[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14472-14473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5460]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
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
fourteenth 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 5, 2008, and from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 6, 2008, at the Hilton Washington D.C./
Rockville Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD
20852. 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. 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 the ``Kidney Disease Outcome
Quality Initiative/Early Kidney Transplantation Conference'' held on
March 19-20, 2007; adolescent/medication nonadherence/transitioning
from pediatric-adolescent care to adult care; revised informed consent
recommendation; recovery/allocation/transplantation practices outside
the United States; and a final report on the economics of
transplantation. The four ACOT work groups also will update the
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full Committee on their deliberations on informed consent, sources of
funding for additional data collection, reducing pediatric deaths on
the waitlist, and xenotransplantation.
The draft meeting agenda will be available on April 21 on the
Department's donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
A registration form will be available on April 7 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 Amanda
Madeline with PSA at (703) 234-1244. Registration can also be completed
electronically at http://www.psava.com/dot/acot2008/. 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, Gregory Fant, Ph.D., in advance of
the meeting. Dr. Fant may be reached by telephone at 301-443-8728, 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 12, 2008.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E8-5460 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am]
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