State-of-the-art of Facial Transplantation

4/26/2019

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Speaker(s)

Samir Mardini, MD

Surgical Director
Mayo Clinic’s Essam and Dalal Obaid Center for Reconstructive Transplant Surgery

Brendan Parent, JD

Director, Center for Applied Health at NYU School of Professional Studies
New York University School of Medicine

Zachary Peacock, DMD, MD

Assistant Professor
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Brendan Parent, JD

Director, Center for Applied Health at NYU School of Professional Studies
New York University School of Medicine

Understand the indications and technical considerations of composite facial allotransplantation.
Describe advances in immunosuppression allowing expansion of the range of possible transplants.
Become familiar with the ethical implications of face transplantation and psychological impact on the recipient and donor.

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Opening Remarks
A. Thomas Indresano, DMD, FACS – AAOMS; Zachary S. Peacock, DMD, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Surgical Preparation and Technique for Complete Composite Allograft Facial Transplantation
Samir Mardini, MD – Mayo Clinic’s Essam and Dalal Obaid Center for Reconstructive Transplant Surgery
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Current Standards and Innovations in Immunosuppression for Transplantation
Anil Chandraker, MD – Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Ethical and Psychological Considerations in Facial Transplantation
Brendan Parent, JD – New York University School of Medicine
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Panel Q&A
Samir Mardini, MD – Mayo Clinic’s Essam and Dalal Obaid Center for Reconstructive Transplant Surgery; Anil Chandraker, MD – Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School; Brendan Parent, JD – New York University School of Medicine