Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Abdominal

• Addressing Medically Urgent Candidates in New Kidney Allocation Policy (Kidney Transplantation Committee)
• Modifications to Release Kidney and Pancreas Allocation (Organ Procurement Organization Committee)
• Enhancements to the National Liver Review Board (Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee)
• Liver and Intestinal Transplantation Committee Update

Thoracic

• Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee
  • Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee Update
  • National Heart Review Board for Pediatrics
  • Continuous Distribution of Lungs Update

• Membership and Professional Standards Committee
• Policy Oversight Committee
• UNOS Member Quality Department
• Histocompatibility Committee
• Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Transplantation Committee
• Transplant Coordinators Committee

• Winter 2020 OPTN Region Updates (PDF - 1478 K)
• Public Comment Proposals Winter 2020 (PDF; 1/2020; 4845 K)

Discussion agenda

• Modify Data Submission Policies, OPTN Data Advisory Committee
• Data Collection to Evaluate the Logistical Impact of Broader Distribution, OPTN Operations and Safety Committee
• Eliminate the Use of DSA and Region in Kidney Allocation Policy, OPTN Kidney Transplantation Committee
• Eliminate the Use of DSA and Region in Pancreas Allocation Policy, OPTN Pancreas Transplantation Committee
• Expedited Placement of Livers, OPTN Organ Procurement Organization Committee
• Continuous Distribution of Lungs Concept Paper, OPTN Thoracic Transplantation Committee

Non-discussion agenda

• Modify Appointment Process for Vice Chair, OPTN Histocompatibility Committee
• Clarification of Pre-Existing Liver Disease, OPTN Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee

• Thoracic
• Pediatric
• Operations and Safety Committee
• Liver (All regions except Region 8)
• Liver (Region 8)

• National liver review board (NLRB) six-week report (PDF; 7/2019)