Barcelona International Community Day 2022
On Saturday 22nd of October the DTI Community attended the Barcelona International Community Day 2022. The event was held in Museu Marítim in Barcelona. Starting at 10am until 7pm many companies, schools and associations from Barcelona gathered around their stands to explain to the international community what they offered and how they could help them during their stay in Barcelona.
There were a total of 5.416 international attendants. There were 40% more participants than in 2021.
DTI was in stand A7 as a foundation that is established here in Barcelona, but who works with people from all over the world. We were part of 86 companies and associations who presented their projects to the international community in Barcelona. During the event there were over 60 workshops, talks and round tables organized.
From DTI we want to thank everyone who visited our stand. It was a pleasure meeting all of you.
Solidarity Concert - Luz de Gas
Thanks to Por Fin Viernes we are taking part in a Solidarity Concert on November 17 at 21h in Sala Luz de Gas, Barcelona.
In the event there will be 4 institutions involved: DTI Foundation, Fundació Boscana, Kadiandu and Recuerdame.
The money raised from the tickets will be destined to fund future scholarships for students.
You can get tickets for the concert here.
A Row 0 has also been enabled for people who wish to collaborate with the cause but are unable to attend the concert.
DTI receives a visit from Brazil
Marcelo Santos and Rafael Pimentel from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, have visited the DTI offices in Barcelona.
They have worked on a research project on the validation of quality indicartors on deceased donation based on the ODEQUS project. During their visit they have had the opportunity to reunite with some DTI team experts.
ODEQUS was a European project coordinated by the University of Barcelona and with the involvement of DTI experts. ODEQUS was a three years project (October 2010-December 2013) co-financed by the European Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC20091108) which aimed to define a methodology to evaluate the organ procurement performance at hospital level.
Check the ODEEQUS website http://www.odequs.eu/
DTI bids farewell to our beloved friend Buitrón
Official Statement of the death of Dr. José M. García Buitrón
DTI Foundation - Donation & Transplantation Institute- feels deeply shocked by the loss of beloved Dr. José M. García Buitrón who passed away this Saturday in Madrid. From DTI we send our deepest condolences to family and friends and share the sad news with our experts and collaborators.
Dr. Buitrón was a founding member and Vice President of DTI Foundation, former director of the Oficina de Coordinación de Trasplantes and Manager of Complejo Hospitalario de A Coruña (CHUAC). As a collaborator in the foundation for 30 years, he has carried out his training and cooperation work in countries such as Trinidad, Tobago, the Philippines and Cuba, among many others.
A very close and endearing person as well as an excellent professional, Dr. Buitrón has always been an inspiration and a model for all members of our international community related to donation and transplantation. We will always remember him as a friend and colleague, and as the person who has left an everlasting impression in our professional and human journey.
DTI attends TTS Congress 2022
DTI Foundation took part in the hybrid 29th International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS 2022) during September 11th to 14th.
Our team of experts had the pleasure of assisting to the Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and present the newest courses and educational methodology in stands N7 and N8 in the main hall.
Many people have joined us in our stand to give a shot at an augmented reality simulation. They were able to see a Controlled DCD patient and guidelines on how to manage a controlled DCD donor with normothermic regional perfusion.
Thanks to the opportunity The Transplantation Society gave us, DTI experts started by presenting at a Pre-Congress Workshop (Improving donation practices for better transplant system) that consisted of four different activities:
- General introduction to organ donation.
- Donor Detection and evaluation: participants played Game of donors and entered the virtual reality hospital to practice the selection and evaluation of donors.
- Brain death and donor management: participants dealt with real case clinical scenarios.
- Family approach for organ donation: participants practiced through VR how to break bad news to the family and how to approach organ donation consent.
This activity was possible thanks to the participation of Alejandro Nino Murcia (Colombia), Gabriel Gondolesi (Argentina) and Marcelo Cantarovich (Canada). Other international experts that participated were Marco Sacchi (Italy). Marián Irazábal (Spain), Omid Ghobadi (Iran) and Chloë Ballesté (Spain).
During the congress our Director of International Cooperation and Development, Chloë Ballesté, presented the final results of the ODISSeA project. She also had two more presentations to present the Tissue Banking and Advanced Therapies Training Program and another one to present the International Master in Donation and Transplantation of Organ, Tissues and Cells.
The head of Educational Programs, Carmen Blanco, did an amazing presentation explaining 30 years of TPM Training, its first steps until VR activities. Dr. Ali Al Obaidli summarized the key aspects of the UAE organ donation model and its current organ donation results during the campfire session in the TTS Congress 2022. This initiative is developed by SEHA with the support of international DTI experts. The Campfire sessions ended with Marián Irazábal talking about I-DTI, a second opinion platform.
The Congress was a great opportunity. We want to thank The Transplantation Society for the great organization.
