ELSO/ISHLT Joint Session at 36th Annual ELSO Conference

During the 36^th Annual Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Conference in Oxon, Hill MD USA, the ISHLT and ELSO hosted a joint breakout session, Maximizing the Donor Pool: ECMO-Driven Advanced in Cardiothoracic Transplantation. The session included discussions on diagnosing brain dealth in the ECMO patient, ECPR to organ donation, the role of NRP and machine perfusion, ethical dilemmas, and DCD for pediatric heart and lung recipients.

The joint session was developed with the support of the ISHLT’s Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation and Advanced Lung Failure & Transplantation Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committees. The program consisted of notable ISHLT leaders and members.

Moderators

Alexander Bernhardt, MD
Raj Ramanan, MD
Pablo Sanchez, MD

Presentations

ECPR to Organ Donation
Presented by Marta Velia Antonini,

Diagnosing Brain Death in the ECMO Patient
Presented by Adriana Valverde, MD

Bridging the Gap: DCD for Pediatric Heart and Lung Recipients
Presented by Joseph Turek, MD, PhD, MBA

The Role of NRP and Machine Perfusion in Cardiothoracic Transplantation
Presented by Aaron Williams, MD

Complex Decisions: Ethical Dilemmas of ECMO, DCD and NRP Donors
Presented by Anna Reed, MD

Open Discussion and Q&A
Led by Moderators