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Ethical Obligations to Ineligible Living Donors

Hosted by the AST Psychosocial and Ethics (PSECOP) Community of Practice, in collaboration with the Living Donor Community of Practice (LDCOP), the Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice (KPCOP), and The Transplantation Society (TTS).

"Ethical Obligations to Ineligible Living Donors"

  • Recorded live on Tuesday, June 30, 2026 as part of the AST PSECOP Ethics Webinar Series.

  • This webinar was hosted by the AST Psychosocial and Ethics (PSECOP) Communities of Practice, in collaboration with the Living Donor Community of Practice (LDCOP), the Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice (KPCOP), and The Transplantation Society (TTS).

This webinar covers:

  • What are the rates and reasons that living kidney and living liver donor candidates are considered ineligible to donate?
  • What are the psychosocial impacts to ineligible donors when they are informed that they are ineligible to donate?
  • Does the transplant community have any ethical obligation to ineligible donors after they are deemed ineligible?

Speakers:

  • Ms. Jennifer Lumsdaine
  • Mr. Michael Joyce
  • Dr. Peter Reese
  • Dr. Carrie Thiessen

Moderator:

  • Dr. Jody Jones

  • Dr. David Thomson


This AST COP webinar was approved for expanded marketing by the AST Education Committee.

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This content was developed independently by AST and supported by a financial contribution from Sanofi