2018 Kidney and Pancreas Transplant and Kidney Donation Conference by University of Virginia

2018 Kidney and Pancreas Transplant and Kidney Donation Conference is organized by University of Virginia and will be held on Jun 28, 2018 at Omni Charlottesville Hotel, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Nephrologists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.25 Contact hours.

Conference Description :
Kidney transplantation is a life-enhancing option for patients with the end-stage renal disease. To make this a reality for more patients, living donation is considered the best option for most. Incompatible living donors and their recipients can participate in a paired exchange. Recent changes in kidney allocation have made transplant possible for those who were previously very difficult to match. This conference will provide clinical information regarding current trends in the evaluation, surgical care, and post-transplant management of renal transplant recipients as well as discussion about the complex psychosocial and financial issues that kidney transplant patients face.

Course Description :
• Understand why kidney transplantation is the best option for most patients diagnosed with end-stage renal disease.
• Describe benefits of robotic surgery for patients with increased BMI or pancreas recipients.
• Describe changes in renal transplantation over the past 50 years and what the new frontier may look like in the next decades.
• Understand decision-making process by the selection committee in approving or declining candidates for kidney transplantation.
• Discuss the impact of social media for identification of living donors.
• Discuss what techniques have been utilized by kidney transplant candidates to fundraise for their surgery.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.