF - 242 K)
May 14, 2020 (PDF - 227 K)
April 29, 2020 (PDF - 144 K)
April 23, 2020 (PDF - 209 K)
April 17, 2020 (PDF - 450 K)
April 16, 2020 (PDF - 220 K)
April 9, 2020 (PDF - 355 K)
April 7, 2020 (PDF - 250 K)
March 26, 2020 (PDF - 198 K)
March 12, 2020 (PDF - 282 K)
March 11, 2020 (PDF - 197 K)
February 27, 2020 (PDF - 192 KB)
February 25, 2020 (PDF - 282 KB)
February 20, 2020 (PDF - 528 K)
February 13, 2020 (PDF - 628 K)
January 28, 2020 (PDF - 2019 K)
January 23, 2020 (PDF - 192 K)
January 16, 2020 (PDF - 110 K)
January 15, 2020 (PDF - 587 K)
January 9, 2020 (PDF - 194 K)
January 8, 2020 (PDF - 193 K)
December 19, 2019 (PDF - 142 K)
December 12, 2019 (PDF - 191 K)
December 11, 2019 (PDF - 217 K)
December 5, 2019 (PDF - 187 K)
November 21, 2019 (PDF - 196 K)
November 20, 2019 (PDF - 195 K)
November 14, 2019 (PDF - 511 K)
November 13, 2019 (PDF - 232 K)
October 24, 2019 (PDF - 188 K)
October 22, 2019 (PDF - 188 K)
October 17, 2019 (PDF - 265 K)
October 10, 2019 (PDF - 187 K)
September 26, 2019 (PDF - 146 K)
September 24, 2019 (PDF - 191 K)
September 19, 2019 (PDF - 199 K)
September 12, 2019 (PDF - 193 K)
August 29, 2019 (PDF - 148 K)
August 15, 2019 (PDF - 194 K)
August 8, 2019 (PDF - 187 K)
July 25, 2019 (PDF - 773 K)
July 18,2019 (PDF - 196 K)
July 11, 2019 (PDF - 195 K)
June 27, 2019 (PDF - 217 K)
June 20, 2019 (PDF - 185 K)
June 13, 2019 (PDF - 189 K)
May 30, 2019 (PDF - 151 K)
May 16, 2019 (PDF - 182 K)
May 9, 2019 (PDF - 173 K)
April 17, 2019 (PDF - 198K)
January 31, 2019 (PDF - 74K)
November 29, 2018 (PDF - 127 K)
November 1, 2018 (PDF - 306 K)
September 27, 2018 (PDF - 77 K)
September 13, 2018 (PDF - 69 K)
August 30, 2018 (PDF - 160 K)
August 23, 2018 (PDF - 273 K)
August 16, 2018 (PDF - 666 K)
August 9, 2018 (PDF - 74 K)
July 26, 2018 (PDF - 184 K)
July 19, 2018 (PDF - 142 K)
June 2018 (PDF - 80 K)
April 26, 2018 (PDF - 85 K)
April 19, 2018 (PDF - 104 K)
March 2018 (PDF - 80 K)
February 2018 (PDF - 553 K)
January 2018 (PDF - 582 K)
December 28, 2017 (PDF - 568 K)
December 21, 2017 (PDF - 474 K)
December 14, 2017 (PDF - 476 K)
December 7, 2017 (PDF - 572 K)
November 2017 (PDF - 474 K)
October 2017 (PDF - 553K)
June 2017 (PDF - 499 K)
March 2017 (PDF - 576 K)
October 27, 2016 (PDF - 164 K)
October 13, 2016 (PDF - 179 K)
August 2016 (PDF - 108 K)
June 2016 (PDF - 23 K)
April 2016 (PDF - 557 K)
March 2016 (PDF - 84 K)
January 2016 (PDF - 84 K)

Report to the board of directors

June 2019: Eliminate the use of DSAs in thoracic organ distribution (PDF - 1.5 M)
December 2016 (PDF - 1.2 MB)

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