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Concepts Related to Liver Allocation and Distribution

Concepts Related to Liver Allocation and Distribution. Loews Atlanta Hotel Atlanta, GA April 12, 2010 9:00am – 5:00pm EDT. Recent Timeline. Proposals for Regional Distribution Status 1 and MELD/PELD Circulated for Public Comment, 2/2009 In development since 2006

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Concepts Related to Liver Allocation and Distribution

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  1. Concepts Related to Liver Allocation and Distribution Loews Atlanta Hotel Atlanta, GA April 12, 2010 9:00am – 5:00pm EDT

  2. Recent Timeline • Proposals for Regional Distribution Status 1 and MELD/PELD Circulated for Public Comment, 2/2009 • In development since 2006 • MELD/PELD Proposal Withdrawn • Status 1 Proposal Approved, 6/2009 • Forum Approved by Board 6/2009 • Subcommittees Formed, 7/2009

  3. Timeline • 14 subcommittee conference calls, August – April • Bi-Monthly calls in February-March • Developed RFI • Developed Forum Content and Structure There are no specific proposals being considered at this time

  4. Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee Members W. Kenneth Washburn, MD (Chair) Kim Olthoff, MD (Vice-chair) Michael Curry, MD (Reg 1) Stephen Dunn, MD (Reg 2) Nigel Girgrah, M.D., Ph.D. (Reg 3) Goran Klintmalm, MD, PhD (Reg 4) Ryutaro Hirose, MD (Reg 5) John Ham, MD (Reg 6)

  5. Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee Members Anthony D'Alessandro, MD (Reg 7) Harvey Solomon, MD (Reg 8) Thomas Schiano, MD (Reg 9) Shawn Pelletier, MD (Reg 10) James Eason, MD (Reg 11) Scott Biggins, MD (At-large) Maureen Burke-Davis RN, NP-C, CCTC (At-large) Patricia Carroll PA-C, CPTC (At-large)

  6. Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee Members Julie Heimbach, MD (At-large) Heung Bae Kim, MD (At-large) Timothy McCashland, MD (At-large) Lisa McMurdo, RN, MPH (At-large) Kenyon Murphy (At-large) John Roberts, MD (At-large) Debra Sudan, MD (At-large) Kerri Wahl, MD (At-large) Elizabeth Pomfret, MD, PhD (At-large)

  7. Audience Response System • Polling questions will be asked throughout the day • Based on questions asked in the RFI Survey • LiveMeeting participants will be using the Survey/Polling feature • Test your ARS device NOW!

  8. After the Forum • Committee will review feedback to help determine next steps • Executive summary and meeting slides on UNOS.org • Conference report may be submitted for publication • Keep posted – UNOS Update, Monthly Newsletter, Committee reports

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