November 2014 Board Meeting Wrap-up

The OPTN/UNOS board of directors held its semi-annual meeting in St. Louis, MO, Nov. 12-13, 2014. Access policy changes, news and information presented at the meeting.

• Policy Notice
• News Release
• Executive Summary

Board Presentations

• Board strategic planning
• Kidney allocation system update
• Liver redistricting update
• Executive committee report
• Finance committee report
• Nominating committee report
• UNOS IT report
• OPTN goal 1
  • Pancreas committee update
  • Pancreas committee – serum lipase
  • OPO committee – HOPE Act
  • VCA committee – guidance
• OPTN goal 2
  • Liver committee – cap HCC
  • Liver committee – delay HCC
  • Liver committee update
  • MPSC – geographic isolation
  • Pediatric committee – allocation ethics
  • Thoracic committee – heart-lung guidance
• OPTN goal 4
  • DTAC – PHS guidelines changes
  • Liver committee update
  • Operations & safety committee (OSC) – ABO determination
  • OSC – report
  • Pancreas committee update
  • Pediatric committee – bylaws changes
  • VCA committee – bylaws clarification
• OPTN goal 5
  • DTAC – PHS guidelines for seasonal infections
  • Living donation – aborted procedures
  • Living donation committee report
  • Living donation – evaluations
  • Living donation – informed consent
  • MPSC report
• OPTN goal 6
  • Data advisory committee report
  • Histocompatibility committee – HLA
  • Kidney committee – KPD histocompatibility
  • Liver committee report
  • MPSC – data accuracy
  • OPO committee – imminent & eligible effective date
  • OPO committee – limit paper
  • OSC – ABO subtyping
  • Policy oversight committee – clerical changes
  • Thoracic committee – lung allocation system (LAS) 50+
  • Thoracic committee – LAS changes