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CME Accreditation Statement:
- The American Society of Transplant Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Statement:
- The American Society of Transplant Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Learning Objectives:
- Develop an understanding of the extent of the current shortage in organs available for transplantation and to identify the many factors that limit the supply of suitable donor organs.
- Learn the status of current initiatives aimed at expanding the donor pool, including the increasing use of DCD and living donors.
- Understand the role that extended-criteria donors can play in helping to meet the demand for donor organs.
- Become conversant with the ethical issues surrounding organ donation and organ allocation.
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support:
- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Additional Information:
- For questions on this activity, contact Sheryl at Amedco at sheryl@cmehelp.com.
Date of Activity Release:
- March 9, 2007
Date of Activity Expiration:
- March 8, 2010
Necessary Hardware and Software:
- Macromedia Flash version 7.0 or higher
- Compatible Web Browser listed below:
- Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or higher
- Netscape Navigator 6.0 or higher
- Apple – Safari
Estimated Time to Complete this Activty:
- 14 hours and 45 minutes
Method of Physician Participation:
- All participants will view slides and audio of online presentation and then complete an activity evaluation before getting their certificate of completion.
Medium or combination of media used:
- Macromedia Flash SWF
Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality:
- The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality assures that personal data collected through the normal practice of online continuing education will be kept private and confidential.
Copyright:
- All faculty in this activity have given their permission for publication.
Faculty Disclosure:
- All faculty participating in the continuing medical education programs sponsored by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest related to the content of their presentation(s).
- Scheduled speakers for this activity have provided the following information
G=Grant/Research Support
C=Consultant/Scientific Advisor
S=Speaker ’s Bureau
E=Employee
M=Major Stockholder
N=Absence of any relevant financial relationship
R1=Restricted to Best Available Evidence & ACCME content validation statement
R2=Altered Relationship
R3=Altered Control
R4=Peer Reviewed
Last Name
First Name
Disclosure / Resolution
Abecassis
Michael M.
N / NA
Abouljoud
Marwan
N / NA
Abt
Peter
N / NA
Allan
James S
N / NA
Ames
Scott
N / NA
Baliga
Prabhakar
N / NA
Barr
Mark L.
N / NA
Batty
Scott
Bristol-Myers Squibb = E / R4
Belghiti
Jacques
N / NA
Beneditti
Enrico
N / NA
Bickel
Janet
N / NA
Blumberg
Emily
N / NA
Bozorgzadeh
Adel
N / NA
Callender
Clive
N / NA
Caplan
Arthur L.
N / NA
Chan
Edie
N / NA
Childress
James F.
N / NA
Collins
Michael
N / NA
Collins
Thomas
N / NA
Cosimi
A. Benedict
N / NA
Cotton
Bryan
N / NA
Crist
Katrina
N / NA
DaCosta
Marco
N / NA
Daily
Michael
N / NA
Davis
Connie
Roche & Genentech =
G / R4
del Pozo
Ana Carolina
N / NA
Delmonico
Francis L.
N / NA
Denecke
Christian
N / NA
Desai
Niraj M
N / NA
Diamond
Ivan
N / NA
el Sabrout
Rafik
N / NA
Englesbe
Michael
N / NA
Fagan
Shannon
N / NA
Feng
Sandy
N / NA
Fisher
Ernest
N / NA
Foley
David
N / NA
Frank
Adam
N / NA
Freeman
Richard B.
N / NA
Fung
John
N / NA
Garcia-Covarrubias
Lisardo
N / NA
Geevarghese
Sunil K.
N / NA
Gentry
Sommer
N / NA
Gifford
Kimberly
N / NA
Goldstein
Michael
N / NA
Gruttadauria
Salvatore
N / NA
Guarrera
James
N / NA
Hanto
Ruthanne
N / NA
Hayes
Daniel
N / NA
Hines
Michael
N / NA
Ho
Karen
N / NA
Hofker
Hendrik Sijbrand
N / NA
Hong
Johnny
N / NA
Hoshinaga
Kiyotaka
N / NA
Howard
Kristin
N / NA
Howard
Richard J.
N / NA
Humar
Abhinav
N / NA
Ichii
Hirohito
N / NA
Jeevanandam
Valluvan
N / NA
Johnston
Thomas
N / NA
Karp
Seth J.
N / NA
Kashyap
Randeep
N / NA
Katz
Daniel
N / NA
Kayler
Liise
N / NA
Kinkhabwala
Milan M.
N / NA
Klintmalm
Goran B. G.
N / NA
Kremers
Walter K
N / NA
Kupiec-Weglinski
Jerzy
Allavita, Inc. = GC / R4; Bristol-Myers Squibb = E / R4
Kwon
David
N / NA
Lentine
Krista
N / NA
Levi
David
N / NA
Lo
Irene
N / NA
Lo
Chung Mau
N / NA
Locke
Jayme
N / NA
Loss
George
N / NA
Love
Robert B.
N / NA
Machaidze
Zurab
N / NA
Magee
John C.
N / NA
Magyar
Dari
N / NA
Majetschak
Matthias
N / NA