Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Kidney Committee

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

Implemented

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 (11/2019)
Improving en bloc kidney allocation 2 (7/2017)
Improving dual kidney allocation (7/2017)
Simultaneous liver-kidney allocation 2016 (1/2016)
Proposal for Informed Consent for Kidney Paired Donation (9/2014)

Chair

Dr. Martha Pavlakis
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Vice Chair

Dr. Jim Kim
Keck Hospital of USC

Liaison

Lindsay V Larkin
UNOS Employees
lindsay.larkin@unos.org

Members	Organization	Position	End Term Date
Dr. Sanjeev K Akkina	Loyola University Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2024
Dr. P. Stephen Almond	Driscoll Children's Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2024
Dr. Arpita Basu	Emory University Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. James S Bowman	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2023
Dr. Vincent P Casingal	Carolinas Medical Center	Ex Officio	6/30/2022
Ms. Marian B Charlton	Hackensack University Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2024
Ms. Marilee Clites	Research Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2023
Beatrice Concepcion	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Regional Rep.	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
Caroline C Jadlowiec	Mayo Clinic Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2024
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. Peter N Lalli	Immunology Laboratory at Carolinas Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2023
Ms. Precious McCowan	General Public Region 4	At Large	6/30/2023
Dr. Deirdre L Sawinski	New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center	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. Nidyanandh Vadivel	Swedish Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2024

Meeting Summaries

September 20, 2021 KPD Workgroup (PDF - 552 K)
September 20, 2021 Kidney (PDF - 592 K)
September 17, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 613 K)
September 14, 2021 Kidney Biopsy Best Practices Workgroup (PDF - 617 K)
August 23, 2021 Kidney Biopsy Best Practices Workgroup (PDF - 521 K)
August 20, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 540 K)
August 16, 2021 Kidney (PDF - 513 K)
August 9, 2021 Kidney Medical Urgency Review Subcommittee (PDF - 448 K)
August 3, 2021 Kidney Biopsy Best Practices Workgroup (PDF - 134 K)
July 30, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 124 K)
July 27, 2021 Kidney Paired Donation Workgroup (PDF - 458 K)
July 19, 2021 Kidney (PDF - 524 K)
July 16, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 530 K)
June 28, 2021 Kidney Biopsy Best Practices Workgroup (PDF - 530 K)
June 21, 2021 Kidney (PDF - 515 K)
May 24, 2021 Kidney Biopsy Best Practices Workgroup (PDF - 620 K)
May 21, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 614 K)
May 17, 2021 Kidney (PDF - 519 K)
April 23, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 686 K)
April 20, 2021 Kidney Biopsy Best Practices Workgroup (PDF - 517 K)
April 14, 2021 Kidney (PDF - 557 K)
March 26, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 518 K)
March 22, 2021 Kidney Biopsy Best Practices Workgroup (PDF - 607 K)
March 15, 2021 Kidney (PDF - 637 K)
March 12, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 542 K)
February 26, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 624 K)
February 22, 2021 Kidney (PDF - 525 K)
February 22, 2021 Kidney Biopsy Best Practices Workgroup (PDF - 510 K)
February 12, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 641 K)
January 29, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution 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 Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 162 K)
December 21, 2020 Kidney (PDF - 509 K)
December 18, 2020 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 617 K)
December 17, 2020 Kidney Biopsy Best Practices Workgroup (PDF - 634 K)
December 4, 2020 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution 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 Distribution 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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