Brain Death Summit

Thursday, May 18
5:30 – 8 p.m.

Midwest Transplant Network
1900 West 47th Place
Westwood, KS 66205

Audience: Physicians

Please join us as Midwest Transplant Network hosts area physicians involved in the care of neurologically injured patients to discuss brain death declaration, surrounding ethics, and process improvement strategies. Two neuro specialists, Dr. Steve Reintjes and Dr. Christopher Newey, will lead the discussion.

Learning Objectives
– Examine the ethics and benefits of treating patients with catastrophic brain injury.
– Discuss barriers to pronouncement of brain death and review the process.
– Explore Midwest Transplant Network donation service area data on eligible organ donors.
– Consider strategies to improve brain death declaration process.
– Describe the critical elements of communicating brain death and the impact of physicians in the donation process.

Physicians: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the University of Kansas Medical Center Office of Continuing Medical Education and the Midwest Transplant Network. The University of Kansas Medical Center Office of Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The KU Medical Center Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Please register below by May 1, or RSVP by contacting Mariah Webb at (913) 261-7348 or mwebb@mwtn.org.