Definition of Death: The New Guidelines And Definitions

Monday, June 9, 2025

1:45 PM – 4:15 PM ET

CE: 2.5

Audience:

Adult Neurologist, Neurosurgeon, Neuroradiologist, Neurophysiologist, Resident, Fellow, Nurses with interest in topic

Learning Level:

Basic (Resident, New Information), Intermediate (Practicing Physician), Advanced (Special Interest, Higher Level Discussion)

Learning Format:

Audience response system, Case studies, Forum/panels, Lecture/plenary method

CanMEDs Roles:

Medical Expert, Scholar, Communicator, Leader, Professional

Co-Chair(s)

JT

Jeanne Teitelbaum
DJ

Draga Jichici

Speaker(s)

SS

Sam Shemie
AS

Aimee Sarti
MS

Mypinder Sekhon
JS

Jai Shankar

A workshop that combines lectures, quizzes and cases looking at death, specifically how all death is ultimately neurological in nature and the new Canadian guidelines for death by neurological criteria.

Learning Objectives:

Perform the brain death determination
Understand the pathways leading to death and the rational behind this
Understand public and professional perspectives on brain versus heart based definitions of death
Understand the level of precision of available ancillary tests

Presentations:

1:50 PM – 2:20 PM ET

Brain- Based Definition and Determination of Death
Speaker: Sam Shemie
2:20 PM – 2:50 PM ET

Characterizing the physiology of the dying process in humans until circulatory arrest
Speaker: Mypinder Sekhon
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Ancillary testing in death by neurological criteria, with an emphasis on CT perfusion
Speaker: Jai Shankar
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Public and professional perspectives on brain versus heart based definitions of death
Speaker: Aimee Sarti
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM ET

round table discussion
Speaker: Sam Shemie
Speaker: Aimee Sarti
Speaker: Mypinder Sekhon
Speaker: Jai Shankar