Allied Health Sessions
Saturday, April 30
Sunday, May 1
Monday, May 2
Tuesday, May 3
Wednesday, May 4
Saturday, April 30
Pre-Meeting Sessions - Separate Registration Fee
Transplant Administrative Boot Camp Critical Elements: What Every Team Member Needs to Know
UNOS Regulations and Compliance
Moderators: Angelina Korsun, RN, MSN, MPA, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL and Barry Friedman, RN, BSN, CPTC, University of Minnesota Medical Center—Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
8:00 am – 8:30 am OPTN Rules Overview
UNOS MPSC Staffer
8:30 am – 9:00 am Site Survey Preparation and Process
Janie Morrison, BHS
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
9:00 am – 9:30 am Maintaining Compliance
Betty Crandall, MS, RN
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Norfolk, VA
9:30 am – 10:00 am Documentation Requirements
Betty Crandall, MS, RN
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Norfolk, VA
10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break
Quality Improvement Tools
Moderators: Tracey Evans-Walker, MSN, CNP, CCTC, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH and Bill Hasskamp, RN, BSN, CPTC, LifeShare of the Carolinas, Asheville, NC
10:30 am – 11:00 am SRTR Interpretation: SRTR Data Input Makers
Bertram Kasiske
11:00 am – 11:30 am Wait List Management
Betty Crandall, MS, RN
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Norfolk, VA
11:30 am – 12:00 pm QI Program in Practice
Linda Ohler
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Maintaining Compliance
Linda Ohler
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch on Own
Program Certification Requirements/CMS Rules
Moderators: Bruce White and Renee Bennett, RN, BSN, Cleveland, OH
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Medicare Conditions of Participation: What You Need to Know
Gwen McNatt, RN, CNN, CFNP
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm CMS Audit Survival: What Changes has this Caused with Hospitals and Patient Care
Jennifer Milton, BSN, MBA, CCTC
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Comparing CMS and OPTN Rules
Kathy Schwab, BSN, RN
Mayo Clinic Foundation
Rochester, MN
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Moving Forward/Institutional Vision and Commitment
Timothy Pruett, MD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break
Transplant Center Fiscal Issues and Compliance
Moderators: Gene Ridolfi, RN, BA, Washington University School of Medicine, St.
Louis, MO and Angelina Korsun, RN, MSN, MPA, Tampa General Hospital,
Tampa, FL
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Medicare Cost Report Review
Edward Zavala, MBA
Vanderbilt Transplant Center
Nashville, TN
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Cost Reporting: Common Errors
Edward Zavala, MBA
Vanderbilt Transplant Center
Nashville, TN
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Time Studies and Documentation
Alexander Aussi, BSN, RN, MBA
University of California, San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, CA
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Fiscal Monitoring of Your Transplant Program
Ian Jamieson
Leading Practices in Organ Donation & Preservation
Understanding the Donor Pool, OPO Performance and Organ Utilization
Moderators: David Mulligan, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ and Charles Alexander, RN, MSN, MBA, CPTC, The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
8:00 am – 8:30 am Evaluating the Donor Pool: How Many Potential Donors Are There Really?
Richard Hasz, MFS, CPTC
Gift of Life Donor Program
Philadelphia, PA
8:30 am – 9:00 am Improving Transplant Per Donor
John Rosendale, MS
United Network for Organ Sharing
Richmond, VA
9:00 am – 9:30 am Kidney Utilization: How Many More Kidneys Could Be Used That Are Already Procured?
