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Pulmonary Scientific Council

Pulmonary Scientific Council. Report to ISHLT Board April 25, 2009. Council Executive. Past Chair - Marty Zamora Chair - Geert Verleden Vice Chair - Lianne Singer Secretary - David Weill. DCD Registry. Shaf Keshavjee, Marshall Hertz

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Pulmonary Scientific Council

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  1. Pulmonary Scientific Council Report to ISHLT Board April 25, 2009

  2. Council Executive • Past Chair - Marty Zamora • Chair - Geert Verleden • Vice Chair - Lianne Singer • Secretary - David Weill

  3. DCD Registry • Shaf Keshavjee, Marshall Hertz • Database fields will be designed to interface with UNOS data already being collected

  4. Education • Andy Fisher - departing workforce chair; new chair (Chris Wigfield?) and workforce member to be determined • Survey of educational preferences already emailed to membership • Discussed process for symposium proposals - desire for more transparent and standardized process; will develop form for submitting proposals

  5. Education • Lung Transplant Academy under discussion for Fall 2010 • Education guides / standard curriculum

  6. BOS Revision Project • Collaboration with ATS and ERS • Working group and writing subgroups formed • Literature search in progress • Meeting at ATS May 2009

  7. Quality of Life Workgroup • ISHLT HRQL Registry - web-based HRQL measurement from patients at multiple international sites • Interface with ISHLT registry data - logistics need to be worked out • Funding obtained from U of Toronto Multi-Organ Transplant Program • Draft protocol to be circulated • Lianne Singer - HRQL registry • Roger Yusen - workforce chair

  8. BAC project • Plan to review recent experience in transplants for bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma • Small number of centers and cases therefore decided on small working group and paper rather than registry • Chuck Hoopes, Jeff Golden, David Weill, Shaf Keshavjee

  9. AMR Working Group • New proposal at ISHLT 2009 • Debbie Levine • Working group, engage Pathology council members • Standardize diagnosis/treatment

  10. Workforce survey • New proposal - Duane Davis • Survey international programs to define workforce needs, salary structures

  11. Administration • Reassign workforce members • Quarterly conference calls including executive, workforce chairs • Survey council membership to prioritize projects and set long term goals of the scientific council • Use ISHLT website for communication

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