Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation
First Meeting
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Ave., NW
Room 250
Washington, D.C.

AGENDA -- OPEN SESSION

Thursday, March 24, 2005

10:30 am  --12:00 pm         Welcome and Opening Statement
                                             Jim Childress, Committee Chair

                                        Charge to the Committee and Background Information
                                             Hui-Hsing Wong, M.D., J.D.
                                             Senior Medical Advisor
                                             Operations and Analysis Branch, DOT, HRSA

                                             Jim Burdick, M.D.
                                             Director, Division of Transplantation (DOT), HRSA

                                             Mary Ganikos, Ph.D.
                                             Chief, Public and Professional Education Branch, DOT, HRSA

                                         Committee Discussion with HRSA Staff

12:00 -- 1:00 p.m.                Lunch -- Committee members, speakers, and staff -- Room 250

1:00 -- 3:00                         Overview of the Issues and Context for the Study
                                              Jeffrey Prottas, Ph.D.  
                                              Professor, Brandeis University

                                              Gail Agrawal, M.P.H., J.D.
                                              Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Law
                                              University of North Carolina School of Law

                                          Discussion

3:00                                    Adjourn Open Session