Membership & Professional Standards Committee (MPSC)
OPTN/UNOS Board of DirectorsJonathan Chen, MD, Chair
Deborah Sudan, MD, Vice ChairNovember 12-13, 2014
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
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
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
Jonathan Chen, MD, Chair, MPSCSeattle Children’s [email protected]
MPSC LiaisonsSally Aungier - [email protected] O’Keefe - [email protected]
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