[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 57588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19969]


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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.

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ 
Transplantation.

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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 
thirteenth 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 November 15, 2007, 
and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on November 16, 2007, at the Crowne Plaza 
Hotel Washington, DC--Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910. The meeting will be open to the public; however, 
seating is limited and pre-registration is encouraged (see below).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 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 xenotransplantation; pediatric 
transplantation; transplantation economics; a description of two 
National Institutes of Health long-term living donor follow up studies; 
and Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Long-Term Follow Up. 
The ACOT work groups also will update the full Committee on their 
deliberations on transplant tourism, informed consent, sources of 
funding for additional data collection, and tissue recovery and 
transplantation certification/accreditation.
    The draft meeting agenda will be available on November 1 on the 
Department's donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
    A registration form will be available on October 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. Individuals 
without access to the Internet who wish to register may call Sowjanya 
Kotakonda with PSA at (703) 234-1737. Registration can also be 
completed electronically at http://www.psava.com/dot/acot2007/. 
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: October 2, 2007.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
 [FR Doc. E7-19969 Filed 10-9-07; 8:45 am]
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