ALFTX Webinar: Ethical Challenges in Lung Transplantation
More Lung Transplants, More Ethical Quandaries?
Tuesday, 10 October
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT/ 18:00 – 19:00 UTC
As
the transplant waitlist and recipient population have changed, the ethical questions and challenges have evolved as well. This webinar included an overview of the ethical principles behind organ allocation and waitlist prioritization followed by several
“current” ethical challenges transplant professionals face in their current practice.
Moderators:
Selim Arcasoy, MD, MPH
Columbia University
New York, NY USA
Caroline Patterson, BMBS, BMedSci, MDRoyal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Program:
Review of Ethical Principles and other Factors Guiding Lung Allocation Systems
Are Holm, MD, PhD, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
How Many Times Can We Try, Redo Transplantation Once or Twice – A Discussion of Ethical Concepts and Challenges Under Different Allocation Systems
Jacob Klapper, MD, Duke University, Raleigh, NC USA
How Old Can We Go? Transplantation of Older vs. Younger Patients
Luke J. Benvenuto, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
Patient Consenting for Transplantation When ARDS is the Indication. What Have We Learned During the Covid 19 Pandemic?
Anne Olland, MD, PhD, University Hospital Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France