Minority Affairs Committee Fall 2014

 Patient resource promoting early referral for transplant evaluation  Collaborated with Patient Affairs Committee  Based on research from the MAC Early Referral Guidance Document  Targeted for primary care providers, internists, nephrologists and dialysis centers Patients Guide to Kidney Transplant Referral

 Black and male living kidney donors are at a higher risk than white and female living kidney donors to develop ESRD following kidney donation.  Vulnerable populations need to know the risk of living donation  Committee is developing guidance on informed consent for living donors at greater risk Informed Consent for Living Donors-Vulnerable Populations

Patient Affairs Chair Meelie Debroy, MD UNOS Staff Liaison Freda Wilkins Questions?