Program

ADVANCED PRACTITIONER TRACK

Trends In Kidney Transplantation: What’s Hot in 2010

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 | 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Course Directors: Heidi Schaefer, MD
Session 220, 6.5 credits

Target Audience:
Designed for community nephrologists, transplant nephrologists, nephrology fellows, transplant coordiations, transplant pharmacists and other professionals involved in the care of the kidney transplant patient.

Course Description:
The most recent advances in tissue typing, transplant immunosuppression, current interventions to increase the donor pool, and minimization of long-term morbidity in the care of kidney transplant recipients will be the focus of this course. Participants will acquire basic knowledge of tissue typing techniques, including the “virtual crossmatch”. The latest information on immunosuppression trends, including avoidance of calcineurin based regimens will be reviewed. Ways to expand the donor pool, both through the use of extended criteria donors and paired donor exchange programs will be discussed. The course will also review the recent KDIGO guidelines for long-term management of the transplant recipient as well as important fungal/viral infections in the era of emerging pathogens. Both case discussions and an audience response system will be used to promote participant education.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Course Agenda
Time Topic Faculty
7:30 am – 8:00am Breakfast
8:00am – 8:15am Introduction Heidi Schaefer, MD
8:15am – 9:15am Histocompatibility Techniques: What Non-Transplant Physicians Should Know About Tissue Typing Robert Bray, PhD
Howard Gebel, PhD
9:15am – 10:00am New Trends in Immunosuppression: The Use of Non-CNI Based Regimens Alexander Wiseman, MD
10:00 –10:15am Break
10:15am – 11:00am Paired Donor Exchange Programs: A National Trend Michael Rees, MD
11:00am – 11:45pm The Use of Non-SCD Kidney Donors: Who Benefits? Robert Gaston, MD
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 2:00pm KDIGO Guidelines for Outpatient Follow-up of the Kidney Transplant Recipient: What the Nephrologist Should Know Bertram Kasiske, MD
2:00pm – 3:00pm Influenza in the Era of the H1N1 Pandemic: What Should We Worry About? Michael Ison, MD
3:00pm – 3:30pm ound Table: Questions & Answers All Faculty
3:30pm – 4:00pm Closing Remarks/Evaluations

 

REQUIRED: Additional registration fee of $175 / $75 for fellows and residents ($225 when registering for the course only); includes syllabus, breakfast, boxed lunch, and CME/CE credits.



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