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

Chair

Dr. Vincent P Casingal
Carolinas Medical Center

Vice Chair

Dr. Martha Pavlakis
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Liaison

Scott Castro
UNOS Employees
scott.castro@unos.org

Liaison

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

Members	Organization	Position	End Term Date
Dr. James S Bowman	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Dr. Dev M Desai	Children's Medical Center of Dallas	Regional Rep.	6/30/2021
Ms. Shannon M Dunne	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Dr. Truman (Mark) M Earl	University of Mississippi Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2020
Dr. Amy R Evenson	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Mr. Joseph M Ferreira	Nevada Donor Network	At Large	6/30/2020
Dr. Macey L Henderson	Johns Hopkins Hospital	Visiting Board Member	6/30/2021
Valinda L Jones	General Public Region 3	At Large	6/30/2020
Dr. Peter T Kennealey	University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Mary T Killackey	Tulane Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2020
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. Adriana Martinez	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2022
Mrs. Lisa N Matthias	Henrico Doctors' Hospital	At Large	6/30/2020
Dr. Deepak Mital	Advocate Christ Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2020
Dr. Ernesto P Molmenti	North Shore University Hospital/Northwell Health	Regional Rep.	6/30/2020
Dr. Cathi L Murphey	Southwest Immunodiagnostics	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Vinaya Rao	Medical University of South Carolina	Regional Rep.	6/30/2020
Dr. Deirdre L Sawinski	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Ms. Erica Simonich	Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Ms. Raelene Skerda	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Dr. Julia M Steinke	Helen DeVos Children's Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2020
Ms. Shannon B Taitt	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Dr. Nicole A Turgeon	General Public Region 3	Ex Officio	6/30/2020
Dr. Andrew S Weiss	Virginia Mason Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2021

Meeting Summaries

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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