Organ xenotransplantation in children: dream or reality?

 This webinar will be on April 8th, 2025 (15:00 CET)

The aim of this webinar is to analyze the state of the art of xenotransplantation in terms of technology, protocols, and preliminary clinical results, with a particular focus on the potential applicability of this therapy in the pediatric population and its current ethical barriers.

Speaker: Nicola Pradegan, MD; Cardiac Surgery Consultant – MCS and Heart Transplant Program, Cardiac Surgery Unit. Azienda Ospedale-Università Padova, Padova (Italy)

Learning outcomes: After attending the webinar participants will be able to understand the difference between allotransplantation and xenotransplantation, evaluate the ethical problems with xenotransplantation, understand pig bioengineering and preliminary clinical results. Participants will gain specific knowledge in xenotransplantation science (from pre-clinical to clinical application).

Accreditation: “The Organ xenotransplantation in children: dream or reality?, 2025-04-08, Spain has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 1.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.”

“Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications“

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