Program

PhysicianPHYSICIAN PROGRAM TRACK

Transplant Course

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
7:30am – 4:30pm
Course Director: Heidi Schaefer, MD, FNKF
Session 220

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

Course Description:
This course is designed to offer the attendee a comprehensive understanding of medical issues that affect the kidney transplant recipient. Each lecture will begin with a case presentation and the speaker will be asked to "work through the case" focusing on the topic at hand. At the end of each session, the panel of speakers will be asked to discuss additional cases. Audience participation is encouraged.

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

  1. Discuss common medical complications in the kidney transplant recipient and describe appropriate treatment strategies.
  2. Be familiar with current and upcoming immunosuppressive regimens.
  3. Describe immunologic high risk transplants and discuss current treatment protocols.
  4. Understand how to manage the failed allograft.
  5. Describe the role of dual organ transplantation in select patient populations.

Agenda:

Time Topic Faculty

7:30am - 8:00am

Breakfast

 

Session I

8:00am - 8:30am

Pre-Transplant Screening for Cardiovascular Disease

Mario Rubin, MD, FASN, FNKF

8:30am - 9:00am

Role of Pancreas Transplant for Diabetic Patients

Alexander Wiseman, MD, FACP

9:00am - 9:30am

Malignancy and the Kidney Transplant Recipient

Bertram Kasiske, MD

9:30am - 10:00am

Panel Discussion

 

10:00am - 10:15am

Break

 

Session II

10:15am - 10:45am

Transplantation of the Sensitized Patient

Enver Akalin, MD

10:45am - 11:15am

Management of Transplant Glomerulopathy

Simin Goral, MD

11:15am - 11:45am

Panel Discussion

 

11:45am - 12:45pm

Lunch

 

Session III

12:45pm - 1:15pm

Acute Kidney Injury in the Transplant Recipient

R. Michael Hofmann, MD

1:15pm - 1:45pm

Use of Belatacept as Maintenance Immunosuppression

Karl Womer, MD

1:45pm - 2:15pm

Management of the Failed Allograft

Juan Carlos Ayus, MD, FACP, FASN

2:15pm - 2:45pm

Panel Discussion

 

2:45pm - 3:00pm

Break

 

Session IV

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Hepatitis and the Kidney Transplant Recipient

Roy Bloom, MD

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Combined Liver Kidney Transplantation

Connie Davis, MD

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Panel Discussion

 

 

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.