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Brain Death and the Controversial Case of Jahi McMath
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
MCPHS University*
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Time |
Description | Speaker |
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| 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. | A brief summary of the case | Robert Truog, MD, moderator |
| A neurologist's view | D. Alan Shewmon, MD | |
| A bioethicist's view | Arthur L. Caplan, PhD | |
| A social scientist's view | Michele Goodwin, JD |
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Joseph Martin Conference Center
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115
| Time | Description | Speaker |
| 7:45 – 8:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:30 – 8:50 a.m. | Welcome | Robert Truog, MD |
| The clinical diagnosis of brain death | Galen Henderson, MD | |
| 8:50 – 10:15 a.m. | The Harvard Report: 1968 | |
| Introduction | Mildred Solomon, EdD, moderator | |
| Historical reflections on the Harvard Committee | Gary Belkin, MD, MPH, PhD | |
| Comments from Invited Guests | Everett Mendelsohn, PhD | |
| The Harvard Beecher Archives | Scott Podolsky, MD | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Brain Death: 1968-2018 | Christine Mitchell, RN, MS, MTS, moderator |
| The 1981 President's Commission and the UDDA | Alexander Capron, LLB Daniel Wikler, PhD |
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| Brain death: historical and philosophical reflections | Robert Veatch, PhD | |
| 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Is brain death a coherent and justified concept for determining death? | Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD, moderator |
| Yes -James L. Bernat, MD No - D. Alan Shewmon, MD |
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| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 2:45 – 5:00 p.m. | Brain Death and the Law |
Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD, moderator |
| Hard cases and legal challenges | Thaddeus Pope, PhD, JD | |
| Brain death and the law: international perspectives | Pablo de Lora, PhD | |
| Separating Determination from Declaration | Robert Tasker, MBBS, MD | |
| Is Informed Consent necessary before brain death testing? | No - David Greer, MD Yes - Robert Truog, MD |
Friday, April 13, 2018
Joseph Martin Conference Center
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115
| Time | Description | Speaker |
| 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. |
Using the other half of the UDDA: Determining death by circulatory criteria |
Mildred Solomon, EdD, moderator |
| Determining death: scientific aspects | Sam Shemie, MD | |
| The controlled DCDD donor | Francis Delmonico, MD | |
| The uncontrolled DCDD donor | Ivan Ortega-Deballon, PhD, LLB, NP | |
| Are DCD donors dead? | Yes - James L. Bernat, MD No - Ari Joffe, MD |
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| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:15 p.m. | Defining death and public policy | Robert Truog, MD, moderator |
| Individual choice in definitions of death | Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD | |
| Death as a "legal fiction" | Seema Shah, JD | |
| Religious views on the definition of death | Courtney Campbell, PhD | |
| 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. | The Dead Donor Rule | Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD, moderator |
| The dead donor rule: ethical and legal foundations | David Magnus, PhD | |
| A critique of the dead donor rule | David Rodriguez-Arias, PhD | |
| The dead donor rule: public perceptions and attitudes | Michael Nair-Collins, PhD | |
| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. | The Future of Transplantation: Organs without human donors | Robert Truog, MD, moderator |
| Genetically modified organs from pigs and human stem cells | George Church, PhD | |
| The Other Animal of Transplant’s Future | Lesley Sharp, PhD | |
| Ethics of innovation | Sheila Jasanoff, JD, PhD |
Brain Death and the Controversial Case of Jahi McMath