Donation & Transplant Education

A key component of BC Transplant's mandate is to support knowledge-development through research and teaching.

There are various transplant-related education opportunities throughout the year available to both BC Transplant staff and other health care professionals who want to learn more about organ donation and transplantation.

Education Days

Thank You for Attending – BC Transplant & Critical Care BC Symposium 2025

The BC Resuscitation Sciences Series: Organ Donation & Transplantation Symposium, co-hosted by BC Transplant and Critical Care BC, has concluded. This two-day event brought together the critical care community to share the latest updates and insights in organ donation and transplantation. Recordings from the symposium are now available—please stay tuned for future opportunities to engage and learn with us.

If you have any topics of interest or speaker ideas relevant to donation or transplant, please forward your ideas to info@bct.phsa.ca.

Past presentations

2025

BC Resuscitation Sciences Series: Organ Donation & Transplantation Symposium 2025

Donation Day - May 12, 2025

Land Acknowledgement – Elder Xwechtaal Dennis Joseph

Welcome Address – Dr. Myp Sekhon & Dr. Maureen O’Donnell

The Physiology of Circulatory Arrest in Humans – Dr. Myp Sekhon

Patient Partner: A Son and His Parents Ignited a Research Program Through donation – David Boloten & Lora Peeler

The Perils of Prognostication—Post-Cardiac Arrest Prognostication – Dr. Julie Kromm

Healthcare Provider’s Insights to End-Of-Life in ICU – Dr. Allana LeBlanc

What Do “We” Care About at Our End-Of-Life? A Qualitative Study Exploring Culturally Inclusive End-Of-Life Care in Critical Care Settings – Ron Shiu

The Mortem Triplets: Pre, Peri and Post – Dr. Sam Shemie

Predicting Death – Part 1: The Brain to Heart Axis – Jordan Bird

Predicting Death – Part 2: The Heart to Brain Axis – Dr. Sonny Dhanani

Diagnosis of DNC: Radiographic Assessment for Ancillary Testing -Dr. Raju Heran

Organ Donation After Medical Assistance in Dying – Dr. Matt Weiss

Advances and the Future or Organ Donation Research – Dr. Sonny Dhanani

Transplant Day - May 13, 2025

Normothermic Regional Perfusion: The UK Experience – Dr. Dan Harvey

The Beneficence Of NRP: Increasing Heart Donation and Optimizing Liver Donation – Dr. Matt Weiss

The Non-Maleficence Of NRP: Honouring the Dead Donor Rule in Canada – Dr. Marat Slessarev

NRP: Perspectives From A HPB Surgeon – Dr. Stephanie Chartier-Plante

The BC Experience with NRP – Dr. George Isac

Roundtable: Considerations For Implementing NRP In Canada – Dr. Dan Harvey, Dr. Matt Weiss, Dr. George Isac, Dr. Stephanie Chartier Plante, Dr. Julie Kromm, Dr. Prosanto Chaudhury, Dr. Marat Slessarev

Precision Matching for Kidney Transplantation – Dr. James Lan

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em: Harnessing The Immune System To Improve Transplantation Outcomes – Robbie Wright

Mechanical Cardiovascular Bridging Techniques for Heart Transplantation – Dr. Nima Mogghadam

Hepatic Ischemia: Reperfusion Injury – Dr. Daljeet Chahal

Donor-Derived Infections: Threats to Patients – Dr. Sara Belga

Telling Recipient Stories with Novel Methods – Dr. Suze Berkhout

Panel Discussion: Donor Family & Recipient Roundtable - Nick Kanaan, Kristi Coldwell, Jennifer Woolfsmith, Mary Basas

Bridging Donation and Transplantation - Rachael Durie

Closing – Dr. Myp Sekhon