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Membership & Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors Jonathan Chen, MD, Chair Deborah Sudan, MD, Vice Chair November 12-13, 2014

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Page 1: Membership & Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors Jonathan Chen, MD, Chair Deborah Sudan, MD, Vice Chair November 12-13,

Membership & Professional Standards Committee (MPSC)

OPTN/UNOS Board of DirectorsJonathan Chen, MD, Chair

Deborah Sudan, MD, Vice ChairNovember 12-13, 2014

Page 2: Membership & Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors Jonathan Chen, MD, Chair Deborah Sudan, MD, Vice Chair November 12-13,

Fall 2014 Public Comment issues:

OPTN Quality Assurance and Process Improvement (QAPI) requirement Promotes patient safety & improves post-transplant survival

Pre-Transplant Performance Review Increase access to transplants.

Refine Transplant Hospital Definition Promote the efficient management of the OPTN

Ongoing Committee Initiatives

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Approved Transplant Fellowship Training Programs

Consider multi-organ procurement requirement for primary surgeon criteria

Consider primary surgeon qualification - primary or first assistant on transplant cases

Consider requirement for primary physician observation of procurements

Define working knowledge for primary physician qualification

pathways

Foreign Board Certification

Primary Physician specialty, subspecialty board certifications

Primary Surgeon Procurement Requirement

Reassess currency requirements for primary surgeons and primary physicians

Pancreas Bylaws Review (Pancreas Committee)

Ongoing InitiativesReview of bylaw requirements/qualifications for primary surgeons and physicians

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Questions about private, third-party perfusion companies and OPTN membership

Recognition that perfusion technology for other organs on the horizon

Address in general manner, applicable to all organs

Organ Perfusion Membership Standards

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Jonathan Chen, MD, Chair, MPSCSeattle Children’s [email protected]

MPSC LiaisonsSally Aungier - [email protected] O’Keefe - [email protected]

Questions?