Organ Donation Day

4th day of the Normandy coordination meetings and 9th half-day of the Clinical Ethics Group of the Caen Normandy University Hospital

Normandy Coordination Day

→ Morning • Caen Normandy University Hospital • Egg Amphitheater • Reception 8:30am-12:30pm

Moderators: Ms. Gwladys Regnier, CHPOT, Intensive Care Medicine, Caen – Dr. Clément Gakuba, CHPOT, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Caen

9:00 AM • Opening of the day:
Director of Caen Normandy University Hospital, Professor Emmanuel Bergot, Chairman of the Medical Staff Committee, Dr. Benoit Averland, Biomedicine Agency, Professor Jean-Luc Hanouz, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Caen

9:20 a.m. • What training will be needed for professionals in the organ and tissue donation sector in 2025?
Ms. Marie-Christine Mellor, French Biomedicine Agency

Moderators: Dr. Suzanne Goursaud, Intensive Care Medicine, Caen – Prof. Jean-Luc Hanouz, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Caen

9:30 a.m. • Early contact with loved ones: clarification.
Dr. Matthieu Le Dorze, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, APHP – Lariboisière, Paris

10:00 AM • Can we predict the onset of brain death in a brain-injured patient?
Dr. Estelle La Porte, Neurology, Caen

10:30 a.m. • Resuscitation of the brain-dead patient: what's new in 2025?
Professor François Dépret, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, APHP – Saint Louis, Paris

11:00 AM • Break

Moderators: Dr. Aurélie Joret, Intensive Care Medicine, Caen – Dr. Sébastien Derville, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Caen

11:15 AM • Maastricht 3 is 10 years old: what is the assessment?
Dr. Benoit Averland, French Biomedicine Agency

11:45 AM • Maastricht 3 Pediatric: What are the specific features?
Dr. Thibault Plouchart, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Caen

12:00 PM • Kidney transplantation: early and late complications.
Professor Xavier Tillou, Urology, Caen

Half-day meeting of the Clinical Ethics Group

→ Afternoon • Health Research and Training Hub • Hippocrates Amphitheater • 1:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m

Moderators: Ms. Isabelle Gaborieau, GEC, Surgical Intensive Care, Caen • Dr. Clément Gakuba, GEC, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Caen

1:45 PM • Opening of the half-day session of the GEC
(Group for the Evaluation of Clinical Practice) - University Hospital Management, Nursing Department

Moderators: Dr. Véronique Pottier, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Caen – Ms. Isabelle Gaborieau, GEC, Surgical Intensive Care, Caen

2:00 PM • Everything you've always wanted to know about organ donation… but were afraid to ask!
Ms. Karine Lericolais, CHPOT, Caen

2:30 p.m. • Organ donation: altruistic transmission or consensual fiction?
Dr. Simon Lanot, University of Caen Normandy, Dr. Stéphane Corbin, Research Center for Risks and Vulnerabilities, Caen;
Dr. Pauline Garel, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Rouen;
Prof. Damien du Cheyron, Intensive Care Medicine, Caen

3:00 PM • Access to kidney transplantation: all equal?
Professor Valérie Chatelet, Nephrology, Caen

3:30 p.m. • Maastricht 3, ten years later: still ethical questions?
Dr. Matthieu Le Dorze, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, APHP – Lariboisière, Paris

4:00 PM • Break

Moderators: Dr. Benoit Averland, French Agency for Biomedicine – Dr. Philippe Gouin, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Rouen

4:15 PM • Uterus transplantation: an organ donation like any other?
Dr. Isis Carton, Gynecology-Obstetrics, Rennes

4:45 PM • Transplantation in an era of exceeding planetary boundaries: is it truly ethical?
Dr. Stéphanie Deryckere, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Caen

5:15 p.m. • From heart transplants to the World Transplant Games: Is living life to the fullest an ethical obligation for the recipient?
Ms. Juliette Fricoteaux, Lille