The Future of Living Donor Kidney Transplants

May 7, 2022
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Currently it is illegal for the donor or donor’s family to receive anything of value in exchange for an organ. The one policy that has not been considered to increase the donor supply and which probably has the most potential is to offer a reward or some other compensation to the donor. The primary argument offered by those opposed to rewarding the donor is that it is medically unethical?

The primary purpose of this symposium is addressing this issue of whether rewarding the donor is medically unethical.
 
In addition to the medical ethics question, this symposium will have presentations by experts in the field of transplantation on related questions including:
 
  • The cost benefit question;
  • The risks and safety of donation;
  • Immediate options to increase organ donation;
  • The very recent development of organ sharing;
  • U.S. public attitudes towards rewarding the donor;
  • The experiences of a living donor;
  • The limits of increasing the count of deceased donors.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals dedicated to the improvement of the kidney donation system in the United States.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:

  • Assess the limits of the position that rewarding donors is medically unethical;
  • Evaluate the National Organ Transplant Act-induced failures of the altruistic system for organ procurement;
  • Recall the impact of the shortage of kidneys for transplantation, including the preventable deaths as well as the social and economic loss;
  • State immediately available actions to expand kidney donors;
  • Outline the expansion limits of the deceased donor supply;
  • Describe the U.S. population’s attitude towards rewarding organ donors;
  • Identify the potential for government action to end the organ shortage;
  • Compare the potential benefits and costs to patients, society, and caregivers of a government program designed to increase the donor supply by gifting to donors;
  • Consider the beneficial impact of donor organ sharing.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Professionalism
Systems-based Practice
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Philip J. Held, PhD
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
925-765-2823
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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.25 Participation
Event starts: 
05/07/2022 - 9:00am
Event ends: 
05/07/2022 - 12:30pm
Activity opens: 
05/07/2022
Activity expires: 
08/07/2022

 

Session 1: Ethics of Gifting or Compensation of Donors

 

 

Topic

 

Presenter (s)

 

Comments

Time (mins.)

Item

Cu

mul.

Ethics of Compensating (“Rewarding”) Donors

Janet Radcliffe Richards

World renown philosopher/ethicist. (Oxford). Book: the ethics of transplants why careless thought

costs lives

 

30

 

30

Questions, Comments, and Recap Session 1

CON: Asif Sharfuddin M.D. FASN FAST PRO: Sally Satel M.D. M.S.

 

30

 

60

 

Session 2: Living Donor Transplant Issues

 

 

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Compensating (“Rewarding” Kidney Donors

Frank McCormick Ph.D.

How the Government Can End the Kidney Shortage and Save More than 40,000 Kidney Failure Patients Each Year by Compensating Living Kidney Donors. Total economic value to kidney recipients is $76B/yr. Net savings to the taxpayers is $7B/yr.

 

 

15

 

 

75

Current Status and Future Developments in Kidney Exchange Programs

Alvin Roth, Ph.D.

Nobel Laurette

Living donor organs are being increasingly allocated by paired and exchange organ programs; This is the only major technical improvement in transplantation in

years;

 

 

15

 

 

90

 

Session 2: Living Donor Transplant Issues Cont’d

 

Decreasing Barriers and Increasing Access for Living Donation

Cody Maynard; Independent Living Donor Advocate (NKDO)

Immediate actions we can take to increase the pool of living donors.

 

 

10

 

 

100

 

Discussion and Recap of Session 2 (John Fung, M.D, Ph.D.)

 

10

 

110

 

Break

 

10

 

120

 

Session 3: More Living Donor Transplant Issues

Experiences of a Living Kidney Donor;

Martha Gershun, MBA

Author of a recent book with J.D. Lantos MD: Kidney to Share.

 

10

 

130

U.S. Public Attitudes Towards Compensating Donors

 

Thomas Peters M.D.

Two peer reviewed studies show that 70% of US population support compensating donors $50K.

 

10

 

140

Risk and Safeguards for Living Donors

Arthur Matas, M.D., Ph.D.

Screening donors is essential. Risks are small but not zero.

 

15

 

155

The Limits of Increased Counts of Deceased Donor Transplants

John P. Roberts M.D.

Ignorance is common: Increasing the Deceased Donor pool is constrained by the limits of brain-

dead donors; <2% of U.S. deaths.

 

10

 

165

WaitList Zero’s role in Living Donation

Josh Morrison J.D.; Founder of WaitList Zero

“Thanks for helping us, we were lost!” comment by a recipient, pointing to the need for education regarding living donors.

10

175

Discussion and Recap Session 3 (Thomas Peters M.D.)

 

10

 

185

Recap and Summary of the Symposium Glenn Chertow M.D., MPH

 

20

 

205

 

Agenda subject to change.

 

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The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.

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PLANNING COMMITTEE
John Fung, MD
University of Chicago

Philip Held, PhD
Stanford Nephrology
 
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
Glenn Chertow MD, MPH
Stanford University
Martha Gershun, MBA
Independent Consultant
Arthur Matas, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota
Cody Maynard, ILDA
National Kidney Donation Organization
Frank McCormick, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Thomas Peters, MD
Sundance Medical Center
Janet Radcliffe Richards, PhD
University of Oxford
John P. Roberts, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Sally Satel, MD
Harvard University
Asif Sharfuddin, MD, FASN, FAST
Indiana University

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Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
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