[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 65 (Thursday, April 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16797-16798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6365]


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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.

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 
twelfth 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 May 15, 2007, and 
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 16, 2007, at the DoubleTree Hotel & 
Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The 
meeting will be open to the public; however, seating is limited

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and pre-registration is encouraged (see below).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 
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 paired exchanges; the activities of 
the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients; a transplantation 
cost-benefit study; transplant tourism; end-of-life care and donation 
after cardiac death (DCD) recovery; and a kidney application policy 
that is under development.
    The draft meeting agenda will be available on May 1 on the 
Department's donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
    A registration form will be available on April 15 on the 
Department's donation Web site at http://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. Registration 
can also be completed electronically at http://www.psava.com/dot/acot2007/. Individuals without access to the Internet who wish to 
register may call Sowjanya Kotakonda with PSA at (703) 234-1737. 
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: [email protected] 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: March 29, 2007.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E7-6365 Filed 4-4-07; 8:45 am]
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