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Eurotransplant Annual Meeting 2015 Photo gallery _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Summaries meetings Friday, October 16 Combined Organ Procurement/Ethics meeting Chair: D. Ysebaert and M. Bos Speakers: E. Muller, C.-L. Fischer-Fröhlich, K. Cransberg Report by: S. Marks Introduction The OPC / Ethics Meeting was an interesting topic mix due to the combined topics of the OPC, the Ethics Committee and the rescheduled and most welcome, presentation of Dr. Elmi Muller from Cape Town, South Africa on HIV positive transplantations. HIV positive to positive transplantation Dr. Muller starts her interactive speech by asking the question if HIV positive patients should be considered as an option for organ donation and transplantation in Europe. As of 2008, HIV positive donors are used as organ donors in South Africa (SA). However, there are a lot of questions that rise due to this change in organ donation. The most important aspects are how to select the donor and the recipient. Report Annual Meeting 2015 | Eurotransplant 14