U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Vascularized composite allografts (VCAs)
Chair
- Dr Linda C Cendales
- Duke University Hospital
Vice Chair
- Dr Bohdan Pomahac
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Liaison
- Hannah Byford
- UNOS Employees
- hannah.byford@unos.org
| Members | Organization | Position | End Term Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Sandra Amaral | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Ms Shannon M Dunne | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2021 |
| Dr Vijay S Gorantla | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2022 |
| Dr Darla K Granger | Ascension St. John Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2022 |
| Ms Linda Irwin | Massachusetts General Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Ms Nicole M Johnson | Baylor University Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2021 |
| Dr Sheila Jowsey | Rochester Methodist Hospital (Mayo Clinic) | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Sonja R Kinney | General Public Region 8 | At Large | 6/30/2021 |
| Dr Alexander T Maskin | The Nebraska Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2022 |
| Mr. Gary Morgan | Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates | At Large | 6/30/2022 |
| Ms Danielle Niedfeldt | Carolina Donor Services | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Mary Pappas | General Public Region 1 | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr Timothy L Pruett | University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Mr. Matthew D Scott | General Public Region 2 | At Large | 6/30/2022 |
| Dr Maria Siemionow | University of Illinois Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2020 |
| Dr Simon Talbot | Brigham and Women's Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2022 |
| Dr Mark Wakefield | University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics | At Large | 6/30/2022 |
Meeting Summaries
- October 9, 2019 (PDF - 192)
- October 8, 2019 (PDF - 176 K)
- September 11, 2019 (PDF - 185K)
- August 14, 2019 (PDF - 111 K)
- July 10, 2019 (PDF - 144 K)
- June 26, 2019 (PDF - 654K)
- June 12, 2019 (PDF - 1497 K)
- May 22, 2019 (PDF - 167 K)
- May 8, 2019 (PDF - 161 K)
- March 29, 2019 (PDF - 194 K)
- January 9, 2019 (PDF - 58 K)
- October 12, 2018 (PDF - 174 K)
- September 2018 (PDF - 156 K)
- August 2018 (PDF - 157 K)
- July 2018 (PDF - 46 K)
- June 2018 (PDF - 28 K)
- May 2018 (PDF - 568 K)
- April 2018 (PDF - 347 K)
- March 2018 (PDF - 570 K)
- February 2018 (PDF - 599 K)
- August 2017 (PDF - 499 K)
- June 2017 (PDF - 498 K)
- April 2017 (PDF - 636 K)
- March 2017 (PDF - 478 K)
- February 2017 (PDF - 489 K)
- January 2017 (PDF - 133 K)
- November 2016 (PDF - 93 K)
- October 2016 (PDF - 84 K)
- September 2016 (PDF - 82 K)
- July 2016 (PDF - 92 K)
- June 2016 (PDF - 479 K)
- January 2016 (PDF - 83 K)
Reports to the Board of Directors
- June 2019: Eliminate the use of regions in VCA distribution (PDF - 1 M)
- June 2016: List covered body parts for VCA (PDF - 425 K)
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