Donor Tissue Bank Committee
Donor Tissue Bank Committee is a committee of the Council of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine. The Committee governs the DTBV through its role in strategy development and by ensuring the Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria complies with its legislative and regulatory obligations related to quality, risk and financial governance. The Committee also ensures that the DTBV remains true to its mission and vision.
Purpose and objective
The VIFM Council has established the Donor Tissue Bank Committee to assist the Council in fulfilling its responsibilities in relation to the VIFM Act, Human Tissue Act and Therapeutic Goods Act including the requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice, The Biologicals Framework and associated Therapeutic Goods Orders, and ethical guidelines of the National Health and Medical Research Council.
The members are:
| Mr Tim Fitzmaurice (Chair) | Executive Manager, Governance Risk and Assurance, Transport Accident Commission |
| Dr Martin Lum | Medical Director, Hospital & Health Service Performance Division, Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria |
| Mr Stefan Poniatowski | Head of Service Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria |
| Assoc. Prof David Ranson | Deputy Director of VIFM |
| Mr Peter McDonald | Executive Director, Corporate Strategy and Performance, Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) |
| Mr Neil Bergman | Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| Ms Rosemary Carlin | Coroner, Coroners Court of Victoria |
| Ms Heather Cleland | Director Victorian Adult Burns Service |
| Mr Peter Skillington | Senior Cardiothoracic Surgeon |
| Dr Chris Hogan | Haematologist Medical Director Pathology Services & Transplantation Services, ARCBS |
| Dr Patrick Coghlan | Former Transplantation Services Clinical Pathologist, ARCBS |
| Dr Michael Catton | Director and Head of Virology, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory |
| Ms Rhonda Holdsworth | National Laboratory Manager Transplant Services, ARCBS |