Gift of Life Michigan Keystone Symposium

About 450 physicians, nurses and donation champions attended Michigan's second conference on donation and transplantation in October, 2011. The day long Keystone Symposium featured five national experts in the field and forums on current topics in donation.

 The theme was “Life-saving Partnerships in Donation and Transplantation: Physicians and Critical Care Teams Shaping Outcomes to Save Lives.”

Symposium Recording: Please click here to view a recording of the symposium.

Resources, Articles and Other Materials from the Conference:

• UNOS key terms and definitions for donation and transplantation

• Catastrophic brain injury guidelines

• Increasing Organ Yield Through a Lung Management Protocol by Cyndy E. Kirschbaum and Sarah Hudson (Gift of Life Michigan); March 2010 edition of Progress in Transplantation

• Lung Donation After Cardiac Death of Recent Heart Transplant Recipient by Joshua C. Angel, Sheila Alston and Mark Tudor (Gift of Life Michigan); Sept. 2009 edition of Progress in Transplantation

• Quality Initiatives in Transplantation by Dr. Michael Hagan (Gift of Life Michigan); Sept. 2009 edition of Progress in Transplantation

• Airway Pressure Release Ventilation and Successful Lung Donation Archives of Surgery

• Prediction of Time of Death After Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Treatment in Potential Donors After Death Society of Critical Care Medicine

• Updated Guidelines for Determination of Brain Death in Infants and Children Dr. Thomas Nakagawa

• Management of Adult Patients with Devastating Brain Injuries Diagram University of California, Irvine Medical Center

   

Power Point Presentations

• Richard Pietroski, CEO, Gift of Life Michigan
  
  
• Donation After Cardiac Death: The Ethics, the Timing and the Outcomes Dr. Robert B. Love, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill.

• Critical Roles in Donor Management: We Need You! Dr. Darren Malinoski, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 

• Pre-Symposium Workshop: ABCs of Organ, Tissue and Eye Donation Dr. Teresa L. Jacobs, University of Michigan Health System

• The Brain Death Dilemma Dr. Teresa L. Jacobs, University of Michigan Health System

• Pediatric Donation After Cardiac Death: Why Is It So Difficult? Dr. Thomas Nakagawa, Brenner Children's Hospital at Wake Forrest

•  Optimizing Organ Recovery from Potential Pediatric Donors Dr. Thomas Nakagawa, Brenner Children's Hospital at Wake Forrest

•  Determination of Brain Death in Children Dr. Thomas Nakagawa, Brenner Children's Hospital at Wake Forrest

•  Engaging Partnerships Through Effective Communication Dr. Harry E. Wilkins, Quincy Medical Group, Quincy, Ill.

• Challenging Case Studies: Building Bridges Over Troubled Waters Dr. Harry E. Wilkins, Quincy Medical Group, Quincy, Ill.; Dr. Robert B. Love, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill. 

 

CME Credits

This activity was planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Wayne State University School of Medicine and Gift of Life Michigan. The Wayne State University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Wayne State University School of Medicine designated this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation 

Program Brochure

Check the program brochure for information about the distinguished speakers and presentation details.