U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
The Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) is charged with insuring that OPTN/UNOS member clinical transplant centers, independent organ procurement agencies, independent tissue typing laboratories, and non-institutional members meet and remain in compliance with OPTN/UNOS Criteria for Institutional Membership.
To accomplish this, the MPSC:
- Develops and recommends membership criteria for each class of membership to the Board of Directors.
- Recommends additions and revisions to membership criteria as needed.
- Reviews each membership application for Institutional Membership and adopts recommendations for Board action.
- Monitors member compliance with OPTN requirements.
- Reviews transplant program performance including outcomes and activity levels.
- Reviews reported policy violations and makes recommendations to the Board.
Current Projects
Review
- Transplant program performance outcome measures (8/2016)
- Transplant program outcomes review system changes (8/2016)
Board approved and pending implementation
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)
- 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
- Ms. Lisa M Stocks
- Lifesharing - A Donate Life Organization
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. Errol L Bush | Johns Hopkins Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2021 |
| Dr. Kenneth D Chavin | University Hospitals of Cleveland | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Matthew Cooper | Georgetown University Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2021 |
| 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. 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 J 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. Patrick J Healey | Seattle Children's Hospital | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Kelley M Hitchman | Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Lab/University Health System | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Edward F Hollinger | Rush University Medical Center | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2021 |
| Ms. Patricia A Jones | University Hospital, University of Texas Health Science Center | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Jon A Kobashigawa | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2021 |
| Dr. Marilyn E Levi | Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2021 |
| Dr. Scott A Lindberg | Houston Methodist Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Ms. Carrie D Lindower | Temporary Employee Acceptance Consultants | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Didier A Mandelbrot | University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics | At Large | 6/30/2021 |
| Ms. Christine McGarry | Gift of Life Donor Program | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Mr. Christopher J McLaughlin | Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2021 |
| 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 |
| Dr. David C Mulligan | Yale New Haven Hospital | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2020 |
| Arjun U Naik | Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2021 |
| Dr. Nikole A Neidlinger | Donor Network West | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Matthew J O'Connor | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | At Large | 6/30/2021 |
| Mr. Jeffrey P Orlowski | LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Hamang M Patel | Ochsner Foundation Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Nicole A Pilch | Medical University of South Carolina | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Ms. Jennifer K Prinz | Donor Alliance | At Large | 6/30/2021 |
| Ms. Melissa N Roberts | General Public Region 3 | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Scott A Scheinin | Montefiore Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Kirti Shetty | University of Maryland Medical System | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Scott C Silvestry | AdventHealth Orlando | At Large | 6/30/2021 |
| Ms. Raelene Skerda | Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2021 |
| Dr. Zoe A Stewart Lewis | New York University Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Rajat Walia | St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2021 |
| Dr. Keith M Wille | University of Alabama Hospital | Regional Rep. | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr. Heidi Yeh | Massachusetts General Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
MEETING SUMMARIES
- April 16, 2019 (PDF - 99K)
- February 27, 2019 (PDF - 150 K)
- January 18, 2019 (PDF - 65 K)
- January 8, 2019 (PDF - 293 K)
- November 20, 2018 (PDF - 75 K)
- October 16, 2018 (PDF - 152 K)
- September 2018 (PDF - 73 K)
- August 2018 (PDF - 83 K)
- July 2018 (PDF - 37 K)
- June 2018 (PDF - 565 K)
- April 2018 (PDF - 606 K)
- March 2018 (PDF - 83 K)
- February 2018 (PDF - 662 K)
- January 2018 (PDF - 561 K)
- November 2017 (PDF - 490 K)
- October 2017 (PDF - 495 K)
- September 2017 (PDF - 492 K)
- July 2017 (PDF - 657 K)
- May 2017 (PDF - 33 K)
- March 2017 (PDF - 562 K)
- January 2017 (PDF - 512 K)
- November 2016 (PDF - 492 K)
- October 2016 (PDF - 536 K)
- September 2016 (PDF - 510 K)
- July 2016 (PDF - 49 K)
- June 2016 (PDF - 482 K)
- May 2016 (PDF - 525 K)
- March 2016 (PDF - 611 K)
- February 2016 (PDF - 596 K)
Reports to the Board of Directors
- December 2016: Primary kidney M.D. requirements (PDF - 176 K)
- December 2016: Surgeon first assistant (PDF - 443 K)
- December 2016: Remove donor location (PDF - 314 K)
- December 2016: Subspecialty boards (PDF - 397 K)
- December 2016: Performance outcome review (PDF - 364 K)
- December 2016: Performance outcome measures (PDF - 775 K)
- December 2016: Transplant hospital definition (PDF - 160 K)
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