Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation; Request for Nominations for Voting Members, 57807-57808 [2010-23713]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Advisory Committee on Organ
Transplantation; Request for
Nominations for Voting Members
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
requesting nominations to fill vacancies
on the Advisory Committee on Organ
Transplantation (ACOT). The ACOT
was established by the Amended Final
Rule of the Organ Procurement and
Transplantation Network (OPTN) (42
CFR part 121) and, in accordance with
Public Law 92–463, was chartered on
September 1, 2000.
DATES: The agency must receive
nominations on or before October 22,
2010.
SUMMARY:
All nominations should be
submitted to the Executive Secretary,
Advisory Committee on Organ
Transplantation, Healthcare Systems
Bureau, HRSA, Parklawn Building,
Room 12–105, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857. Federal
Express, Airborne, UPS, etc., mail
delivery should be addressed to
Executive Secretary, Advisory
Committee on Organ Transplantation,
Healthcare Systems Bureau, HRSA, at
the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia A. Stroup, M.B.A., M.P.A.,
Executive Secretary, Advisory
Committee on Organ Transplantation, at
(301) 443–1127 or e-mail
Patricia.Stroup@hrsa.hhs.gov.
ADDRESSES:
As
provided by 42 CFR 121.12, the
Secretary established the Advisory
Committee on Organ Transplantation.
The Committee is governed by the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees.
The ACOT advises the Secretary,
acting through the Administrator,
HRSA, on all aspects of organ
procurement, procurement, allocation,
and transplantation, and on other such
matters that the Secretary determines.
One of its principal functions is to
advise the Secretary on Federal efforts
to maximize the number of deceased
donor organs made available for
transplantation and to support the safety
of living organ donation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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The ACOT consists of up to 25
members, who are Special Government
Employees, and 5 ex-officio, non-voting
members. Members and the Chair shall
be appointed by the Secretary from
individuals knowledgeable in such
fields as deceased and living 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, living organ
donors, and family members of
deceased and living organ donors.
Members shall not serve while they are
also serving on the OPTN Board of
Directors. To the extent practicable,
Committee members should represent
the minority, gender and geographic
diversity of transplant candidates,
transplant recipients, organ donors and
family members served by the OPTN.
The ex-officio, non-voting members
shall include the Directors of the
National Institutes of Health, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention; and the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality; the
Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services; and
the Commissioner of the Food and Drug
Administration—or their designees.
Specifically, HRSA is requesting
nominations for voting members of the
ACOT representing: health care public
policy; transplantation medicine and
surgery, including pediatric and heart/
lung transplantation; critical care
medicine; nursing; epidemiology and
applied statistics; immunology; law and
bioethics; behavioral sciences;
economics and econometrics; organ
procurement organizations; transplant
candidates/recipients; transplant/donor
family members; and living donors.
Nominees will be invited to serve a 4year term beginning after January 2011.
HHS will consider nominations of all
qualified individuals with a view to
ensuring that the Advisory Committee
includes the areas of subject matter
expertise noted above. Individuals may
nominate themselves or other
individuals, and professional
associations and organizations may
nominate one or more qualified persons
for membership on the ACOT.
Nominations shall state that the
nominee is willing to serve as a member
of the ACOT and appears to have no
conflict of interest that would preclude
the ACOT membership. Potential
candidates will be asked to provide
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detailed information concerning
financial interests, consultancies,
research grants, and/or contracts that
might be affected by recommendations
of the Committee to permit evaluation of
possible sources of conflicts of interest.
A nomination package should include
the following information for each
nominee: (1) A letter of nomination
stating the name, affiliation, and contact
information for the nominee, the basis
for the nomination (i.e., what specific
attributes, perspectives, and/or skills
does the individual possess that would
benefit the workings of ACOT), and the
nominee’s field(s) of expertise; (2) a
biographical sketch of the nominee and
a copy of his/her curriculum vitae; and
(3) the name, address, daytime
telephone number, and e-mail address
at which the nominator can be
contacted.
