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President
Richard Formica, Jr
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Yale New Haven Hosp
New Haven, CT
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Vice President
Lloyd Ratner
Director, Renal & Pancreatic Transplantation
New York-Presbyterian/Columbia
New York, NY
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Vice President for Patient/Donor Affairs
Macey Levan
Associate Professor - Research - Department of Surgery
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Secretary
Jennifer Muriett
Chief Operating Officer
Donor Alliance
Denver, CO
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Treasurer
Andrea Tietjen
AVP, Transplant Administrative Services
St Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston, NJ
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Immediate Past President
Dianne LaPointe Rudow
Mount Sinai Med Center
New York, NY
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Region 1 Councillor
Martha Pavlakis
Medical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation
Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr
Boston, MA
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Region 2 Councillor
Emily Blumberg
Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases
The Hosp of the Univ of PA
Philadelphia, PA
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Region 3 Councillor
J. David Vega
Director, Heart Transplant Program
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Region 4 Councillor
Michael Kwan
Program Director, Heart Transplant Program
Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hosp
San Antonio, TX
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Region 5 Councillor
Robert Harland
Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Surgical Director, Solid Organ Transplantat
Banner University Medical Center
Tucson, AZ
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Region 6 Councillor
Catherine Kling
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Univ of Washington Med Ctr
Seattle, WA
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Region 7 Councillor
Bhargav Mistry
Director, Sanford Transplantation Services
Sanford Medical Center Fargo
Fargo, ND
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Region 8 Councillor
Andrew Kao
Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation Program
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Region 9 Councillor
Nancy Metzler
Executive Director of Transplant Services
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Region 10 Councillor
Kenneth McCurry
Surgical Director, Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Region 11 Councillor
Christopher Jones
Director, Trager Transplant Center
Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Histocompatibility Representative
Caroline Alquist
Director
Hoxworth Blood Center Tx Immunology L
New Orleans, LA
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Medical/Scientific Organization Representative
Deborah Adey
Physician
Univ of CA San Francisco Med Ctr
San Francisco, CA
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Medical/Scientific Organization Representative
Erika Demars
Director lung transplant
Temple Univ Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Medical/Scientific Organization Representative
Dorrie Dils
Chief Executive Office
Gift of Life Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Medical/Scientific Organization Representative
A. Osama Gaber
Director, Division of Transplantation
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Medical/Scientific Organization Representative
Luis Hidalgo
HLA Lab Director
Histo Lab at the Univ. of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Medical/Scientific Organization Representative
Colleen McCarthy
Vice President
BloodCenter of Wisconsin/
Milwaukee, WI
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Medical/Scientific Organization Representative
Jennifer Reese
Transplant Coordinator
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Minority Transplant Representative
Silas Norman
Nephrologist
Univ of Michigan Med Ctr
Ann Arbor, MI
End Term Date June 30, 2025
At Large
Denise Abbey
General Public Region 9
Cheektowaga, NY
End Term Date June 30, 2027
At Large
Sandra Amaral
Medical Director, Kidney Transplant
Childrens Hosp of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
End Term Date June 30, 2026
At Large
Joseph "Joe" Brownlee
General Public Region 11
Mooresville, NC
End Term Date June 30, 2027
At Large
Laura Butler
AVP Transplant Services
Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, NY
End Term Date June 30, 2026
At Large
Brittany Clayborne
General Public Region 4
Ennis, TX
End Term Date June 30, 2027
At Large
Dev Desai
Pediatric Surgeon, Transplant
