"Transplantation: Part of the Fabric of America" is the theme of the Third Annual Transplant Symposium sponsored by the Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. The conference will be held on Friday, December 2 at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City.
The program will present the psychosocial and ethical issues that challenge patients, families, the healthcare system and the community as society strives to maintain equality in allocation and access to organ transplantation. It will also examine the future of transplantation in the era of healthcare reform.
Participants from Montefiore Medical Center include:
Steven M. Safyer, MD, President and CEO
Milan Kinkhabwala, MD, Chief, Division of Transplantation
Paul Gaglio, MD, Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplantation Program
Daniel Goldstein, MD, Vice-Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Frederick Kaskel, MD, PhD, Vice-Chairman for Affiliate & Network Affairs, Director, Division & Training Program in Pediatric Nephrology
Hannah Lipman, MD, MS, Associate Director, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Bioethics
Daniel Glicklich, MD, Associate Director of Transplant Nephrology
Paula Marcus, MD, Director, Psychosocial Service, Montefiore Transplant Programs
In addition to the Montefiore participants, a wide range of speakers will present talks from such prestigious medical institutions as the New York Organ Network, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Pittsburgh School of Medicine and many others.
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