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Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee. Fall 2013 Update. Recent Public Comment Proposals. Proposal to change pediatric heart allocation policy (Spring 2013) Post-public comment changes: Status 1A(d) – added listing hospital admission requirement
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Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee Fall 2013 Update
Recent Public Comment Proposals • Proposal to change pediatric heart allocation policy (Spring 2013) • Post-public comment changes: • Status 1A(d) – added listing hospital admission requirement • Status 1A (e) – added “hemodynamically significant” to congenital heart disease diagnosis • To be reviewed by the Board in June 2014
Ongoing Committee Initiatives • Heart allocation policy revision • Heart-lung allocation policy clarification • Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) policy development
New Committee Initiatives • Pediatric lung policy review • ECMO data collection
Questions? • Steven Weber, M.D., MBChB, MRCP, Committee Chairsteven.a.webber@vanderbilt.edu • Region # Representativename@email • Liz Robbins, Committee Liaisonliz.robbins@unos.org