Region 2 OPTN/UNOS Committee Report
Region 2 OPTN/UNOS Committee Report
Committee / Name / City/State / Position / TermEthics Committee
Peter P. Reese MD / Philadelphia, PA / Vice Chair / 2014
Andrew Singer M.D. / Baltimore, MD / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2016
Michael E. Shapiro MD / Hackensack, NJ / At Large / 2014
Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee
Linda J. Bogar M.D. / Falls Church, VA / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2014
Nancy P. Blumenthal MSN,CRNP / Philadelphia, PA / At Large / 2014
Ad Hoc International Relations Committee
Shmuel Shoham MD / Baltimore, , MD / At Large / 2015
Histocompatibility Committee
Julie Houp / Baltimore, MD / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2014
Membership & Prof. Standards Committee (MPSC)
David J. Reich MD / Philadelphia, PA / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2015
David A. Baran MD / Newark, NJ / At Large / 2015
Emily A. Blumberg MD / Philadelphia, PA / At Large / 2014
Edward Cantu III, M.D. / Philadelphia, PA / At Large / 2015
Steven S. Geier PhD, ABHI / Philadelphia, PA / At Large / 2014
Patient Affairs Committee
J. Eric Hobson MSN, CRNP / Philadelphia, PA / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2016
George E. Franklin III / Columbia, MD / At Large / 2014
Carrie L. Simpkins RN, CPAN, ACLS, PALS / Danville, PA / At Large / 2014
Pediatric Transplantation Committee
Kenneth V. Lieberman MD / Hackensack, NJ / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2015
Sandra Amaral MD / Philadelphia, PA / At Large / 2014
Executive Committee
James M. Gleason / Beverly, NJ / BOD. - General Public Rep. / 2014
OPO Committee
Christopher B. Hughes M.D., FACS / Pittsburgh , PA / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2014
Minority Affairs Committee
Meelie A. Debroy MD / New Brunswick, NJ / Chair / 2015
Jerry McCauley MD, MPH, FACP / Philadelphia, PA / Vice Chair / 2015
Lisa J. Strother-Upsher MS / Pittsburgh, PA / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2015
Julie Houp / Baltimore, MD / At Large / 2014
Liver & Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee
Zakiyah Kadry MD / Hershey, PA / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2015
Burnett (Beau) S. Kelly Jr., M.D., MBA / Pittsburgh, PA / At Large / 2014
Kirti Shetty MD / Washington, DC / At Large / 2014
Kim M. Olthoff MD / Philadelphia, PA / Ex. Officio / 2014
Transplant Administrators Committee
Maria Neff MS / Philadelphia, PA / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2016
Living Donor Committee
Francis Weng MD / Livingston, NJ / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2015
Mary Amanda Dew Ph.D. / Pittsburgh, PA / At Large / 2014
Regina Gill / Jersey City, NJ / At Large / 2015
Operations and Safety Committee
Deborah A. Maurer RN, MBA / Pittsburgh, PA / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2015
Alden M. Doyle MD,MS,MPH & TM / Philadelphia, PA / At Large / 2015
Transplant Coordinators Committee
Kevin C. Carney MSN, CRNP, CCTC / Philadelphia, PA / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2014
Pancreas Transplantation Committee
Silke V. Niederhaus M.D. / Baltimore, MD / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2015
Karthik M. Ranganna M.D. / Philadelphia, PA / At Large / 2015
Policy Oversight Committee
Peter P. Reese MD / Philadelphia, PA / At Large / 2014
Kidney Transplantation Committee
Adam M. Frank MD, FACS / Philadelphia, PA / Regional Rep. Reg. 2 / 2014
Sandra Amaral MD / Philadelphia, PA / At Large / 2014
Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee
Michael D. Green MD, MPH / Pittsburgh, PA / Chair / 2014
Mary K. Klassen-Fischer MD / Silver Spring, MD / At Large / 2014
UNOS Corporate Affairs (CAC) Committee
Lori E. Brigham MBA / Annandale, VA / At Large / 2014
Charles E. Alexander RN, MSN, MBA / Baltimore, MD / Ex Officio / 2014
UNOS Information Technology Advisory Committee
James M. Gleason / Beverly, NJ / At Large / 2015