Membership and Personnel Requirements for VCA Programs (Resolution 27) Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA)Transplantation Committee Sue V. McDiarmid, MD, Chair

 Current VCA membership requirements do not include requirement that transplant programs specify which type(s) of VCA the program intends to transplant as part of the OPTN membership approval process  This allows programs to perform all types of VCA transplants once OPTN membership has been approved The Problem

# 4 – Promote transplant patient safety Provide consistency and structure to VCA bylaws and programs Ensure accountability to the OPTN Strategic Plan

Provide written notification of the type or types of VCA the program intends to transplant Provide written assurance from the local OPO that it will provide the same type or types of VCA for transplantation Provide signatures from each reconstructive surgeon, transplant physician and surgeon for each type of VCA transplant Proposed New Requirements for Transplant Programs

 UNOS staff will contact all currently approved VCA programs to obtain information and will request this information as part of membership application process  If transplant program performs transplant for a type of VCA that is different than the type or types specified for approval, MPSC will consider this a policy violation Compliance Monitoring

 Proposal is being presented for Board approval in advance of public comment  VCA Committee believes this is a technical clarification Public Comment

J.1 Letter of Notification If a transplant hospital member commits to performing VCA transplants, the hospital must send a written notification of this intent to the OPTN Contractor that includes both of the following:. The notification to the OPTN Contractor must include a written assurance from the local OPO that it will provide organs for use in vascularized composite allografts. 1.The specific type or types of VCA transplant the hospital will perform. 2.Assurance from the local OPO that it will provide the same type or types of VCA for transplantation. The letter of notification from the transplant hospital must be signed by all of the following individuals: 1.The chief administrative officer for the institution. 2. A The reconstructive surgeon for each type of VCA transplant with expertise in microsurgical reconstruction, prior experience in VCA, or in lieu of actual VCA experience, extensive experience in the applicable reconstructive procedure as required, such as hand replantation or facial reconstruction. 3. A The transplant physician or transplant surgeon for each type of VCA transplant at an approved transplant program that has completed an approved transplant fellowship, or qualifies by documented transplant experience, in a medical or surgical specialty. The OPTN Contractor will then notify the transplant hospital member of the program designation for each type of VCA transplant.

Product OPTN Bylaw modification (Appendix J) Target Population Impact: VCA Transplant Programs Total IT Implementation Hours 0/10,680 Total Overall Implementation Hours 40/17,885 Overall Project Impact

 RESOLVED, that modifications to OPTN Bylaws, Appendix J (Membership and Personnel Requirements for VCA Programs), are hereby approved, effective February 1, Resolution 27, Page 112