CARDIOLOGY AND BIOETHICS GRAND ROUNDS

Cardioethics of Heart Procurement after Cardiac Death

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Speakers:

James Kirkpatrick, MD
Professor of Medicine, UW Cardiology and Bioethics and Humanities
 

Denise Dudzinski, PhD, HEC-C
Professor, UW Bioethics and Humanities
 

Jay Pal, MD
Professor of Medicine, UW Surgical Director of Heart
Transplantations
 

Objectives:
Upon completion of this program, attendees should be able to:
• Explain the DCD donation and procurement processes.
• Discuss novel clinical and technical dimensions of procurement.
• Analyze and debate ethical issues raised by DCD in the context of heart transplantation.