2014 Annual Meeting | 1SM.008 - Controversies in Brain Death Determination

Date Saturday 04/26/14

Time 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM Add To Calendar

Session Format This program will be presented both in-person and online

On Demand This program is not expected to be available in the meeting's On Demand product.

Event Type Seminar

Director(s) Owen B. Samuels, MD, FAAN

Topic(s) General Neurology

Learning Objectives Participants should become familiar with current guideline recommendations for the determination of brain death in adults and children; understand current clinical and ethical controversies; understand proper performance of and interpretation of clinical brain death examinations and ancillary testing; and recognize potential confounding variables in brain death determination.

CME Available No CME available

Recommended Audience Trainee, General Neurologist, Specialist Neurologist, Non-neurologist

Teaching Styles Case-based, Didactic, Interactive

Event Timeline
03:00 PM - 03:20 PM		Are Brain Dead Patients Really Dead? No Robert Truog, MD
03:20 PM - 03:40 PM		Are Brain Dead Patients Really Dead? Yes James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN
03:40 PM - 04:00 PM		Panel Discussion
04:00 PM - 04:15 PM		Current Status of AAN Guidelines for the Determination of Brain Death in Adults: Where the Guidelines Fall Short Owen B. Samuels, MD, FAAN
04:15 PM - 04:25 PM		Variability in Brain Death Policies and Practice in the US Owen B. Samuels, MD, FAAN
04:25 PM - 04:45 PM		Where the AAN Brain Guidelines Fall Short: One Perspective on the Future of Brain Death Determination: Guiding a Contemporarily Coherent Approach Jeffrey I. Frank, MD, FAAN
04:45 PM - 05:00 PM		Panel Discussion

Faculty Disclosures
Owen B. Samuels, MD, FAAN	Dr. Samuels has received publishing royalties from a publication relating to health care.
James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN	Dr. Bernat has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for Physician's Index for Ethics in Medicine. The institution of Dr. Bernat has received research support from National Institutes of Health UL1TR001086. The institution of Dr. Bernat has received research support from National Institutes of Health ME-1609-36174. Dr. Bernat has received publishing royalties from a publication relating to health care.
Jeffrey I. Frank, MD, FAAN	No disclosure on file
Robert Truog, MD	No disclosure on file