The Department of Health and Human
Services has special interest in assuring
that women, minority groups, and the
physically disabled are adequately
represented on advisory committees;
and therefore, extends particular
encouragement to nominations for
appropriately qualified female,
minority, or disabled candidates.
Dated: September 15, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation; Request for
Nominations for Voting Members
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is
requesting nominations to fill vacancies on the Advisory Committee on
Organ Transplantation (ACOT). The ACOT was established by the Amended
Final Rule of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)
(42 CFR part 121) and, in accordance with Public Law 92-463, was
chartered on September 1, 2000.
DATES: The agency must receive nominations on or before October 22,
2010.
ADDRESSES: All nominations should be submitted to the Executive
Secretary, Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, Healthcare
Systems Bureau, HRSA, Parklawn Building, Room 12-105, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Federal Express, Airborne, UPS, etc.,
mail delivery should be addressed to Executive Secretary, Advisory
Committee on Organ Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau, HRSA, at
the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Stroup, M.B.A., M.P.A.,
Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, at
(301) 443-1127 or e-mail Patricia.Stroup@hrsa.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As provided by 42 CFR 121.12, the Secretary
established the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation. The
Committee is governed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
Appendix 2), which sets forth standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees.
The ACOT advises the Secretary, acting through the Administrator,
HRSA, on all aspects of organ procurement, procurement, allocation, and
transplantation, and on other such matters that the Secretary
determines. One of its principal functions is to advise the Secretary
on Federal efforts to maximize the number of deceased donor organs made
available for transplantation and to support the safety of living organ
donation.
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The ACOT consists of up to 25 members, who are Special Government
Employees, and 5 ex-officio, non-voting members. Members and the Chair
shall be appointed by the Secretary from individuals knowledgeable in
such fields as deceased and living 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, living organ donors, and family
members of deceased and living organ donors. Members shall not serve
while they are also serving on the OPTN Board of Directors. To the
extent practicable, Committee members should represent the minority,
gender and geographic diversity of transplant candidates, transplant
recipients, organ donors and family members served by the OPTN. The ex-
officio, non-voting members shall include the Directors of the National
Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; the Administrator
of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and the Commissioner
of the Food and Drug Administration--or their designees.
Specifically, HRSA is requesting nominations for voting members of
the ACOT representing: health care public policy; transplantation
medicine and surgery, including pediatric and heart/lung
transplantation; critical care medicine; nursing; epidemiology and
applied statistics; immunology; law and bioethics; behavioral sciences;
economics and econometrics; organ procurement organizations; transplant
candidates/recipients; transplant/donor family members; and living
donors. Nominees will be invited to serve a 4-year term beginning after
January 2011.
HHS will consider nominations of all qualified individuals with a
view to ensuring that the Advisory Committee includes the areas of
subject matter expertise noted above. Individuals may nominate
themselves or other individuals, and professional associations and
organizations may nominate one or more qualified persons for membership
on the ACOT. Nominations shall state that the nominee is willing to
serve as a member of the ACOT and appears to have no conflict of
interest that would preclude the ACOT membership. Potential candidates
will be asked to provide detailed information concerning financial
interests, consultancies, research grants, and/or contracts that might
be affected by recommendations of the Committee to permit evaluation of
possible sources of conflicts of interest.
A nomination package should include the following information for
each nominee: (1) A letter of nomination stating the name, affiliation,
and contact information for the nominee, the basis for the nomination
(i.e., what specific attributes, perspectives, and/or skills does the
individual possess that would benefit the workings of ACOT), and the
nominee's field(s) of expertise; (2) a biographical sketch of the
nominee and a copy of his/her curriculum vitae; and (3) the name,
address, daytime telephone number, and e-mail address at which the
nominator can be contacted.
The Department of Health and Human Services has special interest in
assuring that women, minority groups, and the physically disabled are
adequately represented on advisory committees; and therefore, extends
particular encouragement to nominations for appropriately qualified
female, minority, or disabled candidates.
Dated: September 15, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
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