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Upcoming Events

DCD in Action Workshop

This multi-day course, including two live webinars, at the UC San Diego Center for the Future of Surgery immerses participants in both theoretical foundations and hands-on DCD and surgical NRP simulations with real-time instruction from pioneers in the field. Learn essential steps in launching and optimizing a successful DCD-NRP program, including logistics, staffing and overcoming institutional barriers. Experience live simulations, case-based discussions, and an intensive animal lab focused on organ assessment, NRP protocols and multi-organ recovery strategies.

Live Webinars: February 10 and 17, 2026 from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PST
Course Dates: March 9-10, 2026
Location: UC San Diego 

Now eligible for 14 CME credits!

Given the two full days of programming, participants should arrive on March 8th and plan to stay all day on the 10th. Details on discounted room rates at The Estancia La Jolla will be provided in your confirmation email.  

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Living Donor Workshop with Nancy Marlin, PhD

 “How to Find a Living Donor” is a 90-minute, small group interactive session that provides education about living kidney donation and, most importantly, actively engages participants in the process required to find a living donor. 

The workshop is led by Nancy Marlin, PhD, a polycystic kidney disease (PKD) patient and recipient of a kidney transplant from an unrelated living donor. Having experienced the entire transplant process herself, she is extremely sensitive to the emotional vulnerability of people who are often desperate, frustrated and discouraged about finding a donor. The goal of this program is to move patients beyond their passive confusion or denial and share with them a pathway as to how they can move forward toward transplant.

 Stay tuned for future course dates!

 

 


Past Events

2025 REIMAGINE Symposium

If You Could Change One Thing: Bold Ideas for Reimagining Organ Donation and Transplantation

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REIMAGINE Grand Rounds with Macey Levan, PhD

REIMAGINE Podcast Episode with Levan - Coming Soon

 

DCD In Action: Advance Training in Normothermic Regional Perfusion 

Webinar Recordings - Coming Soon

 

2024 REIMAGINE Symposium

REIMAGINE Organ Donation and Transplantation: Paving the Path to 60k

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