Katrina A. Bramstedt, PhD
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Dr. Bramstedt is one of the world's few formally trained transplant ethicists. She received her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Loma Linda University (USA) and her PhD from Monash University Faculty of Medicine (Melbourne, Australia). Additionally, she spent over two years at UCLA as an Ethics Fellow. Recently, she served 6 years as Chair of the Ethics Committee for NATCO, The Organization for Transplant Professionals (http://www.natco1.org/). Currently, she works as an ethics consultant to the California Transplant Donor Network (CTDN) in the San Francisco Bay area, as well as for regional transplant centers, and ABC television's "Private Practice". Additionally, she has a private practice in Sausalito, CA: www.AskTheEthicist.com
Dr. Bramstedt has conducted over 800 ethics consults, as well as over 100 living donor advocate assessments (kidney and liver). She also worked for several years with the Cleveland Clinic Face Transplant Team (2004-2007). In addition to traveling worldwide giving lectures and media interviews, she has published 75+ manuscripts in medical and bioethics journals. She has also authored several book chapters and 3 books. A sample of her work appears below. She has a passion for transplant and helping patients, families, and medical teams resolve complex ethical dilemmas.
Dr. Bramstedt is available for consulting projects pertaining to organ donation, transplantation, artificial organs, general medical ethics, moral decision-making, and research ethics (e.g., study design, informed consent). She is also available as an expert witness for legal matters.
- Bramstedt KA, Moolla A,
Rehfield P. The use of standardized
patients to teach medical students about living organ donation. Prog Transpl 2012;22: in press.
- Neidich E, Neidich A,
Cooper J, Bramstedt KA. The ethical
complexities of online organ solicitation via donor-patient websites: Avoiding
the “beauty contest”. Am J Transpl
2012;12: in press.
- Veys CG, Bramstedt KA. Stranger donors: a key link in transplant chains. Prog Transpl 2011;21: 366-371.
- Bramstedt KA. Informed consent for facial transplantation. In Seimeinow M (ed) The Know How of Facial Transplantation. Springer: London, 2011, pp. 255-260.
- Bramstedt KA.
Ethical minefields in medical tourism.
Sonoma Med 2010;62:37-38.
- Bramstedt KA Probing transplant and living donor candidates about their participation in organ vending. Prog Transpl 2010:20: 292-295.
- Laurentine KA, Bramstedt KA. Too poor for transplant: finance and insurance issues in transplant ethics. Prog Transpl 2010;20:178-85.
- Neidich A, Mahanty HD, Bramstedt KA. Exploring transplant opportunities in Hmong culture: a case report. Prog Transpl 2009;19:188-91.
- Bramstedt KA. Hoping for a miracle: supporting patients in transplantation and cardiac assist programs. Curr Op Supp Pall Care 2008;2:252-255.
- Bramstedt KA. Alcohol abstinence criteria for living liver donors and their organ recipients. Curr Opin Organ Transpl 2008;13: 207-210.
- Bramstedt KA. Destination nowhere: a potential dilemma with ventricular assist devices. ASAIO Journal 2008;54: 1-2.
- Siemionow M, Bramstedt KA, Kodish EK. Ethical issues in face transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transpl 2007;12:193-197.
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