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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Notice of meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Organ Transplantation
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting of the
Advisory Committee on Organ
Transplantation.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92–
463, the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2),
notice is hereby given of the thirteenth
meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Organ Transplantation (ACOT),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS). The meeting will be
held from approximately 9 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. on November 15, 2007, and from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on November 16, 2007,
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Washington,
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meeting will be open to the public;
however, seating is limited and preregistration is encouraged (see below).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222
of the Public Health Service Act, as
amended, and 42 CFR 121.12 (2000),
ACOT was established to assist the
Secretary in enhancing organ donation,
ensuring that the system of organ
transplantation is grounded in the best
available medical science, and assuring
the public that the system is as effective
and equitable as possible, and, thereby,
increasing public confidence in the
integrity and effectiveness of the
transplantation system. ACOT is
composed of up to 25 members,
including the Chair. Members are
serving as Special Government
Employees and have diverse
backgrounds in fields such as organ
donation, health care public policy,
transplantation medicine and surgery,
critical care medicine and other medical
specialties involved in the identification
and referral of donors, non-physician
transplant professions, nursing,
epidemiology, immunology, law and
bioethics, behavioral sciences,
economics and statistics, as well as
representatives of transplant candidates,
transplant recipients, organ donors, and
family members.
ACOT will hear presentations on
xenotransplantation; pediatric
transplantation; transplantation
economics; a description of two
National Institutes of Health long-term
living donor follow up studies; and
Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Network Long-Term Follow Up. The
ACOT work groups also will update the
full Committee on their deliberations on
transplant tourism, informed consent,
sources of funding for additional data
collection, and tissue recovery and
transplantation certification/
accreditation.
The draft meeting agenda will be
available on November 1 on the
Department’s donation Web site at
https://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
A registration form will be available
on October 15 on the Department’s
donation Web site at https://
www.organdonor.gov/acot.html. The
completed registration form should be
submitted by facsimile to Professional
and Scientific Associates (PSA), the
logistical support contractor for the
meeting, at fax number (703) 234–1701.
Individuals without access to the
Internet who wish to register may call
Sowjanya Kotakonda with PSA at (703)
234–1737. Registration can also be
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completed electronically at https://
www.psava.com/dot/acot2007/.
Individuals who plan to attend the
meeting and need special assistance,
such as sign language interpretation or
other reasonable accommodations,
should notify the ACOT Executive
Secretary, Remy Aronoff, in advance of
the meeting. Mr. Aronoff may be
reached by telephone at 301–443–3264,
e-mail: Remy.Aronoff@hrsa.hhs.gov or
in writing at the address provided
below. Management and support
services for ACOT functions are
provided by the Division of
Transplantation, Healthcare Systems
Bureau, Health Resources and Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Parklawn Building, Room 12C–06,
Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone
number 301–443–7577.
After the presentations and ACOT
discussions, members of the public will
have an opportunity to provide
comments. Because of the Committee’s
full agenda and the timeframe in which
to cover the agenda topics, public
comment will be limited. All public
comments will be included in the
record of the ACOT meeting.
Dated: October 2, 2007.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Notice of meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ
Transplantation
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ
Transplantation.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the
thirteenth meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation
(ACOT), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The meeting will
be held from approximately 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on November 15, 2007,
and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on November 16, 2007, at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel Washington, DC--Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver
Spring, MD 20910. The meeting will be open to the public; however,
seating is limited and pre-registration is encouraged (see below).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a,
Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and 42 CFR
121.12 (2000), ACOT was established to assist the Secretary in
enhancing organ donation, ensuring that the system of organ
transplantation is grounded in the best available medical science, and
assuring the public that the system is as effective and equitable as
possible, and, thereby, increasing public confidence in the integrity
and effectiveness of the transplantation system. ACOT is composed of up
to 25 members, including the Chair. Members are serving as Special
Government Employees and have diverse backgrounds in fields such as
organ donation, health care public policy, transplantation medicine and
surgery, critical care medicine and other medical specialties involved
in the identification and referral of donors, non-physician transplant
professions, nursing, epidemiology, immunology, law and bioethics,
behavioral sciences, economics and statistics, as well as
representatives of transplant candidates, transplant recipients, organ
donors, and family members.
ACOT will hear presentations on xenotransplantation; pediatric
transplantation; transplantation economics; a description of two
National Institutes of Health long-term living donor follow up studies;
and Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Long-Term Follow Up.
The ACOT work groups also will update the full Committee on their
deliberations on transplant tourism, informed consent, sources of
funding for additional data collection, and tissue recovery and
transplantation certification/accreditation.
The draft meeting agenda will be available on November 1 on the
Department's donation Web site at https://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
A registration form will be available on October 15 on the
Department's donation Web site at https://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
The completed registration form should be submitted by facsimile to
Professional and Scientific Associates (PSA), the logistical support
contractor for the meeting, at fax number (703) 234-1701. Individuals
without access to the Internet who wish to register may call Sowjanya
Kotakonda with PSA at (703) 234-1737. Registration can also be
completed electronically at https://www.psava.com/dot/acot2007/.
Individuals who plan to attend the meeting and need special assistance,
such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, should notify the ACOT Executive Secretary, Remy
Aronoff, in advance of the meeting. Mr. Aronoff may be reached by
telephone at 301-443-3264, e-mail: Remy.Aronoff@hrsa.hhs.gov or in
writing at the address provided below. Management and support services
for ACOT functions are provided by the Division of Transplantation,
Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 12C-06,
Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone number 301-443-7577.
After the presentations and ACOT discussions, members of the public
will have an opportunity to provide comments. Because of the
Committee's full agenda and the timeframe in which to cover the agenda
topics, public comment will be limited. All public comments will be
included in the record of the ACOT meeting.
Dated: October 2, 2007.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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