Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Lung Transplantation Committee

The Lung Transplantation Committee considers issues relating to lung procurement, allocation, and transplantation, including medical, scientific, and ethical aspects. The committee also considers the broad implications of such issues and deals with specific individual issues or situations. The goal of the committee’s work is to develop evidence-based policies aimed at reducing waitlist mortality in lung transplant candidates, increasing lung utilization, improving access to lung transplantation, and improving the health outcomes of lung transplant recipients.

Featured report

Monitoring lung allocation policy changes (PDF - 2.0KB; 3/2020)

Current Projects

Review

Implemented

Refine Lung Data Fields (9/2021)
Incorporating COVID-19 Related Organ Failure In Candidate Listings (10/2020)
Updated Cohort for Calculation of the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) (9/2021)
Eliminate the use of DSAs in thoracic distribution (1/2019)
Modify lung TRF to improve post transplant lung function data (1/2018)
Modifications to the distribution of deceased donor lungs (11/2017)

Chair

Dr. Erika D Lease
University of Washington Medical Center

Vice Chair

Dr. Marie Budev
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Liaison

Elizabeth C Miller
UNOS Employees
Elizabeth.Miller@unos.org

Members	Organization	Position	End Term Date
Ms. Laurel Avery	General Public Region 11	Visiting Board Member	6/30/2022
Dr. James S Bowman	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2023
Dr. Anne Whitney W Brown	Inova Fairfax Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Errol L Bush	Johns Hopkins Hospital	At Large	6/30/2024
Ms. Staci Carter	Ohio State University Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2022
Ms. Mindy M Dison	Mayo Clinic Florida	Visiting Board Member	6/30/2022
Dr. Cynthia J Gries	AdventHealth Orlando	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. Soma S Jyothula	Memorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas at Houston	Regional Rep.	6/30/2024
Dr. Julia Klesney-Tait	University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Transplant Programs	Regional Rep.	6/30/2024
Dr. Jasleen Kukreja	University of California San Francisco Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Marilyn E Levi	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2023
Ms. Karen E Lord	New England Organ Bank	At Large	6/30/2024
Dr. Dennis M Lyu	University of Michigan Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Daniel P McCarthy	University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Michael S Mulligan	University of Washington Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. John M Reynolds	Duke University Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. Pablo G Sanchez	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2024
Dr. Marc G Schecter	UF Health Shands Hospital	At Large	6/30/2023
Dr. Scott A Scheinin	Mount Sinai Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2024
Dr. Nirmal S Sharma	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Ms. Kelly M Willenberg	General Public Region 11	At Large	6/30/2023

Meeting Summaries

September 16, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 147 K)
August 26, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 120 K)
July 22, 2021 Lung Updating Mortality Models Subcommittee (PDF - 159 K)
July 15, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 119 K)
June 17, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 241 K)
June 10, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 241 K)
May 27, 2021 Lung Updating Mortality Models Subcommittee (PDF - 265 K)
May 20, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 244 K)
May 5, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 221 K)
April 22, 2021 Lung Updating Mortality Models Subcommittee (PDF - 646 K)
April 15, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 168 K)
April 1, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 190 K)
March 31, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 267 K)
March 25, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 615 K)
March 18, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 669 K)
March 10, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 243 K)
February 25, 2021 Lung Updating Mortality Models Subcommittee (PDF - 222 K)
February 18, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 272 K)
January 21, 2021 Lung Committee (PDF - 305 K)
November 19, 2020 Lung Committee (PDF - 286 K)
November 12, 2020 Lung Committee (PDF - 258 K)
October 23, 2020 Lung Committee (PDF - 305 K)
October 21, 2020 Lung Committee (PDF - 322 K)
October 15, 2020 Lung Committee (PDF - 247 K)
October 8, 2020 Lung Committee ( PDF - 248 K)
October 7, 2020 Lung Committee (PDF - 293 K)
September 17, 2020 Lung Committee (PDF - 275 K)
September 10, 2020 Lung Continuous Distribution Data Workgroup (PDF - 268 K)
August 20, 2020 Lung Committee (PDF - 232 K)
August 13, 2020 Lung Continuous Distribution Data Workgroup (PDF - 259 K)
July 16, 2020 Lung Committee (PDF - 202 K)

Past projects from the Thoracic Committee EXPANDABLE CONTENT

Review

Continuous distribution of lungs concept paper (12/2019)

