Committees

Through the efforts of dedicated committee members, the AST has continued to build upon the mission of promoting scientific initiatives, fostering professional education, and improving patient care. AST committees play an important part in furthering these goals.

All AST committees, advisory councils, and communities of practice are listed below. These groups are created by resolution of the AST Board of Directors. Members of committees and advisory councils are appointed by the AST President-Elect. Communities of practice are open to anyone in the field of transplantation and participation is encouraged.

AST Committees

• ATC Program Planning Committee
• Audit Committee
• Awards Committee
• CEOT Program Planning Committee
• Community Education Committee
• Conflict of Interest Committee
• Controversies Conference Oversight Committee
• Development Committee
• Education Committee
• FAST Committee 
• Fellows Symposium Program Planning Committee
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access to Life (IDEAL) Committee
• Investment Advisory Committee
• Governance Committee
• Medical Directors Committee
• OPTN Policy Committee
• Public Policy Committee
• Research Network Committee
• Scientific Review Committee
• Transplant Community Advisory Council
• Transplant Regenerative Medicine Advisory Council 
• Vascular Composite Allotransplant Advisory Council

AST Communities of Practice

• Advanced Practice Providers Community of Practice (APP COP)
• Community of Transplant Scientists (COTS)
• Donation and Transplantation Optimization Community of Practice (DTO COP)
• Infectious Disease Community of Practice (IDCOP)
• Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice (KPCOP)
• Live Donor Community of Practice (LDCOP)
• Liver and Intestinal Community of Practice (LICOP)
• Recovery and Preservation (RAP COP)
• Pediatric Community of Practice (PCOP)
• Psychosocial and Ethics Community of Practice (PSECOP)
• Thoracic and Critical Care Community of Practice (TCC COP)
• Trainee and Young Faculty Community of Practice (TYF COP)
• Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice (TxAQM COP)
• Transplant Diagnostics Community of Practice (TxDx COP)
• Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice (TxPharm COP)
• Women’s Health Community of Practice (WHCOP)

AST Taskforces and Representation

• eNews Editors
• Representatives to Other Organizations
• Joint AST-ASTS Research Advocacy Task Force
• Joint AST-ASTS AJT Advisory Council

Per AST policy, all members of the board, committees, advisory councils, COP executive committees, and other individuals whom the board has delegated signficant decision making authority must disclose all relationships or financial interests with companies and professional societies that provide services for transplantation research of the care of transplant patients. These disclosures are collected annually and reviewed and updated at the beginning of each board or committee meeting. Please contact the national office if you wish to review the most recent version of this information at info@myAST.org.