Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

The Ad Hoc International Relations Committee considers issues related to organs and patients that enter the U.S., or leave the U.S. for transplant. It reviews emerging issues related to U.S. candidates who seek transplants in other countries, and it considers the medical, scientific, and ethical aspects of transplanting non-resident aliens. 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

• Peter Sokol
• UNOS Employees
• pete.sokol@unos.org

• • Members
  • Organization
• • Dr. Pramod Bonde
  • Yale New Haven Hospital
• • Dr. James S Bowman
  • Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting
• • Ms. Susan Gunderson
  • LifeSource Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization
• • Ms Lisa Hinsdale
  • Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network
• • Dr. J. Michael Millis
  • University of Chicago Medical Center
• • Dr. Jorge D Reyes
  • University of Washington Medical Center
• • Mr. Craig Van De Walker
  • Pacific Northwest Transplant Bank

Meeting Summaries

• May 7, 2019 (PDF - 172 K)
• April 18, 2019 (PDF - 149 K)
• October 9, 2018 (PDF - 105 K)
• May 2018 (PDF - 571 K)
• March 2018 (PDF - 547 K)
• February 2018 (PDF - 561 K)
• December 2017 (PDF - 491 K)
• October 2017 (PDF - 508 K)
• May 2017 (PDF - 509 K)
• February 2017 (PDF - 553 K)
• November 2016 (PDF - 163 K)
• April 2016 (PDF - 79 K)

Reports to the board of directors

• June 2018: IRC Annual report summary (PDF - 275 K)
• June 2017: IRC Annual report summary (PDF - 235 K)
• June 2016: IRC Annual report summary (PDF - 35 K)

Looking for something else? Contact us at unoscommunications@unos.org or (804) 782-4800. We maintain an archive of historical OPTN documents.