A Review of Practices Around Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria by an Organ Procurement Organization in the WAMI Region
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- Received April 13, 2022
- Accepted August 3, 2022
- First Published September 2, 2022.
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Author Disclosures
- Abhijit Vijay Lele, MBBS, MD, MSCR, FNCS,
- Sarah Wahlster, MD,
- Ian Bost, BA,
- Dominic Adorno, MS,
- Candy Wells, BSN, RN,
- Kevin O'Connor, MS, PA,
- David Greer, MD and
- Michael J. Souter, MB, ChB, FRCA, FNCS
- Abhijit Vijay Lele, MBBS, MD, MSCR, FNCS,
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(1) Non-profit entity: Medical Advisor for LifeCenter Northwest.
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- Sarah Wahlster, MD,
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- Ian Bost, BA,
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LifeCenter Northwest, 5 years, Data Architect - responsible <br>for building and maintaining the data warehouse
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- Dominic Adorno, MS,
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- Candy Wells, BSN, RN,
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- Kevin O'Connor, MS, PA,
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- David Greer, MD and
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Becton Dickenson, Inc., travel to an international <br>conference to give <br>a <br>presentation.
Editor in chief for Seminars in Neurology
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Book: 50 Studies Every Neurologist should Know, 2016.
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Becton Dickenson, Inc., provides support to my <br>institution for<br>research that I'm involved with. I receive no direct <br>compensation.
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Served as a consultant in medical legal cases 2012-2022
- Michael J. Souter, MB, ChB, FRCA, FNCS
Commercial - Medical Advisory board for Teleflex Medical on Critical Care and Vascular Access devices<br>Non-profit - I serve on data safety monitoring board for "A Multicenter Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Intravenous Thyroxine for Heart Eligible BD Organ Donors' - <br>NCT04415658
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Teleflex Medical (as above)
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Salary Support to University of Washington for my role as Medical Director of Lifecenter Northwest (Organ Procurement Organization)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (AVL, MJS), Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington; Neurocritical Service (AVL, SW, MJS), Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington; Department of Neurological Surgery (AVL, MJS), Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington; Department of Neurology (SW), Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle; LifeCenter Northwest (IB, DA, CW, KOC), Bellevue, WA; and Department of Neurology (DG), Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, MA.
- Correspondence
Dr. Lele abhijit2{at}uw.edu
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