The overriding opinion within the medical community of practice is that  caregivers should attempt to reduce psychiatric barriers to successful transplantation.  However certain questions remain after years of debate: (i) are current evaluations uniform throughout transplant centers throughout the country?  How should we view transplant eligibility criteria that exclude patients with affective and psychotic disorders from transplantation on the basis of their psychiatric diagnosis?    These and other questions will be explored during this in depth hour of Profound Conversations with our esteemed guests from the medical community.

Conversationalists:
Farha Abbasi, MD
Michigan State University Dept. of Psychiatry

Clive Callender, MD
Professor of Surgery, Howard University Hospital

Shawn-Paul Harrison
Medical Navigator Specialist
Louisiana Organ Procurement Association

Anil Paramesh, MD,
Professor of Surgery, Urology, and Pediatrics 
Tulane University School of Medicine

Joey Boudreaux
Chief Clinical Officer
Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency


Profound Conversations Executive Producers are the Muslim Life Planning Institute, a national community building organization whose mission is to establish pathways to lifelong learning and healthy communities at the local, national and global level.   MLPN.life

The Profound Conversations podcast is produced by Erika Christie www.ErikaChristie.com