Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

The Kidney Transplantation Committee is charged with considering medical, scientific, and ethical aspects related to kidney organ procurement, distribution, and allocation. The Committee considers both the broad implications and the specific member situations relating to kidney issues and policies. The goal of the committee's work is to develop evidence-based policies aimed at reducing the burden of renal disease in transplant patients (candidates and recipients), increasing kidney utilization, improving access to kidney transplantation as appropriate, and improving the health outcomes of kidney transplant recipients, fostering access to transplantation and good outcomes for patients (including waiting candidates and living donors) involved in kidney transplantation.

Current Projects

Public Comment

• Eliminate the use of DSAs and regions from kidney and pancreas distribution (1/22/2019 - 3/22/2019)

Review

• Deceased donor initiated KPD chains (7/2017)
• Dual Kidneys Concept Paper 201701 (1/2017)
• Improving en bloc kidney allocation 201701 (1/2017)

Board approved and pending implementation

• Improving en bloc kidney allocation 2 (7/2017)
• Improving dual kidney allocation (7/2017)
• Simultaneous liver kidney allocation
• Revise KPD priority points (8/2015)

Implemented

• Simultaneous liver-kidney allocation 2016 (1/2016)
• KAS clarifications (1/2016)
• Proposal to Convert KPD Contact Responsibilities and Donor Pre-Select Requirements from the OPTN/UNOS Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program Operational Guidelines into OPTN Policy (9/2014)
• Proposal for Informed Consent for Kidney Paired Donation (9/2014)

Chair

• Dr. Nicole A Turgeon
• Emory University Hospital

Vice Chair

• Dr. Vincent P Casingal
• Carolinas Medical Center

Liaison

• Tina M Rhoades
• UNOS Employees
• Tina.Rhoades@unos.org

• • Members
  • Organization
• • Dr. Robert A Bray
  • HLA Laboratory at Emory University
• • Mr. Paul T Conway
  • General Public Region 11
• • Dr. Dev M Desai
  • Children's Medical Center of Dallas
• • Ms. Shannon M Dunne
  • Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting
• • Dr. Truman (Mark) M Earl
  • University of Mississippi Medical Center
• • Mr. Joseph M Ferreira
  • Nevada Donor Network
• • Dr. Stephen R Guy
  • Hahnemann University Hospital
• • Valinda L Jones
  • General Public Region 3
• • Dr. Mary T Killackey
  • Tulane Medical Center
• • Mrs. Lisa N Matthias
  • Henrico Doctors' Hospital
• • Dr. Deepak Mital
  • Advocate Christ Medical Center
• • Dr. Ernesto P Molmenti
  • North Shore University Hospital/Northwell Health
• • Dr. Martha Pavlakis
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• • Dr. Vinaya Rao
  • Medical University of South Carolina
• • Dr. Fuad S Shihab
  • University of Utah Medical Center
• • Dr. Julia M Steinke
  • Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
• • Dr. Andrew S Weiss
  • Virginia Mason Medical Center
• • Dr. Jason R Wellen
  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Meeting Summaries

• January 28, 2019 (PDF - 245 K)
• December 19, 2018 (PDF - 172 K)
• November 19, 2018 (PDF - 76 K)
• October 15, 2018 (PDF - 131 K)
• September 24, 2018 (PDF - 221 K)
• July 2018 (PDF - 85 K)
• May 2018 (PDF - 75 K)
• April 2018 (PDF - 171 K)
• March 2018 (PDF - 577 K)
• February 2018 (PDF - 34 K)
• January 2018 (PDF - 565 K)
• October 2017 (PDF - 554 K)
• September 2017 (PDF - 483 K)
• August 2017 (PDF - 488 K)
• July 2017 (PDF - 530 K)
• June 2017 (PDF - 479 K)
• May 2017 (PDF - 154 K)
• April 2017 (PDF - 525 K)
• March 2017 (PDF - 84 K)
• February 2017 (PDF - 488 K)
• December 2016 (PDF - 342 K)
• November 2016 (PDF - 516 K)
• October 2016 (PDF - 50 K)
• September 2016 (PDF - 515 K)
• August 2016 (PDF - 518 K)
• July 2016 (PDF - 24 K)
• June 20, 2016 (PDF - 503 K)
• June 1, 2016 (PDF - 475 K)
• May 2016 (PDF - 580 K)
• April 2016 (PDF - 652 K)
• March 2016 (PDF - 610 K)
• February 2016 (PDF - 538 K)
• January 2016 (PDF - 97 K)

Reports to the Board of Directors

• June 2017: En bloc kidney allocation (PDF - 617 K)
• June 2016: KAS clarifications (PDF - 443 K)
• June 2016: Simultaneous liver kidney allocation (PDF - 729 K)

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