U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
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.
Current Projects
Review
- Eliminate the use of DSAs and regions from kidney and pancreas distribution (1/2019)
- 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
- Distribution of Kidneys and Pancreata from Alaska (12/2019)
- Addressing Medically Urgent Candidates in New Kidney Allocation Policy (12/2019)
- Eliminate the use of DSA and Region in kidney allocation policy (12/2019)
- Simultaneous liver kidney allocation
- Revise KPD priority points (8/2015)
Implemented
- Improving en bloc kidney allocation 2 (7/2017)
- Improving dual kidney allocation (7/2017)
- 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. Vincent P Casingal
- Carolinas Medical Center
Vice Chair
- Dr. Martha Pavlakis
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Liaison
- Lindsay V Larkin
- UNOS Employees
- lindsay.larkin@unos.org
| Members | Organization | Position | End Term Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Arpita Basu | Emory University Hospital | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2023 |
| Dr. James S Bowman | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2021 |
| Ms. Marilee Clites | Research Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
| Beatrice Concepcion | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2023 |
| Dr. Dev M Desai | Children's Medical Center of Dallas | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2021 |
| Dr. Alejandro Diez | Ohio State University Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
| Dr. Amy R Evenson | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2022 |
| Dr. Elliot I Grodstein | North Shore University Hospital/Northwell Health | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2023 |
| Ms. Julie R Kemink | LifeSource Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2023 |
| Dr. Peter T Kennealey | University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2022 |
| Dr. Jim Kim | Keck Hospital of USC | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2022 |
| Dr. Marilyn E Levi | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2021 |
| Ms. Precious McCowan | General Public Region 4 | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
| Dr. Cathi L Murphey | Southwest Immunodiagnostics | At Large | 6/30/2022 |
| Dr. Deirdre L Sawinski | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2022 |
| Dr. Asif A Sharfuddin | Indiana University Health | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2023 |
| Ms. Erica Simonich | Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2022 |
| Dr. Andrew S Weiss | Virginia Mason Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2021 |
Meeting Summaries
- January 29, 2021 Kidney Pancreas Continuous Workgroup (PDF - 156 K)
- January 25, 2021 Kidney (PDF - 527 K)
- January 25, 2021 Kidney Biopsy Best Practices Workgroup (PDF - 516 K)
- January 15, 2021 Kidney Pancreas Continuous Workgroup (PDF - 162 K)
- December 21, 2020 Kidney (PDF - 509 K)
- December 18, 2020 Kidney Pancreas Continuous Workgroup (PDF - 617 K)
- December 17, 2020 Kidney Biopsy Best Practices Workgroup (PDF - 634 K)
- December 4, 2020 Kidney Pancreas Continuous Workgroup (PDF - 663 K)
- November 16, 2020 Kidney (PDF - 629 K)
- November 6, 2020 Kidney Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 591 K)
- October 23, 2020 Kidney Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 628 K)
- October 16, 2020 Kidney (PDF - 518 K)
- October 9, 2020 Kidney Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 613 K)
- September 25, 2020 Kidney Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 618 K)
- September 21, 2020 Kidney (PDF - 527 K)
- September 14, 2020 Kidney-Pediatric Workgroup (PDF - 507 K)
- September 11, 2020 Kidney Pancreas Continuous Workgroup (PDF - 550 K)
- August 17, 2020 Kidney (PDF - 612 K)
- August 10, 2020 Kidney-Pediatric Workgroup (PDF - 450 K)
- July 20, 2020 Kidney (PDF - 547 K)
- July 14, 2020 - Kidney-Pediatric Workgroup (PDF - 360K)
- June 15, 2020-Kidney (PDF - 119 K)
- May 18, 2020 (PDF - 450 K)
- April 22, 2020 (PDF - 203 K)
- April 20, 2020 (PDF - 470 K)
- April 2, 2020 (PDF - 235 K)
- March 20, 2020 (PDF - 430 K)
- March 16, 2020 (PDF - 455 K)
- February 24, 2020 (PDF - 187 K)
- January 27, 2020 (PDF - 207 K)
- January 7, 2020 (PDF - 532 K)
- December 16, 2019 (PDF - 117 K)
- December 9, 2019 (PDF - 522 K)
- November 26, 2019 (PDF - 234 K)
- November 25, 2019 (PDF - 185 K)
- November 18, 2019 (PDF - 482 K)
- November 18, 2019 (PDF - 200 K)
- November 15, 2019 (PDF - 583 K)
- October 21, 2019 (PDF - 1567 KB)
- October 18, 2019 (PDF - 662 KB)
- October 7, 2019 (PDF - 530 KB)
- September 16, 2019 (PDF - 501 KB)
- August 19, 2019 (PDF - 666 KB)
- July 15, 2019 (PDF - 626 KB)
- July 11, 2019 (PDF - 614 KB)
- July 8, 2019 (PDF - 614 KB)
- June 26, 2019 (PDF - 218 KB)
- June 25, 2019 (PDF - 664 KB)
- June 17, 2019 (PDF - 224 KB)
- May 29, 2019 (PDF - 660 KB)
- May 20, 2019 (PDF - 211 K)
- April 15, 2019 (PDF - 113 K)
- March 28, 2019 (PDF - 141 KB)
- March 25, 2019 (PDF - 198 K)
- March 22, 2019 (PDF - 115 KB)
- March 19, 2019 (PDF - 82 KB)
- March 5, 2019 (PDF - 123 KB)
- February 6, 2019 (PDF - 61 KB)
- January 28, 2019 (PDF - 245 K)
- December 19, 2018 (PDF - 172 K)
- December 17, 2018 (PDF - 21KB)
- December 14, 2018 (PDF - 23 K)
- December 10, 2018 (PDF - 127 K)
- November 19, 2018 (PDF - 76 K)
- October 15, 2018 (PDF - 131 K)
- September 24, 2018 (PDF - 221 K)
- August 28, 2018 (PDF - 117 K)
- August 21, 2018 (PDF - 119 K)
- August 14, 2018 (PDF - 114 K)
- August 7, 2018 (PDF 119K)
- July 31, 2018 (110 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 2019: Kidney/Pancreas workgroup report (PDF - 496 K)
- 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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