EMPODaT Final Meeting held in Aswan-Luxor, Egypt
On March 4th - 7th, 2016, the Final Meeting of the European-Mediterranean Postgraduate Program on Organ Donation and Transplantation (EMPODaT) was held in Aswan-Luxor, Egypt.
A total of 20 professionals from 8 different countries (Spain, Sweden, Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, UEA, Ethiopia, and Sudan) participated in this final meeting.
The objectives of the final meeting were:
- To review all the activities developed during the project
- To discuss the training program evaluation results
- To approve the draft of the Project Final Report
- To optimize deliverables and ensure their dissemination
- To Constitute a Euro-Mediterranean training network in Organ Donation and Transplantation and to sign a final networking agreement
- To focus on the program expansion to different potential adopters outside initial target group by dissemination media event and conference
We would like to thank all partners, officials and international external experts for contributing to the success of the final meeting. It was really memorable experience for all of us.
International Master D&T: "Face to Face" sessions in Barcelona
The first "Face to Face" sessions of the current Edition of the International Master D&T took successfully place in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona from the 25th of January until the 5th of February.
The first module achieved was the Leadership & Quality Management in Organ Procurement and Transplantation with 7 students from 5 different nationalities.
The 28th and 29th January, 20 students from 8 nationalities went through the Professional Training in Organ Donation course.
And the next week the first edition of the Organ Transplantation "face to face" course was implemented with 21 students from 9 different countries.
After the meeting in Barcelona the students are now pursuing the Organ Transplantation Online Course. Finally in 4 months the Master will be over!
1st UK Transplant Procurement Management Workshop
On Friday the 12th of February, the Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy (WIMAT) was proud to host the first UK Transplant Procurement Management Workshop DCD types II-III.
Dr. Raphael Chavez, a consultant transplant surgeon from the University Hospital of Wales co-organised the programme with a specialist team from Barcelona, Coruña and Santander.
On the other hand, all the UK healthcare workers, are specialists in different areas: consultant surgeons, nurses and transplant coordinators.
Spain has the highest number of organ donors in the world (36 donors per million people, compared with 23 per million in Wales) and with the recent change in Welsh legislation where consent is assumed, it is hoped that that this course will optimise the opportunities that are now arising, transforming the lives of hundreds of patients across the principality.
26th edition of the “Curso Superior Internacional en Donación y Trasplante de Órganos y Tejidos”
The 26th edition of the “Curso Superior Internacional en Donación y Trasplante de Órganos y Tejidos” took place in February 16th to 19th in Sant Hilari Sacalm. With the occasion of the TPM 25th anniversary this exceptional course gathered fifty participants representing 13 different countries, such Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Portugal, Spain and Trinidad & Tobago.
The opening ceremony was held at “Parc Cientific Barcelona” with representatives of ONT, OCATT and PCB, unconditional supporters of TPM since its beginning.
As usual, in a pleasant countryside atmosphere with faculties internationally recognized faculty, the course ran smoothly to accomplish its goals by covering all the subjects related to the organs and tissue donation processes.
To celebrate this remarkable anniversary a dinner attended by the founders and most prominent faculty was held on Wednesday, February 17th.
Chinese professionals came to Barcelona
On the framework of the collaboration program between DTI Foundation and China, a group of health care professionals came to Barcelona at the end of January.
The visitors are all students of TPM Master and came to attend the Transplantation module of the Master, held at the University of Barcelona on 28th and 29th of January. The professional profile of the visitors was surgeons (kidney and liver transplant surgeon) and ICU doctors.
During these days all the team had the pleasure to go with the guests in the installations at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and to show the everyday practice of the donation and transplantation programs in our hospital. Meetings with the transplant coordinators, the experts of kidney, liver, heart and pancreas transplantations were organized. The visit at the Immunological Laboratory and the meeting with the Chairman of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona were very much appreciated by the visitors.
Moreover, a visit in the Hospital 12 de Octubre and the National Transplant Organization (ONT) in Madrid was made. In this way the guest doctors had the opportunity to visit another big hospital and to evaluate the similarities and the differences between both hospitals; 12 de Octubre Madrid and Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. Dr. Eduardo Martin, an ONT member, presented the Spanish model view and the latest data on the Spanish transplantation and donation activities.
VII SATO Congress in Algeria
From the 4th to the 5th December 2015, took place the VII SATO Congress in Algiers (Algeria). Dr. José Ignacio Sánchez-Miret and Dr. Chloë Ballesté participated as a DTI Foundation representatives. They presented the organ donation and transplantation organizational model as well as the DTI-TPM experience in the field to the audience composed of transplant. All the professionals came from all around the world and also some special guests from France, Morocco and Turkey. During the Congress the newly Agence nationale des greffes (ANG) was presented and Professor Nabil Debzi was elected as SATO President. We want to congratulate our dear Algerian friends for this further step to consolidate the deceased donation program!
TPM celebrates its 25th anniversary
This year TPM celebrates its 25th anniversary. The educational project of TPM started in 1991 with the aim of transmitting all the knowledge from the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and other centres to all around the world. At the beginning the University of Barcelona was the contributor. Then other non-profit organizations like Fundació Bosch I Gimpera, Formació Continuada “Les Heures”, IL3 and finally DTI Foundation appeared.
