Transplant Coordinators Conference 2018

11^th Annual Transplant Coordinators' Conference

Date: 3rd & 4th December 2018

Time

Session

Day I - 3rd December 2018

9.00 am - 9.45 am

Swamy Narayan Memorial Lecture
Dr. Elmi Muller
Chairperson: Mr. K. Raghuram

9.45 am - 10.30 am

Paper presentation

Chairpersons: Dr Kishore Phadke, Mrs. Arati Gokhale

10.30 am - 10.45 am

Coffee Break

10.45 am - 11.15 am

Paper presentation/ poster presentation

Chairpersons: Dr Kishore Phadke, Mrs. Arati Gokhale

11.15 am - 12.15 pm

Models of successful organ donation and transplantation programmes for BPL (below poverty line) patients
Dr. Bhanu Chandra, Ms. Sujatha Suriyamoorthi, Ms. Bhavna Jagwani, Ms. Sujata Ashtekar
Chairperson: Mr. K. Raghuram

12.15 pm - 01.00 pm

Ethical issues that transplant coordinators face in live donor transplants

Transplant Coordinator from each region
Chairpersons: Dr. Sumana Navin, NATCO EC member

1.00 pm - 2.00 pm

Lunch Break

Session I
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

Day of Judgement

i) Supreme Court Judgments that have implications on death and organ donation in India

a. Aruna Shanbaug Judgment - Dr. RoopGursahani

b. Passive euthanasia judgment: Do these judgments empower ICU consultants to withdraw treatment? - Dr. R. K. Mani

c. Donation after cardiac death: Does the Supreme Court judgment make it possible in future? - Dr. RoopGursahani

Chairpersons: Mr. Keshav Desiraju, Dr. SamiranNundy

ii) Debate

a. USA's position of whole brain death: Should it be followed in India? - Dr. Sonal Asthana

b. UK's position on brain-stem death: Is it adequate? - Dr. Vinay Kumaran

Chairperson: Mr. Joga Rao

iii) Kerala High Court judgment on non-directed donation and compensation: Ethical challenges

a. Judgment and protocol highlights - Dr. Noble Gracious

b. Ethical challenges - Dr. Philip Thomas

Chairperson: Dr. S K Mathur

iv) Brain-stem death protocols: Help or hindrance?

a. Presenting the protocol - Dr. S Sudhindran

b. Does the protocol violate privacy and should it be challenged? - Dr. Umadattan

Chairpersons: Dr. PeushSahni, Dr. Sonal Asthana

Session - II
4.00 pm - 5.00 pm

Lessons from the UK

i. Is organ donation and transplantation a reality for everyone in an unequal world? Lessons from the UK - Prof. Gurch Randhawa

Chairpersons: Dr. J Amalorpavanathan, Dr. Elmi Muller

ii. Ethical considerations in Brain-stem death testing and organ donation in pregnancy: Protocols in the UK - Dr. Sridhar Nagaiyan

Chairpersons: Dr. Adib Rizvi, Dr. Riadh Fadhil

iii. Indian guidelines on paediatric brain death testing: Should it include anencephaly and organ donation - Dr. Bala Ramachandran

Chairpersons: Dr. Sunil Shroff, Dr. Avnish Seth

Session III
5.00 pm - 6.00 pm

i. Social media, organ donation and transplantation: Ethical challenges and solutions - Dr. Sunil Shroff

Chairpersons: Dr. Benita Padilla, Dr. Dominique Martin

ii. Debate

a. National organ donation pledge registry in India: Is it an expensive exercise that is likely to go nowhere? - Dr. J Amalorpavanathan

b. National Organ donation pledge registry in India: Will it increase donation rate and is it a step in the right direction? - Dr. Avnish Seth

Chairpersons: Dr. Astrid Lobo Gajiwala, Dr. Sunil Shroff

Day II - 4th December 2018

"A symposium on organ donation and transplantation in a world of inequality"

Organizer: Indian Journal of Medical Ethics and Deakin University

This symposium is sponsored by the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group (DICG) (www.declarationofistanbul.org) an organization dedicated to combating organ trafficking and promoting ethical policy and practice in organ donation and transplantation. The symposium is also supported by the MOHAN Foundation

8.30 am - 9.00 am

Registration

9.00 am - 9.20 am

Welcome and overview of the symposium Introduction to the DICG and the 2018 edition of the Declaration of Istanbul
Dr. Sanjay Nagral, Dr. Dominique Martin

Session I: Organ trafficking and the role of health professionals
Chairpersons: Dr. Kishore Phadke, Mr. CE Karunakaran

9.20 am - 10.00 am

Overview of trafficking activities in South Asia (Case studies)
Philippines - Dr. Benita Padilla
India - Dr. Sunil Shroff
Sri Lanka - Dr. Charitha Prasanna
Pakistan - Dr. Adib Rizvi

10.00 am - 10.40 am

Ethical concerns about organ selling - Dr. Sumana Navin
Health professional's responsibilities and barriers to addressing trafficking - Prof Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai

10.40 am - 11.00 am

Tea Break

Session II: Ethical risk management in living organ donation
Chairpersons: Dr. Philip Thomas, Dr. Omprakash Nandimath

11.00 am - 11.20 am

Role of psychosocial evaluation of living donors in managing risk

Prof. Riadh Fadhil

11.20 am - 11.40 am

Practical challenges for effective implementation

Dr. Benita Padilla

11.40 am - 12.30 pm

Negotiating the local terrain in organ donation & transplantation

A case based multidisciplinary panel discussion on the special challenges in South Asia
Panel Members: Dr. Nagesh Simha, Dr. Astrid Lobo, Dr. Sohini Chattopadhyay, Dr. Sonal Asthana, Dr. Premdas Pinto, Dr. Urmila Mahajan
Moderator: Dr. S. Nagral

12.30 pm - 1.30 pm

Lunch Break

Session III: Barriers to equity in donation and transplantation
Chairpersons: Dr. SK Mathur, Dr. Noble Gracious

1.30 pm - 1.50 pm

Inequities in deceased donation: impact of end-of-life healthcare costs on donation decision-making

Dr. Dominique Martin

1.50 pm - 2.10 pm

Inequities in access to transplantation services: impact of costs of dialysis, surgery and post transplant care

Prof. Vivekanand Jha

2.10 pm - 2.30 pm

Inequities in organ allocation: impact of allocation protocols favouring private sector

Prof. Elmi Muller

2.30 pm - 2.50 pm

Tea Break

Session IV: Law and policy in promoting ethics and equity
Chairpersons: Dr. Dhvani Mehta, Dr. Anil Kumar, Dr. Samirun Nundy

2.50 pm - 3.10 pm

HOTA & access to transplantation: impact and challenges

Dr. J Amalorpavanathan

3.10 pm - 3.30 pm

Financial incentives for donors and donor families: ethical and legal issues

Prof. Alexander Capron

3.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Legislative change: how it can make a difference (Case studies)
Philippines
Qatar
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
South Africa

Dr. Benita Padilla, Prof. Riadh Fadhil, Dr. Charitha Prasanna, Dr. Adib Rizvi, Dr. Elmi Muller

4.30 pm - 5.00 pm

Closing remarks

Dr. Dominique Martin, Dr. Sanjay Nagral

5.00 pm

Close of the symposium