Achievements

Elected to the Education Committee of the American Society of Transplantation

The American Society of Transplantation Education Committee oversees the varied educational resources and activities provided by the Society. The "Timely Topics Transplantation" webinars, "Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum" videos, AST Journal clubs, and "Transplant in 10 (minutes)" videos are examples of the output from the Ed Committee. In addition, any manuscript born out of an AST committee or COP (Community of Practice) wishing to be labeled as a "Work Product" of the AST is reviewed by the Ed committee prior to journal submission.

I am currently the UNOS Region 1 representative on the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Pancreas Committee. The OPTN is a branch of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). It is a special time to be serving on this committee. The major goal is to redesign the donor pancreata allocation system in the United States. This is a multi-year project that is nearing completion. Our recent meetings have focused on the review of the organ allocation simulations generated by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). Based on the output, refinements to the model are suggested to maximize the allocation goals (e.g. reduce geographic disparity, improve highly sensitized candidate access to organs).