Spanish and international teachers with experience and success in their professional life, had transmitted all of their passion and thanks to other professionals. TPM has been worldwide, firstly Spain, then Latin America, Eastern Europe, The Middle East, Asia and ultimately Africa.
We want to highlight the human team, the TPM family, who work every day in order to improve the transplantations around the world. To all of them, thanks and congratulations. Hope we will celebrate more years!
Martí Manyalich, President of TPM
First TPM course in 1991 (Spanish version)
Last TPM course in 2015 (English version)
Seeding Life meeting in Sofia
The first transnational inaugural meeting of the project "Seeding Life”, financed by the EU Erasmus+ program, was held on 21st -22nd January 2016, in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The project is coordinated by the University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment and Emergency Medicine (UMHATEM) "N. I. Pirogov", Sofia, Bulgaria with the cooperation and active participation of the Bulgarian Executive Agency for Transplantation.
The project partners and project participants who attended the meeting are:
- Representative of University of Barcelona: Marti Manyalich, MD, PhD and Melania Istrate,
- Representatives of the DTI Foundation: Gloria Páez, and Aneta Toncheva,
- Representatives of the Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital (PSCUH), Latvia: dr. Daina Rožkalne – head of Intensive care unit of East University Hospital in Riga, dr. Eva Steina –intensivist in the PSCUH and dr. Evija Sama - reanimatologist in the Intensive care unit.
- Representative of UMHATEM Pirogov: Prof. Stoyan Milanov - Executive Director of UMHATEM Pirogov; Prof. Milan Milanov; doc. Oleg Cholakov - surgeon in UMATEM and Deputy Director of the scientific division of Pirogov; Georgui Georgiev - anaesthesiologist in the Anaesthesiology and Intensive care unit in UMHATEM Pirogov, Diana Rangelova - head of "Research and Postgraduate Studies and Relations” in UMHATEM "N.I. Pirogov"; Ivayla Stoyanova - training and qualification expert in department “Scientific research and postgraduate training and Medical university relation” in UMHATEM;
- Representative of the Bulgarian Executive Agency for Transplantation (BEAT): dr. Maryana Simeonova - Executive Director of BEAT; Daniela Petkova - Deputy Executive Director; Radostina Getova - PR expert in BEAT;
- Key donation people from Bulgaria and future trainers: dr. Slavi Assov - anaesthesiologist in ICU in Military Medical Academy in Sofia and transplant coordinator; Valentin Marinchev - anaesthesiologist in ICU in Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment “St. Marina”, Varna; dr. Nikolay Mladenov - specialising anaesthesiology in the Medical University in Varna; dr. Georgui Dimitrov - anaesthesiologist and transplant coordinator in University multiprofile hospital for active treatment (UMHAT) “Georgui Stranski”, Pleven; dr. Kostadin Chifligarov - head of the Intensive care unit and a transplant coordinator in University multiprofile hospital for active treatment (UMHAT), Plovdiv; dr. Milena Mineva - anaesthesiologist in the Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Department at the Multiprofile hospital for active treatment (MHIT), Burgas.
This project is a strategic partnership among three countries: Spain, Bulgaria and Latvia. Through the project the Spanish recognized and leading training experience in Transplant Procurement Management of organ donation and transplantation will be transferred in Bulgaria and Latvia. Its goal is the establishment of a training program in the field of organ donation and transplantation for the Bulgarian and the Latvian specialists.
Within its implementation scope the project will develop studies on the status of the process of organ donation and transplantation in Bulgaria and Latvia and will create a plan and training programs for the training of professionals related to the process of organ donation and transplantation in both parties, beneficiaries of the project. During the project realization, a total of 250 specialists will be trained.
Intermediate Training Course in Transplant Procurement Management
The 3rd Intermediate Training Course in Transplant Procurement Management took place at The Asia Hotel in Bangkok - Thailand, on December 2nd-4th, 2015. The training course was developed in collaboration with the Rajavithi hospital, Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Health and Donation & Transplantation Institute (DTI). Thirty nine healthcare professionals from across the country attended the training accomplishing the learning objectives successfully. Moreover, they showed great interests in endorsing future activities to boost organ donation and transplantation development in their hospitals.
We wish to extend our particular recognitions to Dr. Suphan Srithamma, General Director of Department of Medical Services, MoPH, Dr. Sakarn Bunnag, Chairman of Subcommittee of Organ Donation and Kidney Transplant Development, MoPH, Dr. Visist Dhitavat, Director of The Thai Red Cross Organ Donation Centre coordinators and to the entire Faculty and organizing team for their excellent job.
International Symposium of SIUT
The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation of Karachi Pakistan is a model of solidarity around the world. It operates more than 1.000 transplants per year all of them financed by donations and charity. The professor Rizvi started to work in this way because of the lack of resources in the country.
It is a recognised institution in both national and international levels. For this reason, representative members from all around the world met for four days in a Congress in Pakistan. During these days we talked about transplantations and above all the great interest of the country for trying to start the corpse donation. The national situation is not easy since the instability of economy, politics and security is very weak.
Probably, through the Spanish embassy and the consul of Pakistan in Barcelona could establish collaboration for doctors from that country to learn about new technics of organ donation.
Martí Manyalich, President of TPM-DTI Foundation
Professor Naqi, Martí Manyalich and Professor Rizvi at SIUT International Symposium.
