8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Registration

8:30 - 9:15 a.m.

Overview of Transplantation
Shamkant Mulgaonkar, MD

9:15 – 9:45 a.m.

The Role of Dialysis Staff in Transplantation
Doreen White-Hatke, RN, BSN, CNN

9:45 – 10:00 a.m.

Financing Transplantation
Marcia Rower, LCSW

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Obesity and Transplant: A Weighty Issue
Jeanette Hasse, PhD, RD, FADA, CNSC

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 – 11:15 a.m.

Innovations in Transplant Surgery
Stuart Geffner, MD

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Creating a New Model for Living Donor Education
Francis Weng, MD

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Living Donor Advocacy: Implementing the CMS Directive
Debbie Morgan, LCSW

12:15 -12:30 p.m.

The Patients’ Perspective

12:30 – 1:45 p.m.

Lunch

1:45 – 2:15 p.m.

Post – Transplant Care of the Donor & Recipient
Colleen Dowling, MSN, RN, APN-C
Jennifer Hinkis-Siegel, RN, BSN, CCTC

2:15 – 2:45 p.m.

Preventing Progressive Acceleration of Atherosclerosis in CKD Patients
Sadanand Palekar, MD

2:45 – 3:15 p.m.

Providing Appropriate Care in a Multicultural Setting
Dr. Dula Pacquiao, EdD, RN, CTN

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.

Challenging Organ Offers: Case Discussions
Tatiana Alvarez, RN, BSN, CCTC
Terri Freedman, RN
Eleanor Simchera, RN, BSN, CNN, CCTC

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Evaluation and Certification