1. Minority Affairs Committee Update 2012 Fall Regional Meetings

2.  Educational Guidelines on Patient Referral to Kidney Transplantation  Default pathway for CKD, ESRD is referral  Preemptive transplant is the goal  Education must begin early Committee Project Highlights

3.  Draft guidelines reviewed by transplant organizations OPTN Committees: Kidney, Patient Affairs, Living Donor, Transplant Administrators Professional transplant partner organizations: AST, NKF/KDOQUI, STSW Joint MAC/Organizational Representatives: MOTTEP, ASTS, ASN, AMAT Educational Guidelines, cont.

4.  NATCO to help with dissemination  Draft document approved by full committee for final review phase  Path Forward: review by CMS, ANNA, APPA, UNOS leadership, and then HRSA Educational Guidelines, cont.

5.  A2/A2B National Variance  Dialysis Facility Survey  Kidney and Liver Referral Survey  MAC Comprehensive Review Article Other Committee Projects

6.  Minority Donor Conversion Education Project  Collection and review of conversion data  Demographic differences  Examination of all variables impacting conversion  Partnering with other groups New Committee Projects

7.  Survey on Referral to Thoracic Transplantation  Asking questions on:  Delays for heart transplant candidates?  Are all eligible heart candidates being referred?  What is the population of candidates with heart failure (N)? New Committee Projects, cont.

8.  KPSAM simulation modeling presentation  Kidney allocation system  Evaluation for impact on selected populations  Continued evaluation of CPRA  Review of data prepared for Histocompatibility Committee  Impact of CPRA on kidney allocation Ongoing Data Reviews

9.  Silas P. Norman, MD Chairman spnorman@umich.edu  Meelie A. Debroy, MD, Vice Chair Meelie.Debroy@UTsouthwestern.edu  Deanna L. Parker, MPA, Committee Liaison deanna.parker@unos.org. Questions?