U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
The Minority Affairs Committee identifies and considers aspects of organ procurement, allocation, and transplantation with the potential to impact minority populations in particular. The committee provides input and recommendations regarding ongoing efforts of other OPTN/UNOS Committees and the Board of Directors to ensure that issues and special needs of minority populations are considered and addressed.
Current Projects
Implemented
Chair
- Dr. Sylvia E Rosas
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Vice Chair
- Dr. Irene Kim
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Liaison
- Ross Walton
- UNOS Employees
- ross.walton@unos.org
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- Members
- Organization
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- Mr. Vonzie Barnett
- Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Mr. Antonio de Vera
- LifeLink of Puerto Rico
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- Dr. Amishi Desai
- Loyola University Medical Center
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- Dr. Alejandro Diez
- Ohio State University Medical Center
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- Dr. William Freeman
- General Public Region 6
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- Dr. Mary L Ganikos
- Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting
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- Dr. Christopher M Jones
- Jewish Hospital
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- S Kuramoto-Crawford
- Division of Transplantation, HHS, Ex Officio-Non Voting
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- Dr. Reynold I Lopez-Soler
- Albany Medical Center Hospital
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- Dr. Paulo N Martins
- UMass Memorial Medical Center
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- Dr. Amit K Mathur
- Mayo Clinic Hospital
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- Mr. Timothy Mose
- General Public Region 4
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- Tanjala Purnell
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
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- Dr. Richard M Ruiz
- Baylor University Medical Center
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- Dr. Ignatius Y Tang
- University of Illinois Medical Center
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- Mr. Scott K Wansley
- University of Kansas Hospital
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- Ms. Felicia Wells-Williams
- Legacy of Life Hawaii
Meeting Summaries
- October 15, 2018 (PDF -252 K)
- September 2018 (PDF -108 K)
- July 2018 (PDF - 27 K)
- May 2018 (PDF - 572 K)
- March 2018 (PDF - 54 K)
- January 2018 (PDF - 562 K)
- November 2017 (PDF - 481 K)
- October 2017 (PDF - 468 K)
- September 2017 (PDF - 675 K)
- July 2017 (PDF - 501 K)
- June 2017 (PDF - 468 K)
- May 2017 (PDF - 73 K)
- March 2017 (PDF - 55 K)
- January 2017 (PDF - 509 K)
- November 2016 (PDF - 46 K)
- September 2016 (PDF - 509 K)
- July 2016 (PDF - 41 K)
- May 2016 (PDF - 548 K)
- March 2016 (PDF - 68 K)
- January 2016 (PDF - 50 K)
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