Observe an OPTN committee meeting
A livestream of all OPTN full committee meetings will be available on the OPTN Vimeo page while meetings are in session. Recordings of past OPTN Public Meetings are available on HRSAtube. Visit the calendar of events page for meeting dates and details.
OPTN Code of Conduct
Individuals serving on the OPTN Board of Directors, OPTN committees, OPTN review boards, or other OPTN volunteer entities must agree to abide by the OPTN Code of Conduct.
Read more about the OPTN Code of Conduct.
Current committees
Data Advisory Committee
Chair
Dr. Jesse Schold
University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center
Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (Ad Hoc)
Chair
Dr. Stephanie M Pouch
Emory University Hospital
Ethics Committee
Chair
Dr. Andrew Flescher
University Hospital of State University of New York at Stony Brook
Executive Committee (Board of Directors)
Chair
Dr. John C Magee
University of Michigan Medical Center
Finance Committee (Board of Directors)
Chair
Dr. Alan I Reed
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Transplant Programs
Heart Transplantation Committee
Chair
Dr. Jondavid Menteer
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Histocompatibility Committee
Chair
Dr. Gerald P Morris
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory at UCSD
International Relations Committee (Ad Hoc)
Chair
Dr. Peter G Stock
University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Kidney Transplantation Committee
Chair
Dr. Arpita Basu
Emory University Hospital
Liver & Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee
Chair
Dr. Shimul Shah
Massachusetts General Hospital
Living Donor Committee
Chair
Dr. Stevan A Gonzalez
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center-Fort Worth
Lung Transplantation Committee
Chair
Dr. Matthew G Hartwig
Duke University Hospital
Membership & Professional Standards Committee (MPSC)
Chair
Dr. Clifford D Miles
The Nebraska Medical Center
Minority Affairs Committee
Chair
Dr. Oscar Serrano
Hartford Hospital
Multi-Organ Transplantation Committee (Ad Hoc)
Chair
Ms. Lisa M Stocks
OneLegacy
Network Operations Oversight Committee (Board of Directors)
Nominating Committee (Board of Directors)
Chair
Dr. Shelley A Hall
Baylor University Medical Center
Operations & Safety Committee
Chair
Kimberly T Koontz
HonorBridge
Organ Procurement Organization Committee
Chair
Lori Markham
Midwest Transplant Network
Pancreas Transplantation Committee
Chair
Dr. Ty Dunn
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
Patient Affairs Committee
Chair
Molly J McCarthy
General Public Region 6
Pediatric Transplantation Committee
Chair
Dr. Neha Bansal
NYU Langone Health
Policy Oversight Committee
Chair
Dr. Erika D Lease
University of Washington Medical Center
Transplant Administrators Committee
Chair
Jason Huff
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Transplant Coordinators Committee
Chair
Ms. Christine F Brenner
Sharp Memorial Hospital
Vascularized Composite Allograft Transplantation Committee
Chair
Dr. Vijay S Gorantla
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Former committees
These committees are no longer active.
Thoracic Organ Transplantation
The Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee was dissolved July 1, 2020. Please find current resources on the Heart Transplantation Committee page and the Lung Transplantation Committee page.