Dr. Damián Carillo leads the first Journal Club of 2025 on Bioethics and Neuroethics Anáhuac

With a debate on the Dead Donor Rule in organ donation, the discussion addressed the balance between patient autonomy, medical ethics, and the impact of these decisions on transplant practice.

In an event that marked the beginning of the academic activities for the year, Dr. Damián Carillo led the first Journal Club of 2025, organized by the Anáhuac Bioethics and Neuroethics Group. The session was dedicated to analyzing the article "Donation After Circulatory Death following Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatments. Are We Ready to Break the Dead Donor Rule?" published in Bioethical Inquiry.

During the meeting, Dr. Carillo presented key points of the bioethical debate surrounding organ donation after circulatory death and its relationship with the traditional Dead Donor Rule (DDR). Topics discussed included the waiting period after cardiac arrest, the use of Normothermic Regional Perfusion to preserve organs, and the possibility of ethical exceptions to the DDR when the patient has expressed the desire to donate.

The discussion focused on balancing patient autonomy, medical ethics, and the impact of these decisions on transplantation practices. Differences in regulations between countries and the implications of reducing or eliminating the waiting period after withdrawing life support were also analyzed.

The Journal Club will continue with a series of sessions throughout the year, addressing contemporary topics in bioethics and medicine. Dr. Carillo’s active participation in this initial meeting highlights the importance of interdisciplinary dialogue in clinical and ethical decision-making.

The Anáhuac Clinical Bioethics and Neuroethics Group (BINCA) has been carrying out academic functions aimed at interdisciplinary discussion and research since October 2014. It is affiliated with the Clinical Bioethics Interdisciplinary Project, which includes the faculties of Bioethics, Health Sciences, Education and Humanities, and Psychology at Anáhuac University Mexico.

BINCA consists of students, professors, and researchers from various disciplines, focusing on the study of neuroscience and bioethics from a multidisciplinary perspective.

For more information: https://www.anahuac.mx/mexico/CADEBI/binca