Grand Rounds, August 14, 2025


August 11, 2025

Presentation Title: Machine Perfusion: A New Era of Liver Transplantation

Speakers: Mark Hobeika, MD


Date: Thursday, August 14, 2025
Time: 7:00 AM ‐ 8:00 AM
Location: Medical School Building
Learning Format: In‐Person


Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Discuss the difference between donation after brain death and donation after circulatory death
  • Describe the impact of normothermic machine perfusion on liver transplant outcomes
  • Recognize emerging alternative modalities of advanced organ preservation for liver transplantation

 

Credit Designation:

  • McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Event Disclosures:

Speakers:
Mark Hobeika, MD has disclosed a financial relationship with one or more ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re­selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients:

  • TransMedics, Inc – Contracted Research – Relationship Ended

Any financial relationship that was found to be relevant has been mitigated.

Planners and other Administrative Support:
Lillian Kao, MD, Professor, Surgery, Aditi Kashikar, MD, Richard Andrassy, MD, Shah-Jahan Dodwad, DO, and Marina E Petsalis, MD have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.


Commercial Support:
This activity is not commercially supported.



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