Keynote Lecture 2
Pediatric organ donation in USA

[ISPHLT-KL2] Pediatric organ donation in the United States of America

^○Thomas A Nakagawa^1,2 (1.Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine. Jacksonville, FL. USA, 2.Carolina Donor Services. Durham, NC. USA)

This presentation will discuss the current state and growth of pediatric donation in the United States of America. Information about brain dead and circulatory death donors will be reviewed. Donation data including the number of donors and transplants completed annually will be presented. Growth of DCD donation in children contributing more organs for transplantation will be presented. Advancements in transplant technology that are impacting children will be reviewed.