Birgitta Sujdak Mackiewicz

MA, Ph.D
Job Title: Director of Ethics
Organization: OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

Professional Information

Alliance Presentations

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

Tuesday, March 04, 2025, at 2:00pm

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.

Lifelong Networks

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