Volunteers sought for open positions on OPTN Committees

Published on: Friday, August 1, 2025

Starting today through August 20, 2025, the OPTN is seeking interested volunteers for OPTN Committees, who will begin their terms on October 1, 2025. Volunteers on all committees except for the Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) will serve 3-year terms; volunteers on the MPSC will serve 2-year terms. Learn about service on OPTN Committees.

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Click here to apply by August 20, 2025: Committee Volunteer Interest Form

The OPTN Board Support contractor—the American Institutes for Research (AIR)—has released a new volunteer interest form but will still have access to previous submissions. If you have not submitted a form since January 1, 2025, please complete the new online by August 20, 2025, to be considered.

Background

The OPTN relies on more than 300 volunteers who shape OPTN policies in the continuous process of improving the nation’s transplant system. We seek people who represent all backgrounds, viewpoints, and roles within the transplantation and donation process. We encourage you to share this call for nominations with members of your organization as well as patients, donors, and their family members who may be interested in becoming a volunteer on an OPTN Committee. Patient, donor, and family representation is critical to the policy development process. A list of vacancies and committee needs are below. Note that current committee structure will be assessed by the new Board of Directors and could change in the future.

Selection

As per Policy A.1 of the Management and Membership Policies, Regional Councillors will review Volunteer Interest Forms and make recommendations to the OPTN Vice President to fill vacancies on OPTN Committees. The Regional Councillors may request input from committees and regional nominating committees to assist them in their recommendations. For Board committees, such as the Network Operations Oversight Committee (NOOC), the OPTN Board Support contractor will coordinate the review of non-voting technical advisors with OPTN Board leadership and HRSA.

List of Vacancies

Most committee members accepted an offer to extend their terms for an additional year. This list represents openings where there are gaps in composition requirements on committees.

Committee	Open position(s)	Requested expertise
Heart Transplantation Committee	Region 3 representative Region 5 representative	Heart transplant administrator Pediatric heart transplant surgeon Adult heart transplant surgeon Adult heart transplant physician
Histocompatibility Committee	Region 5 representative Region 10 representative	Histocompatibility lab directors/supervisors/technicians
Liver & Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee	At large (1)	Patient and donor affairs representatives: transplant candidates, recipients, organ donors or potential donors, or families
Living Donor Committee	Region 1 representative Region 11 representative	Living donor nephrologist Living donor transplant surgeon
Membership and Professional Standards Committee	At large (1)	Patient and donor affairs representatives: transplant candidates, recipients, organ donors, or families
Multi-Organ Transplantation Committee (Ad Hoc)	At large (1)	Patient and donor affairs representatives: transplant candidates, recipients, organ donors or potential donors, or families
Network Operations Oversight Committee (Board of Directors)	Non-voting advisors	IT expertise
Organ Procurement Organization Committee	Region 4 representative	OPO operations executive or manager
Patient Affairs Committee	Region 1 representative Region 4 representative Region 5 representative Region 7 representative	Patient and donor affairs representatives: transplant candidates, recipients, organ donors or potential donors, or families MD or DO, transplant surgeon or physician
Pediatric Transplantation Committee	Region 10 representative	Liver transplant surgeon Kidney transplant surgeon