The Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance (The Alliance) welcomed the nation’s donation and transplant leaders for the National Critical Issues Forum, held on September 5-6, 2024. This pivotal event, focused on performance optimization in the ‘New Now, gathered thought leaders from OPOs, transplant centers, hospitals, industry, government and regulatory entities to discuss a range of critical topics affecting the organ donation and transplantation sector of healthcare.
Components of this Learning Pathway include high-definition recordings of all presentations, downloadable content and referenced materials. Sections include:
- TAD TALK: Fuel, Friction and Flexibility by Aleah Brubaker, MD, PhD
- The Evolution of the Transplant Recipient Pool & Transplant Performance: Improving Transplant Access to Maximize Patient Outcomes
- Increasing Resources: Exploring Operational Models & Weighing the Pros & Cons of Different Models
- Leveraging New Technologies & Techniques: Increasing Opportunities for Organ Recovery & Transplant Through Different Modalities
- TAD TALK: Generating Abundance by Dennis Wagner, MPA
- OPTN Expeditious Task Force Updates
- TAD TALK: Bridge over Troubled Waters: Closing the Gap Between Payers and Providers in Transplant Medicine by Dirk Slaker, MD
- Engaging the Hospital C-Suite: Hospital CEO Perceptions on Adapting to the Changing Environment in Donation & Transplantation
- TAD TALK: Zero Waitlist by 2030 by Harry Wilkins III, MD
- Donor Care Units: Adaptation in a Fast-Paced, Ever-Changing Environment
- System Optimization for Living Donation: Current State vs. Future Possibilities
- TAD TALK: Can a Pack of Gen X’ers Help Us Understand How Best to Navigate Change? by Bradley Adams, JD, CPA
- Special Connect to Purpose
- HRSA Updates
- TAD TALK: Saving DCD Livers the Cowboy Canadian Way by Greg McKenna, MD
- CMS ETCLC Updates
- Utilization of Artificial Intelligence in Donation & Transplantation: Who is Using It and What Does the Future Hold?
The Alliance is an objective convener and is not an advocacy organization. We are committed to maintaining an objective and unbiased perspective in all of our programs and activities. Alliance programs bring together subject matter experts to share knowledge, experience, and perspectives with the community. The views, opinions, and information expressed by individual presenters, contributors, or participants are solely their own and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of The Alliance as an organization.
