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 (4:50)

Welcome Address – Dr. Myp Sekhon & Dr. Maureen O’Donnell (14:11)

The Physiology of Circulatory Arrest in Humans – Dr. Myp Sekhon (39:30)

Patient Partner: A Son and His Parents Ignited a Research Program Through donation – David Boloten & Lora Peeler (1:04:48)

The Perils of Prognostication—Post-Cardiac Arrest Prognostication – Dr. Julie Kromm (1:12:55)

Healthcare Provider’s Insights to End-Of-Life in ICU – Dr. Allana LeBlanc (1:35:48)

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 (1:54:00)

The Mortem Triplets: Pre, Peri and Post – Dr. Sam Shemie (2:10:42)

Pro-Con Debate: What’s More Important to Life and Death – The Heart or The Brain – Dr. Peter Gooderham (3:17:23)

Predicting Death – Part 1: The Brain to Heart Axis – Jordan Bird (3:17:30)

Predicting Death – Part 2: The Heart to Brain Axis – Dr. Sonny Dhanani (3:34:03)

Patient Partner: A Mother’s Story of Donation – Jennifer Woolfsmith (3:56:41)

Diagnosis of DNC: Radiographic Assessment for Ancillary Testing -Dr. Raju Heran (4:15:43)

Organ Donation After Medical Assistance in Dying – Dr. Matt Weiss (4:40:50)

Patient Partner: Ric’s story - Mary Basas & Makenzi Harris (5:08:50)

Advances and the Future or Organ Donation Research – Dr. Sonny Dhanani (5:36:30)

Transplant Day - May 13, 2025

Normothermic Regional Perfusion: The UK Experience – Dr. Dan Harvey (3:08)

The Beneficence Of NRP: Increasing Heart Donation and Optimizing Liver Donation – Dr. Matt Weiss (51:42)

The Non-Maleficence Of NRP: Honouring the Dead Donor Rule in Canada – Dr. Marat Slessarev (1:06:25)

NRP: Perspectives From A HPB Surgeon – Dr. Stephanie Chartier-Plante (1:23:12)

The BC Experience with NRP – Dr. George Isac (1:37:24)

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 (1:55:38)

Precision Matching for Kidney Transplantation – Dr. James Lan (2:40:23)

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em: Harnessing The Immune System To Improve Transplantation Outcomes – Robbie Wright (2:58:25)

Pediatric Considerations into Solid Organ Transplant – Dr. Tom Blydt-Hansen (3:12:29)

Mechanical Cardiovascular Bridging Techniques for Heart Transplantation – Dr. Nima Mogghadam (3:39:20)

Hepatic Ischemia: Reperfusion Injury – Dr. Daljeet Chahal (3:59:30)

Donor-Derived Infections: Threats to Patients – Dr. Sara Belga (4:17:03)

Telling Recipient Stories with Novel Methods – Dr. Suze Berkhout (4:33:42)

Panel Discussion: Donor Family & Recipient Roundtable - Nick Kanaan, Kristi Coldwell, Jennifer Woolfsmith, Mary Basas (5:01:17)

Bridging Donation and Transplantation - Rachael Durie (5:41:37)

Closing – Dr. Myp Sekhon (6:16:58)