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Nephrology

Trainee
Session Type: Pre-Conference Program

Comprehensive Review & Updates in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation—From Aloha to A Hui Hou

Friday, April 25, 2025
7:00am – 1:20pm HST
Location: Convention Center: 308
CE: 6.0

Ticketed Event

    Chair(s)

  • Sharon Bartosh, MD

    Professor of Pediatrics
    University of Wisconsin
    Madison, Wisconsin, United States

  • Gina-Marie Barletta, MD

    Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant
    Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
    SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, United States

  • Lyndsay Harshman, MD, MS

    Associate Professor
    Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
    University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    IOWA CITY, IA, Iowa, United States

Disclosure(s):
Sharon M. Bartosh, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Gina-Marie Barletta, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Lyndsay A. Harshman, MD, MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Session Description: This course is designed to deliver an overview of current research advances and clinical practice strategies in pediatric kidney transplantation. Course will include preparing patients for transplant, basics of transplant immunology, induction & maintenance immunosuppression strategies, pathophysiology, and management of complications (including rejection, viral infections, malignancies, and recurrent FSGS), as well as management of non-adherence & transition to adult care. Presentations will incorporate discussion of complex cases where applicable.
The session will aim to cover current clinical practice strategies, review research advances, foster ideas for future research, quality improvement projects, and overall improved care.

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion, participants will understand pretransplant work-up & management, transplant immunology, crossmatch, donor-specific antibodies, and the impact of non-HLA-antibodies.
  • Upon completion, participants will understand induction & maintenance immunosuppression, biomarker utilization in kidney transplant, and management of acute & chronic rejection.
  • At the completion of this session, participants will be exposed to common and difficult clinical scenarios in transplant (recurrent FSGS, viral infections, post-transplant malignancy, adherence).

Presentations:

  • 7:00am – 7:35am HST
    Preparing for Transplant—selection Criteria, Bladder Management, and What to Do with Native Kidneys

    Speaker: Isa Ashoor, MD (he/him/his) – Boston Children's Hospital

  • 7:35am – 8:10am HST
    Review the Basics of Transplant Immunology

    Speaker: Katherine Twombley, MD (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina

  • 8:10am – 8:45am HST
    Understanding the crossmatch, donor specific antibodies, and non-HLA antibodies

    Speaker: Eileen Chambers, MD (she/her/hers) – Duke University School of Medicine

  • 8:45am – 9:20am HST
    Induction & Maintenance Immunosuppression Strategies

    Speaker: Rachel M. Engen, MD, MS – American Family Children's Hospital

  • 9:20am – 9:55am HST
    Utilization of Biomarkers in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation

    Speaker: Daniel Ranch, MD MBA – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

  • 9:55am – 10:30am HST
    Dealing with Rejection—acute and Chronic Management

    Speaker: Rouba Garro, MD – Emory University School of Medicine

  • 10:30am – 11:05am HST
    Pre & Post-transplant Management of Patients Diagnosed with Primary FSGS

    Speaker: Marina Vivarelli, MD (she/her/hers) – Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome Italy

  • 11:05am – 11:35am HST
    Lunch
  • 11:35am – 12:10pm HST
    Hematologic Complications and Malignancies Post-transplant

    Speaker: Vikas Dharnidharka, MD, MPH – Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

  • 12:10pm – 12:45pm HST
    Surveillance and Management of Viral Infections Post-transplant

    Speaker: Jodi Smith, MD MPH – University of Washington School of Medicine

  • 12:45pm – 1:20pm HST
    Medication Non-adherence & Transition to Adult Care

    Speaker: Cozumel Pruette, MD, MHS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine