http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/news/newsDetail.asp?id=1541Nominees Chosen for Board of Directors Election
At its November meeting, the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors approved the following slate of nominees for Board appointments beginning in June 2012. The OPTN Board of Directors also functions as the UNOS Board of Directors. Candidates were recommended by the OPTN/UNOS Nominating Committee.
OPTN/UNOS member voting representatives will receive a ballot and biographical information for the nominees in January; the election will be completed in February or March (specific date yet to be determined).
President (vote for one)
John P. Roberts, M.D., UCSF Medical Center
Vice President/President-Elect (vote for one)
Kenneth A. Andreoni, M.D., Ohio State University Medical Center
Silas P. Norman, M.D., M.P.H., University of Michigan Medical Center
Vice President/Patient & Donor Affairs (vote for one)
Suzanne Lane Conrad, RN, M.S.
Thomas A. Falsey, B.S.
Immediate Past President (vote for one)
John R. Lake, M.D., Univ. of Minnesota Medical Center
Secretary (vote for one)
Jeffrey P. Orlowski, M.S., CPTC, Center for Donation & Transplant
Stuart C. Sweet, M.D., Ph.D., St. Louis Children's Hospital
Regional Councillors
Region 3
Devin E. Eckhoff, M.D., University of Alabama Hospital
Region 4
Marlon F. Levy, M.D., Baylor All Saints Medical Center
Region 5
David D. Douglas, M.D., Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix
Region 6
Michael S. Mulligan, M.D., University of Washington Medical Center
Region 7
Dixon B. Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Region 9
Mark S. Orloff, M.D., Strong Memorial Hospital
Thoracic Transplant Representative (vote for one)
Jonathan M. Chen, M.D., New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
J. David Vega, M.D., Emory University Hospital
Patient and Donor Affairs and Voluntary Health Organization Representatives (vote for four)
James M. Gleason, B.S., M.A.
James Kiehm
Charles (Ted) Lawson
Mary Nachreiner, B.S.P.T.
Kenyon W. Murphy, J.D.
Laurie J. Reece, B.A.
Julie Siegel, J.D.
At Large Representatives (vote for two)
Matthew Cooper, M.D., University of Maryland Medical System
Michael G. Ison, M.D., Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Randall C. Starling, M.D., M.P.H., Cleveland Clinic Foundation
At Large Representatives (vote for one)
Laura M. Murdock-Stillion, M.H.A., Ohio State University Medical Center
Edward Y. Zavala, M.B.A., Vanderbilt University Medical Center
At Large OPO Representatives (vote for one)
Lori E. Brigham, B.S., M.B.A., Washington Regional Transplant Community
James A. Cutler, CPTC, Southwest Transplant Alliance
Medical/Scientific Representatives (vote for two)
Maryl M. Johnson, M.D. (AST), University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Robert M. Merion, M.D. (ASTS), University of Michigan Medical Center
Histocompatibility Representative (vote for one)
Marilyn S. Pollack, Ph.D., D(ABHI) - ASHI, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, University Health System, San Antonio
A. Bradley Eisenbrey, III, M.D., FCAP - CAP, Cellular Immunology and Histocompatibility Laboratory, Henry Ford Hospital
OPO Representative (vote for one)
Boyd Ward, Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency
Transplant Coordinator Representative (vote for one)
Tracy Evans-Walker, RN, CNP, CCTC, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is operated under contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Transplantation by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). The OPTN brings together medical professionals, transplant recipients and donor families to develop organ transplantation policy.
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