Pediatric Committee

The Pediatric Transplantation Committee considers medical, scientific, and ethical issues relating to organ procurement, allocation, and transplantation for pediatric patients. These issues include: pre- and postoperative care, expeditious transplantation of children, and the specific medical, social, and psychological needs of children. The committee considers the broad implications of such issues and deals with these specific issues or situations as needed. The goal of the committee's work is to develop evidence-based policies aimed at fostering pediatric candidate access to transplantation and good outcomes for patients (including waiting candidates and living donors) involved in pediatric transplantation.

Current Projects

Board approved and pending implementation

Revise pediatric emergency membership exception pathway (7/2017)
Establish pediatric training and experience (8/2015)
Establish Pediatric Training and Experience Bylaws Requirements (1/2015)

Implemented

Pediatric Transition and Transfer Guidance Document (8/2018)

Chair

Dr George V Mazariegos
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Vice Chair

Dr Evelyn K Hsu
Seattle Children's Hospital

Liaison

Matt Cafarella
UNOS Employees
matt.cafarella@unos.org

Members	Organization	Position	End Term Date
Dr Amira Y Al-Uzri	Oregon Health and Science University	Regional Rep.	6/30/2020
Dr Sharon M Bartosh	University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics	At Large	6/30/2020
Dr William J Dreyer	Texas Children's Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2021
Ms Samantha Endicott	New England Organ Bank	At Large	6/30/2021
Regino Gonzalez-Peralta	AdventHealth Orlando	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Mr. Joseph P Hillenburg	GPM Joseph Hillenburg	Visiting Board Member	6/30/2020
Dr Arika L Hoffman	The Nebraska Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2020
Jennifer Lau	General Public Region 7	At Large	6/30/2022
Dr Marilyn E Levi	Division of Transplantation, HHS	Ex Officio (non voting)	6/30/2021
Ms Melissa Nugent	Texas Children's Hospital	At Large	6/30/2020
Emily R Perito	UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Meghan Potis	General Public Region 10	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr Sara Rasmussen	University of Virginia Health Sciences Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022
Dr John F Renz	General Public Region 9	At Large	6/30/2020
Dr Khashayar Vakili	Boston Children's Hospital	Regional Rep.	6/30/2020
Dr Priya Verghese	General Public Region 7	Regional Rep.	6/30/2020
Ms Rachel M White	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Regional Rep.	6/30/2020
Dr Warren Zuckerman	NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical Center	Regional Rep.	6/30/2022

Meeting Summaries

October 15, 2019 (PDF - 162 K)
September 18, 2019 (PDF 469 K)
August 21, 2019 (PDF - 466 K)
July 17, 2019 (PDF - 465 K)
June 19, 2019 (PDF - 99K)
May 15, 2019 (PDF - 164 K)
April 16, 2019 (PDF - 218 K)
March 20, 2019 (PDF - 109 K)
February 20, 2019 (PDF - 100 K)
January 16, 2019 (PDF - 133 K)
December 19, 2018 (PDF - 98 K)
November 6, 2018 (PDF - 191K)
October 17, 2018 (PDF - 32 K)
September 2018 (PDF - 114 K)
August 2018 (PDF - 170 K)
July 2018 (PDF - 45 K)
June 2018 (PDF - 563 K)
April 2018 (PDF - 601 K)
March 2018 (PDF - 572 K)
February 2018 (PDF - 583 K)
January 2018 (PDF - 51 K)
November 2017(PDF - 483 K)
September 2017 (PDF - 585 K)
June 2017 (PDF - 550 K)
April 2017 (PDF - 615 K)
March 2017 (PDF - 48 K)
February 2017 (PDF - 562 K)
January 2017 (PDF - 108 K)
December 2016 (PDF - 160 K)
October 2016 (PDF - 99 K)
September 2016 (PDF - 148 K)
August 2016 (PDF - 98 K)
July 2016 (PDF - 101 K)
June 2016 (PDF - 484 K)
May 2016 (PDF - 488 K)
March 2016 (PDF - 597 K)
February 2016 (PDF - 60 K)
January 2016 (PDF - 44 K)

Report to the Board of Directors

June 2016: Pediatric update on ER exceptions (PDF - 325 K)

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