Region 9 Representatives Serving on OPTN/UNOS Committees

Committee / Name / City/State / Position / Term
Ethics Committee
Bruce E. Gelb MD / New York , NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2019
Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee
Maryjane A. Farr M.D. / New York, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2017
Ad Hoc International Relations Committee
Kishore R. Iyer MBBS, FRCS, FACS / New York, NY / Vice Chair / 2018
Histocompatibility Committee
Allen J. Norin PhD / Brooklyn, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2017
Liise K. Kayler MD, MS, FACS / Buffalo, NY / At Large / 2017
Membership & Prof. Standards Committee (MPSC)
Rob Kochik CPTC / Rochester, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2018
Sean P. Pinney MD / New York, NY / At Large / 2018
Patient Affairs Committee
Jeffrey Graham / New Rochelle, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2019
Pediatric Transplantation Committee
Kishore R. Iyer MBBS, FRCS, FACS / New York, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2019
Executive Committee
Dianne Lapointe Rudow APN-BC, DNP, CCTC / Douglaston, NY / Secretary / 2018
OPO Committee
Lauren Quinn MA / Albany, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2019
Minority Affairs Committee
Rajeev Sharma M.D., MBBS, MS / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2019
Liver & Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee
Sander S. Florman MD, FACS / New York, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2019
Transplant Administrators Committee
Nancy Metzler / Rochester, NY / Vice Chair / 2019
Nancy Metzler / Rochester, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2017
Anthony P. Dawson RN, MSN / New York, NY / At Large / 2019
Brigitte E. Sullivan MBA / New York, NY / At Large / 2017
Board of Directors
Dianne Lapointe Rudow APN-BC, DNP, CCTC / Douglaston, NY / Secretary / 2018
Lewis W. Teperman M.D. / Mannasset, NY / BOD - Councillor Reg. 9 / 2018
Carrie Lindower RN, MBA, CPTC, CCTC / Stony Brook, NY / At Large / 2018
Data Advisory Committee
Yael Coppleson / New York, NY / At Large / 2017
Living Donor Committee
Vaughn E. Whittaker M.D. / Syracuse, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2019
Operations and Safety Committee
Vikram Aggarwal M.D., D.N.B. / Syracuse, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2019
Theresa M. Daly MS, RN, FNP / New York, NY / Ex. Officio / 2017
Transplant Coordinators Committee
Pamela Baird ANP-BC / New York, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2017
Pancreas Transplantation Committee
Jim Kim M.D. / New York, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2017
Policy Oversight Committee
Kishore R. Iyer MBBS, FRCS, FACS / New York, NY / At Large / 2018
Nancy Metzler / Rochester, NY / At Large / 2019
Kidney Transplantation Committee
Vinay Nair D.O. / New York, NY / Regional Rep. Reg. 9 / 2017
Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee
Helen M. Irving RN, MBA / New York, NY / At Large / 2017
Vascularized Composite Allograft Transplantation
Monica James RN, BSN / New York, NY / At Large / 2017