Transplant Ethics and Policy Conference

Transplant Ethics and Policy Conference

Join us to hear leaders in the field discuss pressing and emerging issues in transplant ethics and policy!

By Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman SOM

Date and time

Thursday, October 17 · 8am - 4pm EDT

Location

Murphy Auditorium

550 1st Avenue New York, NY 10016

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Agenda

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

NOTA at 40

Barry Friedman

Jerold Mande

Moderated by James Lytle

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Uniform Anatomical Gift Act: current state and future directions

Ana Iltis

Christina Strong

Moderated by Tamar Schiff

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Uniform Determination of Death Act: historical overview and efforts to amend

Sam Shemie

Robert Truog

Moderated by Jennifer Frontera

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Transplant Policy and Legislation: where will we be in 10 years?

James Alcorn

Dianne LaPointe Rudow

Maureen McBride

Moderated by Macey Levan

11:50 AM - 12:30 PM

*Keynote Address*

Martine Rothblatt

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

Ethical issues in donation after circulatory death

Alexendra Glazier

Nader Moazami

Marat Slessarev

Moderated by Brendan Parent

2:20 PM - 3:10 PM

Ethics of xenotransplantation and bioengineered organs

L Syd Johnson

Robert Montgomery

Peter Reese

Moderated by Arthur Caplan

3:10 PM - 4:00 PM

Ethics of vascularized composite allografts: uterus and face transplants

Kate O'Neill

Eduardo Rodriguez

Moderated by Laura Kimberly

4:00 PM - 4:05 PM

Concluding remarks

About this event

  • Event lasts 8 hours

    Join us on Thursday, October 17, 2024 to hear clinicians, investigators, regulators, and other leaders in the field discuss pressing issues in transplant ethics and policy!

    Marking the 40th anniversary of the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA), this conference will focus on the evolution of organ donation and transplant regulation and practice in the United States. Panel discussions will proactively address emerging and critical ethical challenges in transplant research, medicine, and policy.

    The first portion of the day will focus on existing policy and the current restructuring of transplant oversight. The second portion of the day will focus on ethical issues in donation after circulatory death, xenotransplantation, vascular composite allografts, and more. View full conference agenda and list of speakers above!


    The conference is co-hosted by the NYU Langone Transplant Institute and the Division of Medical Ethics. The event will be held in person in the Murphy Auditorium at the NYU Langone Health Medical Center, located at 550 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10016.

    For questions, contact tamar.schiff2@nyulangone.org or click Contact Organizer below.

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    Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman SOM

    The Division of Medical Ethics is housed in the Department of Population Health at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

    We work to ensure that patients are treated justly and humanely by addressing the moral and practical issues in all aspects of healthcare and biotechnology. The division was founded by bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, in 2012. We aim to influence policy, foster careers in bioethics, and educate the wider community about ethical issues in healthcare through research and scholarship.

    $125 – $250