Minority Affairs Committee

The Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) identifies and considers aspects of organ procurement, allocation, and transplantation with the potential to impact minority and vulnerable populations in particular. In addition, the Committee provides input and recommendations regarding ongoing efforts of other OPTN Committees and the Board of Directors to ensure that issues and special needs of minority and vulnerable populations are considered and addressed.

Featured report

• One-year eGFR waiting time modification monitoring report (PDF - 175 KB) (4/15/2024)

Current projects

Review

• Reassess Inclusion of Race in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) Equation
• Data Collection to Assess Socioeconomic Status and Access to Transplant (6/2020)

Implemented

• Monitor Ongoing eGFR Modification Policy Requirements (6/2025)
• ​​Refit Kidney Donor Profile Index without Race and Hepatitis C​ Virus
• Modify Waiting Time for Candidates Affected by Race-Inclusive Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) Calculations (1/2023)
• Establish OPTN Requirement for Race- Neutral eGFR Calculations
• Guidance to increase nonA1 and nonA1B kidneys for type B candidates (7/2017)

Committee members