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
- Mr. Barry S Friedman
- AdventHealth Orlando
Vice Chair
- Dr. Pramod Bonde
- General Public Region 1
Liaison
- Mr. Robert A Hunter
- UNOS Employees
- robert.hunter@unos.org
Members | Organization | Position | End Term Date |
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Ms. Vanessa Arriola | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2021 |
Dr. James S Bowman | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2021 |
Ms. Sylvia R Gonzalez | Keck Hospital of USC | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
Dr. Kishore R Iyer | Mount Sinai Medical Center | Ex Officio | 6/30/2021 |
Anne Lacey | General Public Region 5 | At Large | 6/30/2022 |
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 |
Dr. Peter G Stock | University of California San Francisco Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
Mrs. Min Zhou | North Shore University Hospital/Northwell Health | At Large | 6/30/2022 |
Meeting Summaries
- December 17, 2020 - AHIRC (PDF -114 K)
- November 19, 2020 (PDF - 235 K)
- October 22, 2020 (PDF- 206 K)
- September 8, 2020 - AHIRC Summary (PDF - 540 K)
- May 12, 2020 (PDF - 540 K)
- April 13, 2020 (PDF - 114 K)
- 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 2019: IRC Annual report summary (PDF - 266 K)
- 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)
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