Pediatric kidney transplantation: Tackling challenges from start to end

Monday, April 28, 2025

11:00am – 12:30pm HST

Location: Convention Center: 316 A

CE: 1.5

Selected By: ASPN

Chair(s)

Amy Bobrowski, MD MS (she/her/hers)

Pediatric Nephrologist
Pediatric Nephrology
Cleveland Clinic Children's
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Carlos Becerril-Romero, MD

Attending Physician
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, United States

Disclosure(s):

Amy Bobrowski, MD MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Carlos Cesar Becerril-Romero, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

This session will address challenges across the spectrum of pediatric kidney transplantation from pre-transplantation evaluation to allograft loss. Three particularly challenging areas will be discussed, including the role of emerging genetic testing in the pre-transplantation evaluation, management of antibody-mediated rejection post-transplantation and management of evolving renal failure and immunosuppressants in the failing allograft.

Learning Objectives:

Delineate the indications for genetic screening in preparation for transplant
Discuss the management of antibody mediated rejection, including newer therapies
Describe the challenges in management of the failing allograft, including recommendations for immunosuppression management, indications for allograft nephrectomy and preparation for dialysis and/or re-transplantation

Presentations:

11:00am – 11:30am HST

Choosing Wisely: When to Use Genetic Testing in Transplant Decision-making
Speaker: Nancy Rodig, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital
11:30am – 12:00pm HST

Antibody-mediated Rejection: First-line Therapies and Beyond
Speaker: Meghan H. Pearl, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
12:00pm – 12:30pm HST

The Failing Kidney Allograft: Challenges and Recommendations for Management
Speaker: Juhi Kumar, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh