Membership Professional Standards Committee MPSC OPTNUNOS Board of
Membership & Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors Jonathan Chen, MD, Chair Deborah Sudan, MD, Vice Chair November 12 -13, 2014
Ongoing Committee Initiatives Fall 2014 Public Comment issues: § OPTN Quality Assurance and Process Improvement (QAPI) requirement § § Pre-Transplant Performance Review § § Promotes patient safety & improves post-transplant survival Increase access to transplants. Refine Transplant Hospital Definition § Promote the efficient management of the OPTN
Ongoing Initiatives Review of bylaw requirements/qualifications for primary surgeons and physicians § Approved Transplant Fellowship Training Programs § Primary Physician specialty, Consider multi-organ procurement subspecialty board certifications requirement for primary surgeon § Primary Surgeon Procurement criteria Requirement Consider primary surgeon § Reassess currency requirements qualification - primary or first for primary surgeons and primary assistant on transplant cases physicians Consider requirement for primary § Pancreas Bylaws Review physician observation of (Pancreas Committee) procurements § § § Foreign Board Certification Define working knowledge for primary physician qualification pathways
Organ Perfusion Membership Standards § Questions about private, third-party perfusion companies and OPTN membership § Recognition that perfusion technology for other organs on the horizon § Address organs in general manner, applicable to all
Questions? Jonathan Chen, MD, Chair, MPSC Seattle Children’s Hospital jonathan. chen@seattlechildrens. org MPSC Liaisons Sally Aungier - sally. aungier@unos. org Jacqui O’Keefe - jacqueline. okeefe@unos. org
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