The Ethics of Heart Transplantation

Panelists:
Lydia Dugdale, MD
Dorothy L. and Daniel H. Silberberg Associate Professor of Medicine,
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; Director, Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at Columbia University

Maryjane Farr, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Jonathan Hastie, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Kenneth Prager, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Director of Clinical Ethics, and Chair of the Medical Ethics Committee at Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Moderated by Katherine Fischkoff, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Abstract: The panel will discuss how new proposals to increase heart donations after brain death raise complex ethical questions.

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Sponsored by Columbia University's Bioethics program in conjunction with the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics in the Department of Medicine