Operations & Safety Committee

The Operations and Safety Committee (OSC) seeks to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of the organ donation and transplantation system. The Committee reviews de-identified transplant and donation-related adverse events and near-misses reported to the OPTN by the transplant community, in order to identify potential improvements and policy revisions that may prevent future such occurrences. Based on input from the community and committee experience, and with collaboration from other committees as needed, the Committee may initiate, develop and recommend projects to the Board of Directors.

Current projects

Review

Board approved and pending implementation

Deceased Donor Support Therapy Data Collection

Implemented

Committee members

Chair

Kimberly T Koontz
HonorBridge

Vice Chair

Dr. Steven R Potter
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute

Members	Position	End Term Date	Organization
Amanda Bailey	Region 11 Representative	6/30/2028	Henrico Doctors' Hospital
Anja DiCesaro	Region 6 Representative	6/30/2027	LifeCenter Northwest
Annemarie Lucas	At Large	6/30/2027	University of Michigan Medical Center
Bassem Ayyash	Region 1 Representative	6/30/2029	Massachusetts General Hospital
Bridget Dewees	At Large	6/30/2028	General Public Region 11
Chandan Mehta	Region 10 Representative	6/30/2029	Henry Ford Hospital
Christopher Thome	At Large	6/30/2029	General Public Region 10
Dan Meyer	Visiting Board Member	6/30/2027	Baylor University Medical Center
Elizabeth Shipman	Region 5 Representative	6/30/2028	Nevada Donor Network
Erin Halpin	Region 7 Representative	6/30/2029	UW Health Organ and Tissue Donation;Rush University Medical Center
Kaitlyn Fitzgerald	Region 4 Representative	6/30/2027	LifeGift Organ Donation Center
Kim Sureau	Region 9 Representative	6/30/2029	NYU Langone Health
Kimberly Koontz	Chair	6/30/2027	HonorBridge
Leslie McMahon	Region 8 Representative	6/30/2029	Donor Alliance
Meelie DebRoy	Visiting Board Member	6/30/2027	Westchester Medical Center
Megan Roberts	At Large	6/30/2027	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Nicole Alfred-Toran	At Large	6/30/2027	Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Shennen Mao	Region 3 Representative	6/30/2029	Mayo Clinic Hospital Florida
Steven Potter	Vice Chair	6/30/2027	Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute
Yawah Nicholson	Region 2 Representative	6/30/2029	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Meeting summaries

Reports to the Board of Directors

Fecha de la última revisión:

July 2026

Padres: no batallen solos