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Archived Event

The Alliance Advancement Series

2023 AAN Brain Death Updates: Collaborative Approaches in Aligning Hospital & OPO Policies

March 4, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm• EST

In this webinar, we will explore how hospital partners and Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) have addressed the recent (2023) updates to AAN guidelines for determination of death by neurological criteria/brain death. We will explore the impact of variation in BD/DNC policies on hospital partners and OPOs alike – and review the importance of having standardized up-to-date brain death/death by neurological criteria policies to support hospital providers, institutions, patients and families. Participants will be encouraged to evaluate and recognize the ways OPO and hospital partners can establish respectful collaboration to promote and adhere to professionally accepted standards of BD/DNC.

Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of having a standardized, up-to-date brain death/death by neurological criteria policy to support hospital providers, institutions, patients and families.
Identify areas of potential controversy when implementing updates to the 2023 AAN guideline updates.
Recognize ways in which OPO and hospital partners can establish respectful collaboration to promote adherence to professionally accepted standards.

Speaker

Erica Andrist

M.D., MBE

Pediatric Critical Care, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

University of Michigan Health

Mentee, Speaker

Lauren Moreland

MS, CCLS

Manager, Donation Liaisons

Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network

Speaker

Deepak Nair

Vice President, Neuroscience Service Line

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

Speaker

Birgitta Sujdak Mackiewicz

MA, Ph.D

Director of Ethics

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

Donation Advancement Series Faculty, Exploratory Seminar Workgroup, Moderator, National Donation Leadership Council, Speaker

Caitlin Stephen

Manager, Hospital & Partner Relations

Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network

Members of the donation and transplantation community serving diverse populations to include administrators, coordinators, physicians, nurses, surgeons, managers, quality improvement specialists, social workers, and other donation and transplantation center professionals and their colleagues.

No CE Credits Awarded

DonorLink’s National Procurement Network supports the US transplant community from organ offer to organ delivery including full-service NRP Recovery Teams, PRN Procurement Surgeons, Preservation Support, Call Screening and Transportation Coordination. DonorLink’s 16-year mission has provided customized clinical support to OPO and transplant centers to promote collaborative resource sharing, maximizing organs transplanted and reducing cost.

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