Chair:
Günter Rolf Kirste
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Chair:
John Fung
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Beatriz Dominguez-Gil
Beatriz Domínguez-Gil is a medical doctor, PhD in internal medicine, and specialized in Nephrology. After several years working as a nephrologist in the clinical setting as well as a clinical researcher in the field of nephrology and organ transplantation, she joined the Spanish National Transplant Organization (ONT) in November 2006. ONT is a prestigious organization directed by Dr. Rafael Matesanz who led the development of a highly effective model of organization in deceased donation, making this evolve from 14 donors pmp in 1989 to 33-35 donors pmp in the very last years in Spain. ONT is a collaborative center of the World Health Organization (WHO) and has recently hosted the Third WHO Global Consultation in donation and transplantation in Madrid in March 2010. The cooperation of ONT with the Council of Europe and the European Union (EU) has been outstanding during the last years. Notably, ONT has been part of different EU promoted collaborative international actions, as the DOPKI project (Improving the Knowledge and Practices in Organ Donation) which aimed at increasing the knowledge and developing an applicable methodology to estimate the potential of deceased organ donation and evaluate performance in the deceased donation process. DOPKI project was linked to the WHO-TTS initiative of maximizing donation from deceased donors, leading to the construction of a critical pathway that might be used prospectively or retrospectively to assess the potentiality of donation and promote the early identification and referral of possible donors. This critical pathway was an outstanding result of the Madrid Resolution. ONT has led the development of the recently approved Directive on quality and safety standards of human organs intended for transplantation. Along with the impressive cooperation with Latin American countries through the Iberoamerican Council of Donation and Transplantation, all these initiatives compound a comprehensive and effective strategy to guide countries to increase their deceased donation rates. Beatriz Domínguez-Gil is part of the team of professionals headed by Dr. Rafael Matesanz in this essential task of international cooperation, for which ONT along with The Transplantation Society have been granted with the Prince of Asturias Award. Beatriz Domínguez-Gil has recently become vice president of the European Transplant Coordinators Organization (ETCO), a professional society bringing forward high professional and ethical standards for transplant coordinators in the European setting.
Jeremy Chapman
Professor Jeremy Chapman is a renal physician with a special interest in transplantation. He is Director of Acute Interventional Medicine (SWAHS) and Renal Services at Westmead Hospital, Consultant Medical Director to the NSW Australian Red Cross Blood Service Tissue Typing Laboratory and Chairman of the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry, the Australian Cord Blood Bank Network and the Cognate Committee on Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation and Past President of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand. On a global level he is President of The Transplantation Society, Immediate Past President of the World Marrow Donor Association and Chair of the Global Alliance for Transplantation.
Professor Chapman's clinical work is in renal medicine, transplantation of kidney and pancreas and diabetic renal disease and islet transplantation, while he is currently pursuing research interests in transplantation, tissue typing and xenotransplantation.
Professor Chapman is actively involved in the academic field having over 250 clinical papers to his name. He is a Professor at the University of Sydney. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Research Interests include:
- histocompatibility
- unrelated bone marrow transplantation
- clinical islet transplantation
- islet xenotransplantation
- clinical immunosuppression.
- cancer after renal transplantation.
Eduardo Rocha, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Nephrology at Rio de Janeiro Federal University - Brazil, Dr. Rocha has received his training in Clinical Transplantation and Transplant Coordination from major universities and hospitals in four different countries - Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (Germany), Necker Hospital (France), University of Barcelona ( Spain) and Harvard University (USA) – before assuming his position as head of “Programa Estadual de Transplantes”, a public non-profit Organ Procurement Organization covering a 16 million-population-based state in his native country. Dr. Rocha’s presentation at TTS2010 will focus on the challenges of increasing the number of organ and tissue donors, while keeping the quality and efficacy of transplant programs in Brazil and South America. The need of integrating modern management and basic science tools as means to achieve this goal will also be emphasized.
Kevin J. O'Connor
Kevin J. O’Connor is the President and CEO of LifeCenter Northwest. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President for the New England Organ Bank (NEOB) where he oversaw all aspects of the organ donation process including organ donor management, organ allocation, and hospital development. He served as the Co-Director for the U.S. Organ Donation & Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative in 2005 through 2007, and has been a faculty member since 2003.
Mr. O’Connor has served on numerous AOPO and UNOS Committees. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Donate Life America. He is a member of the Scientific Technical Advisory Committee for the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. He has co-authored four textbook chapters and numerous papers on topics including donor evaluation, donor management, and donation after cardiac death. He holds an M.S. degree from Boston College, and B.S. from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He is a graduate of the Northeastern University Physician Assistant Program.