International Relations Committee

The Ad Hoc International Relations Committee reviews emerging issues and pertinent topics related to non-U.S. citizen/non-U.S. resident patients that enter the United States for transplant and U.S. candidates who seek transplants in other countries. The Committee considers the medical, scientific, and ethical aspects of transplanting non-U.S. citizens/non-U.S. residents. The Committee considers the broad implications of such issues and may review specific individual issues or situations.

Current Projects

Chair

Dr. Kishore R Iyer
Mount Sinai Medical Center

Vice Chair

Mr. Barry S Friedman
AdventHealth Orlando

Liaison

Mr. Robert A Hunter
UNOS Employees
robert.hunter@unos.org

Members	Organization	Position	End Term Date
Dr. Pramod Bonde	General Public Region 1	At Large	6/30/2020
Dr. James S Bowman	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Ms. Susan Gunderson	LifeSource Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization	Ex Officio	6/30/2020
S Kuramoto-Crawford	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Anne Lacey	General Public Region 5	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Marilyn E Levi	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Mr. Howard M Nathan	Gift of Life Donor Program	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Prakash N Rao	New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network Transplant Laboratory	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Samy M Riad	University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview	At Large	6/30/2022
Mr. Robert W Walsh	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Mrs. Min Zhou	North Shore University Hospital/Northwell Health	At Large	6/30/2022