Dr. Charles Strom is a board certified transplant surgeon and Chief of Surgical Services at New England Donor Services. Since joining NEDS in January of 2020 as Surgical Director, Dr. Strom has grown the team into the premier organ surgical recovery team that it is today. Dr. Strom has been instrumental in the successful implementation of NRP and ex situ machine perfusion in New England, as well as the overall growth in NEDS’ organ utilization. Dr. Strom also serves as Co-Director of the Galen V. Henderson, MD Medical Student Internship at NEDS. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in organ recovery, NRP, and organ perfusion and has several national leadership roles including currently serving as the Medical Advisor-Elect for the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, and on the Executive Committee of the AST Recovery and Preservation Community of Practice.
Thursday, February 22, 2024, at 3:00pm
Normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) is an innovative approach to maintaining organ viability following the determination of circulatory death (DCD). The comprehensive and collaborative approach required to facilitate an NRP recovery has increased organ utilization while reducing waitlist deaths. In this session, we will be joined by leaders in the community who will share their respective journeys to NRP implementation in partnership with their local OPO or receiving Transplant Center(s). Methods on how to engage key stakeholders will be shared along with examples of how to overcome potential barriers, resulting in more lives saved through this increasingly prevalent method of procurement.