Proving Small Acts of Kindness Can Make a Big Change
From April 4th to 8th DTI Foundation is taking part in the Little By Little Campaign, aimed at continuing fundraising for our project Save One Million Lives. During 5 days Global Giving will be matching 50% of all donations up to $50, meaning your donation will go further to help save one million lives.
The Little-by-Little campaign is a one week long campaign, the money raised goes to our project Save One Million Lives. Every year 1 million people are added to the list of those to receive an organ transplant. Sadly, less than 10% of the surgical procedures needed globally are performed.
This project empowers doctors and nurses from Africa, Asia, and South America by giving them critical knowledge needed to increase organ donations, train local medical experts as well as implement organ donation and transplantation programs.
To get involved, click here and help us in saving one million lives!
9th edition of the TPM Intermediate Course in Slovenia
A total of 30 healthcare professionals from Slovenia attended the 9th edition of the TPM Intermediate Training Course in Transplant Coordination. The course took place between March 28th and 31st. It was possible thanks to the collaboration between DTI Foundation and the Institute for transplantation of Organs and Tissues of the Republic – Slovenija-transplant.
DTI and local experts from Slovenia gave lectures and workshops on topics such as donor detection, brain death, donor management and family approach.
The main goal of the TPM intermediate online course was providing knowledge and skills on organ donation and motivate the healthcare professionals on the active detection to increase the donation and transplantation rates in the country.
Thank you to Slovenija-Transplant and all the participants for another amazing edition!
Hvala vam!
SEHA and DTI Foundation organize an event to promote Organ Donation in UAE in the framework of the EXPODUBAI 2020
Abu Dhabi Health Services (SEHA) and DTI Foundation in collaboration with the Spain Pavilion organized an awareness event to promote the organ donation in UAE. The event took place in the Spain Pavilion at the Expo 2020 Dubai. It drew many attendees in person as well online last Saturday.
The event provided a valuable opportunity to meet and exchange knowledge about organ donation and raise awareness in the UAE.
Since 2015, DTI Foundation's collaboration with SEHA and the UEA National Transplant committee has been beneficial, creating protocols and guidelines for the management of an organ donation system in UAE.
DTI Foundation is currently supporting SEHA for the consolidation of a deceased organ donation program with a SEUSA (Spanish, Europe, USA) program, to increase self-sufficiency in deceased organ donation. DTI Foundation looks forward to grow organ donation numbers in the future.
So far, more than 390 physicians and nurses have been trained in the organ donation and transplantation field. Since September 2021, the project has made possible the achievement of 38 utilized donors and 159 organs transplanted.
DTI is present at the 4YFN Congress 2022
DTI Foundation took part in the 4FYN Congress, one of the largest startups exhibitions for the mobile tech industry as well as distributive business models. Industry leaders, innovators, founders, and pioneers all showcased the best and latest while facilitating meaningful connections to other attendees.
The convention, which took place at MWC Barcelona Convention Center, takes place from February 28th to March 3rd, 2022. This is the 8th year of 4FYN, since 2014 the convention has grown to become the largest exhibition of mobile technology around the world. This past convention brought together hundreds of startups to the showroom floor to showcase their ideas and innovations to thousands of attendees, some being potential investors and customers, as well as experts.
DTI Foundation presented its training programs, consultancy options and innovative projects in hall 6 of the convention with Estephan Arredondo, DTI’s Tissue and Cells Directors. This presentation was made in Tech Barcelona’s Stand with the collaboration of Biocat.
Though the dates for next 4FYN Congress have not yet been released, we are eager and hopeful to be represented again at the convention.
Webinar on Organ Perfusion Systems
To say goodbye to the first month of 2021, the DTI Community, together with the Hospital Clinic and the University of Barcelona, organized a new international webinar. This time the topic was "Organ perfusion systems: a solution for the future".
For this webinar, we had the pleasure of having Dr. Pedro Moreo from EBERS Medical Technology S.L. and Mr. Francesc Gahete from XVIVO Perfusion AB. Moderated by our director of the Tissue and Cells Unit Mr. Estephan Arredondo, the webinar addressed the present and future of organ perfusion systems as innovative techniques to increase the availability of organs for transplantation.
More than 50 people from different parts of the world joined this webinar and had a firsthand view of the latest achievements and future challenges of perfusion systems.
The great advantage of perfusion machines over static perfusion methods is that, not only do they keep the organ in good condition, but they can help improve some of its parameters. In addition, extending the maintenance time of the organs facilitates a better organization of the donation and transplantation process.The speakers explained the process of development of their devices and different components that allow to maintain and improve the state of each organ. They also talked about the time of use validated by each machine, as well as the clinical trials and accreditations they had carried out.
This webinar can be consulted at DTI Community website