Implemented

Past meeting summaries from the Thoracic Committee expandable content

June 16, 2020 - Thoracic Continuous Distribution Workgroup (PDF - 225 K)
June 11, 2020 -Thoracic Continuous Distribution Task force (PDF - 175 K)
May 28, 2020 (PDF - 145 K)
May 26, 2020 (PDF - 144 K)
May 21, 2020 (PDF - 242 K)
May 14, 2020 (PDF - 227 K)
April 29, 2020 (PDF - 144 K)
April 23, 2020 (PDF - 209 K)
April 17, 2020 (PDF - 450 K)
April 16, 2020 (PDF - 220 K)
April 9, 2020 (PDF - 355 K)
April 7, 2020 (PDF - 250 K)
March 26, 2020 (PDF - 198 K)
March 12, 2020 (PDF - 282 K)
March 11, 2020 (PDF - 197 K)
February 27, 2020 (PDF - 192 KB)
February 25, 2020 (PDF - 282 KB)
February 20, 2020 (PDF - 528 K)
February 13, 2020 (PDF - 628 K)
January 28, 2020 (PDF - 2019 K)
January 23, 2020 (PDF - 192 K)
January 16, 2020 (PDF - 110 K)
January 15, 2020 (PDF - 587 K)
January 9, 2020 (PDF - 194 K)
January 8, 2020 (PDF - 193 K)
December 19, 2019 (PDF - 142 K)
December 12, 2019 (PDF - 191 K)
December 11, 2019 (PDF - 217 K)
December 5, 2019 (PDF - 187 K)
November 21, 2019 (PDF - 196 K)
November 20, 2019 (PDF - 195 K)
November 14, 2019 (PDF - 511 K)
November 13, 2019 (PDF - 232 K)
October 24, 2019 (PDF - 188 K)
October 22, 2019 (PDF - 188 K)
October 17, 2019 (PDF - 265 K)
October 10, 2019 (PDF - 187 K)
September 26, 2019 (PDF - 146 K)
September 24, 2019 (PDF - 191 K)
September 19, 2019 (PDF - 199 K)
September 12, 2019 (PDF - 193 K)
August 29, 2019 (PDF - 148 K)
August 15, 2019 (PDF - 194 K)
August 8, 2019 (PDF - 187 K)
July 25, 2019 (PDF - 773 K)
July 18,2019 (PDF - 196 K)
July 11, 2019 (PDF - 195 K)
June 27, 2019 (PDF - 217 K)
June 20, 2019 (PDF - 185 K)
June 13, 2019 (PDF - 189 K)
May 30, 2019 (PDF - 151 K)
May 16, 2019 (PDF - 182 K)
May 9, 2019 (PDF - 173 K)
April 17, 2019 (PDF - 198K)
January 31, 2019 (PDF - 74K)
November 29, 2018 (PDF - 127 K)
November 1, 2018 (PDF - 306 K)
September 27, 2018 (PDF - 77 K)
September 13, 2018 (PDF - 69 K)
August 30, 2018 (PDF - 160 K)
August 23, 2018 (PDF - 273 K)
August 16, 2018 (PDF - 666 K)
August 9, 2018 (PDF - 74 K)
July 26, 2018 (PDF - 184 K)
July 19, 2018 (PDF - 142 K)
June 2018 (PDF - 80 K)
April 26, 2018 (PDF - 85 K)
April 19, 2018 (PDF - 104 K)
March 2018 (PDF - 80 K)
February 2018 (PDF - 553 K)
January 2018 (PDF - 582 K)
December 28, 2017 (PDF - 568 K)
December 21, 2017 (PDF - 474 K)
December 14, 2017 (PDF - 476 K)
December 7, 2017 (PDF - 572 K)
November 2017 (PDF - 474 K)
October 2017 (PDF - 553K)
June 2017 (PDF - 499 K)
March 2017 (PDF - 576 K)
October 27, 2016 (PDF - 164 K)
October 13, 2016 (PDF - 179 K)
August 2016 (PDF - 108 K)
June 2016 (PDF - 23 K)
April 2016 (PDF - 557 K)
March 2016 (PDF - 84 K)
January 2016 (PDF - 84 K)

Report to the board of directors

June 2019: Eliminate the use of DSAs in thoracic organ distribution (PDF - 1.5 M)
December 2016 (PDF - 1.2 MB)

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