Membership and Professional Standards Committee

The OPTN Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) is an operating committee of the OPTN. The MPSC maintains membership criteria and monitors OPTN member compliance with OPTN membership criteria, OPTN bylaws and policies, and the OPTN Final Rule. The MPSC takes action or makes recommendations for further action to the OPTN Board of Directors as needed.

The MPSC, through peer review:

Reviews events identified as presenting a risk to patient safety, public health or the integrity of the OPTN.
Evaluates and supports OPTN members by providing feedback on and recommendations to improve members’ performance, compliance, and quality systems.
Reviews applications for membership in the OPTN, approval of designated transplant programs, and changes in OPTN member key personnel.

The MPSC also:

Identifies opportunities for transplant community education to improve patient safety and safeguard the integrity of the transplant system, often through dissemination of successful examples of membership engagement and sharing of best practices.
Develops bylaws and policies related to membership criteria or the oversight responsibilities of the MPSC that align with the OPTN mission to maximize organ supply, provide efficient and safe care, and provide equitable access to transplantation.

Current Projects

Review

Transplant program performance outcome measures (8/2016)
Transplant program outcomes review system changes (8/2016)

Implemented

Change to Hospital-Based OPO Voting Privileges (8/2018)
Revising OPTN Bylaws Appendix L (1/2018)
Revise transplant fellowship training program approval bylaws (7/2017)
Primary transplant surgeon requirement changes (8/2016)
Primary liver transplant physician subspecialty requirement changes (8/2016)
Primary kidney transplant physician update (8/2016)
Update transplant hospital definition (8/2016)
Personnel procurement requirements (8/2015)
Foreign equivalent in bylaws (8/2015)
Proposal to Establish a Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Requirement for Transplant Hospitals and Organ Procurement Organizations (9/2014)

Chair

Mr. Ian R Jamieson
Duke University Hospital

Vice Chair

Dr. Heung Bae Kim
Boston Children's Hospital

Liaison

Ms. Sally H Aungier
UNOS Employees
sally.aungier@unos.org

Members	Organization	Position	End Term Date
Dr. Sanjeev K Akkina	Loyola University Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2021
Dr. Mark L Barr	Keck Hospital of USC	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Ms. Nicole Berry	LifeNet Health	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Christina D Bishop	Midwest Transplant Network Histocompatibility Laboratory Westwood	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Errol L Bush	Johns Hopkins Hospital	At Large	6/30/2021
Dr. Matthew Cooper	Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Ms. Theresa M Daly	Tampa General Hospital	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Maryjane A Farr	NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2021
Dr. Richard N Formica	Yale New Haven Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2021
Dr. Adam M Frank	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2021
Dr. Catherine T Frenette	Scripps Green Hospital	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Jonathan A Fridell	Indiana University Health	Regional Rep.	6/30/2021
Dr. Michael D Gautreaux	HLA/Immunogenetics Lab	At Large	6/30/2021
Mr. PJ Geraghty	Donor Network of Arizona	At Large	6/30/2021
Dr. David A Gerber	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Regional Rep.	6/30/2021
Dr. Alice L Gray	University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center	At Large	6/30/2022
Mr. John R Gutowski	University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Edward F Hollinger	Rush University Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2021
Ms. Christy M Keahey	Legacy of Hope	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Mary T Killackey	Tulane Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Jon A Kobashigawa	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2021
Ms. Anne M Krueger	Versiti Wisconsin, Inc	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Marilyn E Levi	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Dr. Jules Lin	University of Michigan Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Didier A Mandelbrot	University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics	At Large	6/30/2021
Ms. Virginia(Ginny) T McBride	OurLegacy	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Clifford D Miles	The Nebraska Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2021
Dr. Saeed Mohammad	Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	At Large	6/30/2021
Arjun U Naik	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Dr. Willscott E Naugler	Oregon Health and Science University	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Matthew J O'Connor	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	At Large	6/30/2021
Dr. Nicole A Pilch	Medical University of South Carolina	At Large	6/30/2021
Dr. Steven R Potter	Scott and White Memorial Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Ms. Jennifer K Prinz	Donor Alliance	At Large	6/30/2021
Dr. Scott C Silvestry	AdventHealth Orlando	At Large	6/30/2021
Ms. Raelene Skerda	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Ms. Lisa M Stocks	Lifesharing - A Donate Life Organization	Ex Officio	6/30/2021
Dr. Parsia A Vagefi	UT Southwestern Medical Center/William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Gebhard Wagener	NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Rajat Walia	St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2021