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, AZ
End Term Date June 30, 2026
At Large
Gaurav Gupta
Assistant Professor of Medicine
VCU Health System Authority
Richmond, VA
End Term Date June 30, 2026
At Large
Kelley Hitchman
Section Chief, HLA
Histo & Immunogenetics Lab
San Antonio, TX
End Term Date June 30, 2025
At Large
Glen Kelley
President, Second Chance for Life Foundation
General Public Region 3
St. Petersburg, FL
End Term Date June 30, 2027
At Large
Jennifer Lau
General Public Region 7
Montgomery, IL
End Term Date June 30, 2026
At Large
Deborah Levine
Professor of Medicine Lung Transplantation
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
End Term Date June 30, 2026
At Large
Patrick Northup
Hepatologist, Medical Director of Liver Transplant
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
End Term Date June 30, 2026
At Large
Sara Rasmussen
Surgical Director for Kidney Transplant & Transplant Quality
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
End Term Date June 30, 2026
At Large
Julie Spear
General Public Region 8
Boulder, CO
End Term Date June 30, 2026
At Large
Tara Storch
President, Outlive Yourself Foundation
General Public Region 4
Coppell, TX
End Term Date June 30, 2025
At Large
George Surratt
General Public Region 7
Maplewood, MN
End Term Date June 30, 2026
Ex Officio (non voting)
Aitebureme Aigbe
Management Analyst
Division of Transplantation, HHS
Rockville, MD
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Ex Officio (non voting)
Adrienne Goodrich-Doctor
Commander, U.S. Public Health Service, Division of Transplantation
Division of Transplantation, HHS
Rockville, MD
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Ex Officio (non voting)
Frank Holloman
Deputy Director
Division of Transplantation, HHS
Rockville, MD
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Ex Officio (non voting)
Maureen McBride
Executive Director
UNOS-Employees
Richmond, VA
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Ex Officio (non voting)
Christopher McLaughlin
Policy Advisor, FAC-COR-III, OPTN Contract
Division of Transplantation, HHS
Rockville, MD
End Term Date June 30, 2025
Committee Liaison
Susie Sprinson
Board Liaison
UNOS-Employees
Richmond, VA
End Term Date June 30, 2025
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- June 29, 2020, Conference Call (PDF - 488 K)
- June 8, 2020, Virtual Meeting (PDF - 453 K)
- April 3, 2020 Conference Call (PDF - 696 K)
- March 30, 2020 Conference Call (PDF - 489 K)
- March 10, 2020 Conference Call (PDF - 489 K)
- December 3, 2019, Dallas, Texas (PDF - 613 K)
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- December 3-4, 2018, Dallas, Texas (PDF - 747 K)
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- December 4-5, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia (PDF - 126 K)
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- December 5-6, 2016, St. Louis, Missouri (PDF - 81 K)
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Not finding what you are looking for? Contact us at member.questions@unos.org or (804) 782-4800. We maintain an archive of historical OPTN documents.
- OPTN Public Comment to HHS Proposed Rule Organ Procurement and Transplantation: Implementation of the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act (10/2/2024)
- OPTN Public Comment to CMS Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model (7/16/2024)
- OPTN Board of Directors Questions to Health Resources and Services Administration Contracting Office (2/27/2024)
- OPTN Executive Committee Letter to Suma Nair, Associate Administrator, Health Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (2/15/2024)
- OPTN Letter to HRSA on the Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability (ACBTSA) HOPE Act Recommendations (2/24/2023)
- OPTN Comment to the Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability (ACBTSA) (11/8/2022)
- Revised Systems of Records Notice (SORN) for System No. 09-15-0055 (8/26/2022)
- OPTN Public Comment to CMS Request for Information to update CLIA fees (8/19/2022)
- OPTN letter to National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (4/27/2022)
- HHS Public Health Service Request for Information – Assessing Organ Donors and Recipients (3/4/2022)
- HHS CMS Transplant Health and Safety Request for Information (2/1/2022)
- HHS HRSA HOPE Act Recommendation (10/29/2021)
- HHS CMS OPO Medicare Conditions for Coverage Public Comment (3/4/2021)
- HHS HRSA Doc. Living Donor Expense Reimbursement (4/27/2020)
- HHS CMS OPO Medicare Conditions for Coverage Public (2/20/2020)
- HHS HRSA Removing Financial Disincentives to Living Donation Public Comment (2/18/2020)
- HHS CMS Memo QSO-19-11 Transplant Program Survey Activity – Independent Living Donor Advocate (8/5/2019)
- CMS Proposed Revisions to OPO Medicare Conditions for Coverage (9/17/2019)