Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Pancreas Committee

The Pancreas Transplantation Committee is charged with considering medical, scientific, and ethical aspects related to pancreas and islet organ procurement, distribution, and allocation. The committee will consider both the broad implications and the specific member situations relating to pancreas and islet issues and policies. The goal of the committee's work is to develop evidence-based policies aimed at reducing the burden of disease in pancreas and islet candidates and recipients, increasing pancreas and islet utilization, improving access to pancreas and islet transplantation as appropriate, and improving the health outcomes of pancreas and islet transplant recipients.

Current Projects

Review

Broaden pancreas allocation across compatible ABO blood types (7/2017)

Board approved and pending implementation

Changes to Islet Bylaws (8/2018)

Implemented

Distribution of Kidneys and Pancreata from Alaska (12/2019)
Eliminate the use of DSA and Region in pancreas allocation policy (11/2019)
Pancreas Program Functional Inactivity (7/2018)
Changes to waiting time criteria for kidney pancreas candidates (1/2018)
Guidance on benefits of pancreas after kidney transplant (7/2017)

Chair

Dr. Silke V Niederhaus
University of Maryland Medical System

Vice Chair

Dr. Rachel C Forbes
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Liaison

Joann White
UNOS Employees
joann.white@unos.org

Members	Organization	Position	End Term Date
Dr. Tarek Alhamad	Barnes-Jewish Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Donyella (Doni) Bell	The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Kenneth A Bodziak	UMass Memorial Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. James S Bowman	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2022
Dr. Antonio Di Carlo	Temple University Hospital	At Large	6/30/2023
Ms. Maria Helena Friday	Ohio State University Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2023
Dr. Randeep S Kashyap	Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. Daniel O Keys	Abbott Northwestern Hospital	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr. Nicolae Leca	University of Washington Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. Marilyn E Levi	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2022
Dr. Parul S Patel	California Pacific Medical Center-Van Ness Campus	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Andie L Perona	General Public Region 11	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Todd E Pesavento	Ohio State University Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. Luke Y Shen	Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. Jeffery L Steers	Avera McKennan Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr. Pradeep K Vaitla	University of Mississippi Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2023
Dr. Piotr Witkowski	University of Chicago Medical Center	At Large	6/30/2021

Meeting Summaries

March 17, 2021 Pancreas (PDF - 627 K)
March 12, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution WG (PDF - 542 K)
February 26, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution WG (PDF - 624 K)
February 17, 2021 Pancreas (PDF - 640 K)
February 12, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution WG (PDF - 641 K)
January 29, 2021 Pancreas Medical Urgency WG (PDF - 635 K)
January 29, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution WG (PDF - 156 K)
January 20, 2021 Pancreas (PDF - 633 K)
January 15, 2021 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution WG (PDF - 642 K)
December 18, 2020 Pancreas Medical Urgency WG (PDF - 629 K)
December 18, 2020 Kidney-Pancreas Continuous Distribution WG (PDF - 617 K)
December 16, 2020 Pancreas (PDF - 625 K)
November 20, 2020 Pancreas Medical Urgency WG (PDF - 642 K)
November 20, 2020 Pancreas Continuous Distribution WG (PDF - 664 K)
November 18, 2020 Pancreas (PDF - 622 K)
November 6, 2020 Pancreas Continuous Distribution WG (PDF - 644 K)
October 23, 2020 Pancreas Continuous Distribution WG (PDF - 643 K)
October 9, 2020 Pancreas Continuous Distribution WG (PDF - 674 K)
October 9, 2020 Pancreas (PDF - 681 K)
September 25, 2020 Pancreas Continuous Distribution WG (PDF - 648 K)
September 16, 2020 Pancreas (PDF - 632 K)
August 19, 2020 Pancreas (PDF - 510 K)
July 15, 2020 Pancreas (PDF - 623 K)
June 17, 2020 Pancreas (PDF - 629 K)
May 20, 2020 (PDF - 656 K)
April 16, 2020 (PDF - 246 K)
March 18, 2020 (PDF - 187 K)
February 19, 2020 (PDF - 203 K)
January 15, 2020 (PDF - 476 K)
December 18, 2019 (PDF - 218 K)
November 20, 2019 (PDF - 187 K)
October 23, 2019 (PDF - 1240 KB)
September 18, 2019 (PDF - 544 K)
August 21, 2019 (PDF - 488 K)
July 17, 2019 (PDF - 605 K)
July 10, 2019 (PDF - 655 K)
June 25, 2019 (PDF - 201 K)
June 19, 2019 (PDF - 115 K)
May 15, 2019 (PDF - 206 K)
April 17, 2019 ( PDF - 145 K)
March 27, 2019 (PDF - 194 K)
March 20, 2019 (PDF - 135 K)
February 20, 2019 (PDF - 118 K)
December 19, 2018 (PDF - 79 K)
November 7, 2018 (PDF - 82 K)
October 10, 2018 (PDF - 179 K)
September 2018 (PDF - 71 K)
August 2018 (PDF - 76 K)
July 17,2018 (PDF - 27 K)
May 31, 2018 (PDF - 55 K)
May 14, 2018 (PDF - 39 K)
April 2018 (PDF - 575 K)
March 28, 2018 (PDF - 569 K)
March 22, 2018 (PDF - 700 K)
February 26, 2018 (PDF - 550 K)
February 12, 2018 (PDF - 559 K)
January 2018 (PDF - 557 K)
November 13, 2017 (PDF - 468 K)
November 2, 2017 (PDF - 488 K)
October 2017 (PDF - 473 K)
September 2017 (PDF - 485 K)
August 2017 (PDF - 486 K)
July 2017 (PDF - 499 K)
June 30, 2017 (PDF - 503 K)
June 26, 2017 (PDF - 485 K)
June 12, 2017 (PDF - 525 K)
May 2017 (PDF - 503 K)
April 2017 (PDF - 50 K)
March 2017 (PDF - 130 K)
February 2017 (PDF - 51 K)
January 2017 (PDF - 97 K)
November 2016 (PDF - 88 K)
October 2016 (PDF - 90 K)
September 2016 (PDF - 82 K)
August 2016 (PDF - 27 K)
June 2016 (PDF - 481 K)
May 2016 (PDF - 473 K)
March 30, 2016 (PDF - 49 K)
March 8, 2016 (PDF - 528 K)
January 2016 (PDF - 49 K)

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