Transplant in the Public Eye: Ethics of Liver Donation and Transplantation
Nov
2026
Description
Explore the ethical challenges shaping contemporary liver transplant practice amid increasing public scrutiny, limited resources, and evolving technologies. This multidisciplinary session examines how innovations such as donation after circulatory death (DCD), machine perfusion, and living donation intersect with ethical obligations to donors, recipients, and society. Faculty address controversies surrounding donor risk thresholds, directed donation and paired exchange, wait list disparities, and allocation decisions that occur outside traditional sequencing.
Presentations
2:00 PM
- 2:15 PM
Convention Center - Bluebird Ballroom 3ABC
Expanding the Donor Pool: Donation After Circulatory Death, Machine Perfusion, and Cost
Christopher J Sonnenday, MD, MHS | Presenter
2:30 PM
- 2:45 PM
Convention Center - Bluebird Ballroom 3ABC
Ethical Considerations in Directed Donation and Paired Exchange
Timucin Taner, MD, PhD, FAASLD | Presenter
3:00 PM
- 3:15 PM
Convention Center - Bluebird Ballroom 3ABC
Who 'Deserves' a Liver? Public Trust, Accountability, and Resource Stewardship
Amanda Cheung, MD | Presenter
3:15 PM
- 3:30 PM
Convention Center - Bluebird Ballroom 3ABC
Question-and-Answer Period
Mina Rakoski, MD, FAASLD | Moderator
2:15 PM
- 2:30 PM
Convention Center - Bluebird Ballroom 3ABC
Living Donor Risk: Where Should We Draw the Line?
Nazia Selzner, MD, PhD | Presenter
2:45 PM
- 3:00 PM
Convention Center - Bluebird Ballroom 3ABC
Wait List Disparities and Allocation Out of Sequence
Kymberly D Watt, MD | Presenter
