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Region 4 Meeting. Marlon Levy, MD Regional Councillor. Purpose of Regional Meeting. Discuss regional business Provide updates on OPTN/UNOS activities Gather feedback from members to share with OPTN/UNOS committees and Board of Directors. Regional Business.
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Region 4 Meeting Marlon Levy, MD Regional Councillor
Purpose of Regional Meeting • Discuss regional business • Provide updates on OPTN/UNOS activities • Gather feedback from members to share with OPTN/UNOS committees and Board of Directors
Regional Business • Summary of fall 2012 regional meeting • Vote • Updated summary of spring 2012 regional meeting • Sponsoring committee’s response to regional comments • Board action on each proposal
Regional Business • Committee appointment status • Regional election • Final appointments • Notification
Regional Election Results • Kidney Transplantation Committee – Steve Potter, MD • Liver and Intestine Committee – Juan Arenas, MD • Operations and Safety – Diesa Samp, BSN, RN, CCTC • OPO Committee – Tammie Peterson, MSN/MPH, RN, CPTC • Pancreas Committee – Jacqueline Lappin, MD • Patient Affairs Committee – Darnell Waun, MSN, RN • Pediatric Committee – Dev Desai, MD
Update on OPTN/UNOS Activities • Presentation from UNOS executive leadership • Committee reports presented by regional representatives • Feedback from the region reported back to each committee
Public comment proposals • Public comment booklets on each table • All attendees may discuss and provide feedback • Each OPTN/UNOS institutional member has one voting representative • Sponsoring committee considers regional feedback in development of final proposal • Board receives all public comment • Your feedback is important!
Regional Meeting Materials – online! • The presentations shared today are located online: • Navigate to: http://transplantpro.org/community/regions/ and find the link to your region listed in the 2013 spring meeting schedule • Make sure to review the presentations that weren’t presented today • Additional information available on this website including: • Meeting agenda and summaries • Data • Links to various OPTN resources