Topic
Determining Brain Death in Adults

Hosted By
Drexel Neurosciences Institute

Speaker
Bradford B. Thompson, MD, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery; director of Neurocritical Care, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University

Learning Objectives

• Discuss the history and practical implications of brain death
• Discuss the controversies and variability surrounding the diagnosis of brain death
• Discuss how to diagnose brain death locally

Target Audience
DUCoM faculty, all physicians, fellows, residents, medical students, PAs, CRNPs, RNs; all medical specialties

Disclosure
Speakers at continuing medical education activities are required to disclose to the audience, any relevant commercial interest (which is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients). Any conflicts of interest must be resolved prior to the presentation and announced to the audience.