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Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds presented by Ana S. Iltis, PhD

February 10, 2026, 7:30 am to 8:30 am

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds

Ana Iltis

Ana Iltis

Jointly organized by the Departments of Humanities, Medicine, and Surgery

Normothermic Regional Perfusion: The Ethical Landscape

February 10, 2026 • 7:30-8:30 a.m. • Lecture Room D

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PRESENTED BY:

Ana S. Iltis, PhD

Carlson Professor of University Studies,
Professor of Philosophy,
Director, Center for Bioethics Health and Society,
Wake Forest University

The history of organ transplantation includes debates over the ethical and legal permissibility of various practices. Sometimes, legal and ethical analysis culminated in new laws or new interpretations of existing laws. Implementation of donation after circulatory death (DCD) with normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) (DCD-NRP) is renewing attention to ethical and legal questions at the center of those debates, including questions that previously appeared to be relatively settled. This presentation reviews some ways in which the emerging practice of DCD-NRP re-ignites old ethical and legal questions regarding organ transplantation and introduces new ones and assesses possible responses.

At the conclusion of this presentation, attendees will be able to:

  • 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-NRP.

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Credit Designation: Penn State College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

 

Details

Date:
February 10, 2026
Time:
7:30 am to 8:30 am
Event Categories:
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Website:
https://sites.psu.edu/humanities/grand-rounds-2/

Venue

Lecture Room D (Room C7619) – Penn State College of Medicine
700 HMC Crescent Road
Hershey, PA 17033 United States + Google Map

Organizers

Lori Ricard
Deb Tomazin

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