OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors Meeting

December 3-5, 2017 Ritz Carlton Hotel – Atlanta, GA Meeting Schedule

Sunday, December 3, 2017

UNOS IT Advisory Committee 4:00-6:00pm Plaza Ballroom (2nd floor) [Board members, ITAC advisors, UNOS staff]

OPTN/UNOS Finance Committee 4:00-6:00pm Congress Room (3rd floor) [Board members, Finance advisors, HRSA and UNOS staff]

OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors Dinner 7:00pm Georgian Room (1st floor) [By invitation only]

Monday, December 4, 2017

UNOS Corporate Affairs Committee Breakfast Meeting 7:00-8:45am Plaza Ballroom (2nd floor) [Board members, CAC advisors, UNOS staff Please note: a portion of this meeting will be closed for a meeting with HRSA staff]

OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee Breakfast Meeting 9:00am-10:15am Plaza Ballroom (2nd floor) [Public meeting, open to all]

UNOS Corporate Board Closed Session 10:30am-12:00pm Ballroom (1st floor) [Board members, CAC, ITAC, and Finance Committee Advisors, UNOS staff]

Lunch 12:15pm - 1:15pm Georgian Room (1st floor)

Breakout Sessions 1:30-2:30pm [Public sessions, open to all]

Breakout Session #1: Show me the DATA ! Plaza Ballroom (2nd floor) Bob Carrico, PhD, Assistant Director of Research/Senior Research Scientist, UNOS Sarah Taranto, Assistant Director of Research/Data Quality & Analytics, UNOS

In this session, UNOS research staff will highlight new data tools designed to help transplant programs and OPOs assess their own performance. They will also facilitate a discussion about what additional data tools OPTN/UNOS members would like to utilize for continuous improvement.

Breakout Session #2: Early Results of the new Simultaneous Congress Room (3rd floor) Liver-Kidney (SLK) Allocation Policy Anna Kucheryavaya, Research Analyst, UNOS Amber Wilk, Associate Manager and Research Scientist, UNOS Gena Boyle Berger, MPA, Assistant Director for Board Relations Moderated by: Nicole Turgeon, MD, Chair, Kidney Transplantation Committee

In this session, UNOS research staff will present the first two full months of data on the new SLK allocation policy.

11/9/2017 OPTN Open Session 2:45pm-6:15pm Ballroom (1st floor) [Public session, open to all]

 Executive Committee Report* Dr. Becker

 OPTN Finance Committee Report* Dr. Reich/Mr. Lovetro

 Executive Report Mr. Shepard

 Enhancing Liver Distribution* Dr. Heimbach

Board of Directors Reception 6:30-7:30pm Plaza Ballroom (2nd floor)

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Committee Chair Leadership Breakfast Meeting 8:00-10:00am Georgian Room (1st floor)

Board of Directors Breakfast 8:30-9:30am Ballroom Foyer (1st floor)

OPTN Closed Session 9:45-10:10am Ballroom (1st floor) [Board members, HRSA staff, and UNOS staff]

OPTN Open Session 10:20am-3pm Ballroom (1st floor) [Public session, open to all]

 Nominating Committee Report* Dr. Becker

 Improving en bloc kidney allocation* Dr. Turgeon

 Improving the efficiency of organ placement* Ms. Prinz

Board of Directors Lunch 12:30-1:30pm

 Broaden pancreas allocation across compatible ABO types* Dr. Odorico

 Recap of breakout sessions

Board Meeting Adjourns 3:00pm

We will have a bus available at 3:15 pm to take members to the Atlanta airport.

11/9/2017