Francis Delmonico, MD
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
9:30 am – 10:00 am DCD Update in the United States: Improving DCD Outcomes
Christopher Hughes, MD
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break
Emerging Practices to Improve Donation and Transplantation Outcomes
Moderators: Kenneth Brayman, MD, PhD, University of Virginia Health System,
Charlottesville, VA and Howard Nathan, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia,
PA
10:30 am – 11:00 am Ex Vivo Lung Preservation and Resuscitation
Marcelo Cypel
11:00 am – 11:30 am Composite Tissue Donation and Transplantation: Now and The Future
Andrew Lee, MD
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Improving Donor Management, Implications for Research and Transplant Outcomes
Sandy Feng, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Utilization of State Donor Registries to Improve Authorized Rates in Organ Donation
Kevin O’Connor, MD
Life Center Northwest
Seattle, WA
Early Post Operative Complications
Renal Allograft Dysfunction
Moderators: Mark Burns, FNP, ACNP, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Gilbert, AZ and Deborah Hoch, DNP, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Rejection
Milagros Samaniego, MD
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Surgical Complications
Peter Kennealey, MD
Denver, CO
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Medication as the Culprit in Acute Renal Allograft Dysfunction
John Vella, MD
Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Hematologic Complications Post Renal Transplant: The Anemia’s
Douglas Keith, MD
University of Virginia Medical Center
Gordonsville, VA
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break
Liver Allograft Dysfunction
Moderators: Sharon Blashka and Denise Morin, MSN, RN, Lahey Clinic,
Burlington, MA
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Rejection
Jennifer Cadematori, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Surgical Complications
Peter Abt, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Infections, Non-Recurrent Disease
Costi Sifri, MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Infections, Recurrent Disease
Josh Levitksy, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
The Gift of Life Donor Program Facility Tour and Lunch (Offsite) - $15 - Limited Attendance.
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Gift of Life Donor Program, the nonprofit organization serving the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is responsible for recovering and distributing organs and tissues used in life-saving and life-enhancing transplants. Transportation from the Convention Center will be provided. The tour will include lunch.
Sunday, May 1
ALLIED HEALTH SYMPOSIUM: Are We Speaking the Same Language? Transplant Education and Consent
Moderators: Roxanne Taylor, RN, MSN, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME and Ashley Seawright, DNP, ACNP-BC, University of Mississippi Health Care
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Defining Informed Consent in Transplantation
Maryam Valapour, MD
University of Minnesota
Minnesota, MN
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Assessing Learning Readiness
Roy Bloom
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Overcoming Cultural Barriers
David Radosevich, RN, PhD
University of Minnesota
Minnesota, MN
Monday, May 2
ALLIED HEALTH SYMPOSIUM: Living with an Organ Transplant in 2011: Management of Cardiovascular and Oncologic Co-Morbidity
Moderators: Margaret Bia, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, Guilford, CT and Deborah Adey, MD, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Treatment of Post Transplant Hypertension
Stephen Textor, MD
Mayo Clinic Foundation
Rochester, MN
3:30 pm- 4:00 pm Management of Post Transplant Hyperlipidemia
Richard Spong, MD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
4:00 pm- 4:30 pm Skin Cancer: Risk Factor Assessment, Prevention and Treatment
Christina Mitchell, MD
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
ATC/ITNS DINNER– TICKETED EVENT - 7:00 pm - $25 early rate, $35 late rate. Limited Attendance.
Improving Transplant Outcomes: Incorporating Evidence into Transplant Nursing Practice
Speakers: Sandy Cupples, PhD, RN and Cynthia Russell, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC
Tuesday, May 3
ALLIED HEALTH SYMPOSIUM: Psychosocial Impact on Postoperative Transplant Outcomes
Moderators: Cathy Garvey and Deborah Ann Hoch, DNP, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm The Relevance of Alcohol Relapse in Orthotopic Liver Transplant
Andrea Dimartini, MD
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Managing Drug Seeking Behavior
Rebecca Hays, MSW, APSW
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, WI
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Quality of Life Issues and Impact on Postoperative Outcomes
Frank Chessa, PhD
Bates College
Lewiston, ME
Wednesday, May 4
Donor Management: Organ Donation and Critical Care
Moderators: Ginny McBride, MD, AMVAT Consulting, Grand Junction, CO and Ali Salim,
MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
7:00 am – 7:25 am Current State of Organ Donation in the United States
John Roberts, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
7:25 am – 7:50 am An Update from the SCCM/ACCP Organ Donor Task Force Consensus Guidelines
Sandra Lee Blosser, MD, FCCM
Penn State University
Mechanicsburg, PA
7:50 am – 8:15 am Management of the Critically Ill Donor
Nader Habashi, MD
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
