Living donor a nominee for OPTN/UNOS Vice President/President-Elect!

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http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/news/newsDetail.asp?id=1621

Nominees Chosen for Board of Directors Election

Transplant recipient, living donor are nominees for Vice President/President-Elect.

At its November meeting, the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors approved a following slate of nominees for Board appointments beginning in June 2014. The OPTN Board of Directors also functions as the UNOS Board of Directors.

For the first time, neither of the two nominees for Vice President/President-Elect is a transplant surgeon, transplant physician or executive director of an organ procurement organization. James Gleason is a heart transplant recipient and the husband of a donor mother; Betsy Walsh, J.D., M.P.H., is a living kidney donor. Both have served on the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors and on multiple committees.

"In these nominations for vice president, we want to recognize the leadership role of people who have personal experience with donation and transplantation," said Kenneth Andreoni, M.D., OPTN/UNOS President and chair of the Nominating Committee. "Transplant candidates and recipients, living donors and members of donor families are all represented on our Board and committees, and they have a lifelong investment in the services we provide."

OPTN/UNOS member voting representatives will receive a ballot and biographical information for the nominees in January or February (specific date to be determined).

President (vote for one)

Carl L. Berg, M.D.; Duke University Hospital
Vice President/President-Elect (vote for one)

James M. Gleason
Betsy J. Walsh, J.D., M.P.H.
Vice President, Patient and Donor Affairs (vote for one)

Suzanne L. Conrad, RN, M.S.
Rose T. D'Acquisto, B.A.
Immediate Past President (vote for one)

Kenneth A. Andreoni, M.D.; Shands Hospital at University of Florida
Secretary (vote for one)

Phillip C. Camp, Jr., M.D.; Brigham and Women's Hospital
Maryl R. Johnson, M.D.; University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Regional Councillors

Region 1

Heung Bae Kim, M.D.; Boston Children's Hospital
Region 3

Charles E. Wright, M.D.; LifeLink of Florida
Region 4

W. Kenneth Washburn, M.D.; University Hospital San Antonio
Region 5

Richard V. Perez, M.D.; UC Davis Medical Center
Region 6

Viken Douzdjian, M.D.; Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center
Region 7

Julie K. Heimbach, M.D.; Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Region 9

Lloyd E. Ratner, M.D.; NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
Thoracic Organ Transplant Representative (vote for one)

Michael Borkon, M.D.; Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Sean P. Pinney, M.D.; Mount Sinai Medical Center
At Large M.D. Representatives (vote for two)

Stuart M. Flechner, M.D.; Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Thomas A. Gonwa, M.D.; Mayo Clinic Florida
Ruth A. McDonald, M.D.; Seattle Children's Hospital
At Large non-M.D. Representative (vote for one)

Mary Amanda Dew, Ph.D.; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dianne LaPointe-Rudow, ANP, DrNP, CCTC; Mount Sinai Medical Center
At Large OPO Representative (vote for one)

Kevin J. O'Connor, M.S., P.A.; Life Center Northwest
Jeffrey P. Orlowski, M.S., CPTC; LifeShare Donor Transplant Services of Oklahoma
Medical/Scientific Representatives (vote for two)

Yolanda T. Becker, M.D. (AST); University of Chicago Medical Center
Mitchell L. Henry, M.D. (ASTS); Ohio State University Medical Center
Patient and Donor Affairs and Voluntary Health Organization (vote for three)

Samantha DeLair, M.S.
Trine Engebretzen, M.S., M.D.
Bradley Kornfeld, J.D.
Kenyon W. Murphy, J.D.
James A. Traficant, M.B.A., B.S.EE
Histocompatibility Representative (vote for one)

Malek Kamoun, M.D., Ph.D.; Immunology Laboratory, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
OPO Representative (vote for one)

G. Kent Holloway, MSF; Lifeline of Ohio
Transplant Coordinator Representative (vote for one)

Carrie C. Lindower, RN, M.B.A., CCTC, CPTC; Stony Brook University Hospital
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), manages the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) by contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Transplantation. The OPTN brings together medical professionals, transplant recipients and donor families to develop organ transplantation policy.