Event Start/Stop Date and Time
March 26, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Check-in Date and Time
March 26, 2026 11:45 AM EDT
Location
Live Webinar
Quiet Location with Reliable Internet Connectivity
Target Audience
Physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, hospital chaplains, clergy, social workers, psychologists, counselors, allied health professionals and all others interested in emerging ethical issues in health care.
Event Description
Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) is a surgical technique that can improve the quality and quantity of organs recovered after the circulatory determination of death. While widely used in Europe and increasingly in some transplant centers across the US, many institutions and clinicians have also been reluctant to adopt NRP due to unresolved ethical and legal questions. This presentation will explore some of the ethical and legal questions surrounding donation after circulatory death (DCD) with normothermic regional perfusion. Presenter: Ana S. Iltis, PhD. is the Carlson Professor of University Studies, Professor of Philosophy, and Director, Center for Bioethics, Health and Society at Wake Forest University. She holds an appointment in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She is a past President of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, a Fellow of the Hastings Center, and a Non-Resident Fellow in the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Dr. Iltis is Founding Co-Editor of Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (Johns Hopkins University Press), Associate Editor of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (Oxford University Press), and co-editor of the Annals of Bioethics book series (Routledge). Iltis’ scholarly focus is primarily on the ethical conduct of human research, and she has published extensively on ethics and policy issues regarding organ transplantation and emerging biotechnologies. Iltis is the embedded ethicist in APOLLO, a national study on the impact of kidney donor APOL1 genotype of kidney transplantation outcomes. She has played an active role in community engagement efforts of the project. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy at Rice University and completed bioethics training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. This interdisciplinary activity is free, however, you must pre-register by 10 AM (ET) on March 26 to be able to attend.
Objectives
- Describe at least two ethical questions DCD-NRP raises.
- Contrast interpretations of key terms in the Uniform Determination of Death Act.
- Assess the implications of different understandings of key terms in the Uniform Determination of Death Act for the ethical analysis of DCD-TA-NRP.
Session Credits
Credit will be awarded based on participant selection at time of registration. Before selecting credits, participants are encouraged to review our Credit Glossary (opens in new tab) for general information. Please note that not all credit types are available for every program.
Session Details
Exploring Ethics: DCD-NRP: Why the fuss? Exploring the ethical landscape
March 26, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Check-in: March 26, 2026 11:45 AM EDT
Available Credits:
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• 1 Contact (category A) CE for NC Psychologists Hours
Northwest AHEC is recognized by the North Carolina Psychology Board as an approved provider of (Category A)Continuing Education for North Carolina Licensed Psychologists. This program will provide 1.0 contact hours of (Category A) continuing education for North Carolina psychologists. No partial credit will be given.
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• 1 Contact Hours from Northwest AHEC
1.0 Contact Hour from Northwest AHEC.
Nurses: This educational activity (1.0 contact hour) can be applied toward your continuing competence plan for maintaining your current licensure with the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
