American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week Care of Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients 2025

Description Include: 30 videos 30 audios 30 file sub vtt, size: 3.36 GB Target Audience: nephrologists, transplant surgeons, physician‑scientists Sample video: contact me for sample video Information: The Care of Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients was a full-day Early Program held immediately prior to the main ASN Kidney Week 2025 Scientific Exposition. This course was designed to bridge the operational and clinical gap between “general” nephrology and specialized “transplant” nephrology. Held in Houston, the program utilized a case-based approach to address the entire continuum of transplant care—from the initial evaluation and waitlisting process to the long-term management of immunosuppression and graft surveillance. It acknowledged the workforce shortages in transplant medicine and focused on empowering general nephrologists to handle more of the pre- and post-transplant burden. What You Will Learn The curriculum was practical and workflow-focused, aimed at clinicians who may not practice in a transplant center but manage these patients daily. Key learning outcomes included: Evaluation Efficiency: Strategies to streamline the transplant workup and overcome barriers to listing (e.g., managing BMI limits or cardiac clearance). The “Warm Hand-Off”: Best practices for transitioning care between the transplant center and the community nephrologist to prevent patients from “falling through the cracks.” Immunosuppression Management: How to balance the risks of rejection (under-immunosuppression) vs. infection/malignancy (over-immunosuppression) in the long-term maintenance phase. Living with an Allograft: Managing non-immunological complications such as post-transplant diabetes, bone disease, and cardiovascular risk reduction. Event Details Event: Care of Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients (ASN Early Program) Date: November 5, 2025 (Wednesday) Location: Grand Ballroom A, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, USA Moderators: Vineeta Kumar, MD, FASN and Karin A. True, MD, FASN. Who Should Attend General Nephrologists: Who manage patients on the waitlist or provide long-term post-transplant care in the community. Transplant Coordinators & APPs: Who handle the logistical hurdles of the evaluation phase. Primary Care Physicians (GPs): With a large renal volume who need to understand when to refer CKD patients for transplant evaluation (typically GFR < 20-30). Why Attend (or Watch) Workforce Reality: The course explicitly addressed the “Workforce and Resource Limitations” currently facing nephrology, offering models for how generalists and specialists can co-manage patients to ensure access to care. Faculty Expertise: The session was led by Dr. Vineeta Kumar, a leader in transplant education, ensuring that the content was not just theoretical but grounded in the operational realities of high-volume transplant centers. Beyond the Surgery: Unlike surgical conferences, this course focused on the “Medical Home” for the transplant patient—keeping the patient healthy enough to get the organ, and keeping the organ healthy after they get it. Topics Care of Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients Block 1 – I Need a Kidney Welcome and Introduction to the Case Causes of ESKD and Their Impact on Kidney Transplant Evaluation – Dana V. Rizk Strategies to Minimize Waiting Time for Kidney Transplantation – Syed Ali Husain Pretransplant Cardiac Testing: When Less Is More – Samira S. Farouk Moderated Discussion – 1 – Roy D. Bloom, Samira S. Farouk, Edmund Huang, Syed Ali Husain, Vineeta Kumar, Dana V. Rizk, Karin A. True Minimizing Barriers for Kidney Transplant Candidates with Obesity – Edmund Huang Effective Wait-List Management – Roy D. Bloom Helping Kidney Transplant Candidates with Socioeconomic Barriers Find Solutions – Samira S. Farouk Moderated Discussion – 2 – Roy D. Bloom, Samira S. Farouk, Edmund Huang, Syed Ali Husain, Vineeta Kumar, Karin A. True Block 2 – The Main Event: The Early Days Continuation of the Case – 1 Choosing Immunosuppression for Kidney Transplant Recipients – Alexander C. Wiseman Early Recurrent Disease After Kidney Transplantation – Gaurav Gupta Identifying and Treating Kidney Transplant Rejection – Roslyn B. Mannon Moderated Discussion – 3 – Harini A. Chakkera, Samira S. Farouk, Gaurav Gupta, Vineeta Kumar, Roslyn B. Mannon, Karin A. True, Alexander C. Wiseman Early and Delayed Kidney Graft Dysfunction – Harini A. Chakkera Managing Outpatient Delayed Kidney Graft Function/Dialysis – Alexander C. Wiseman Setting Up for Success at Discharge After Kidney Transplantation – Roy D. Bloom Moderated Discussion – 4 – Rajendra S. Baliga, Roy D. Bloom, Harini A. Chakkera, Gaurav Gupta, Vineeta Kumar, Karin A. True, Alexander C. Wiseman Block 3 – Late in the Game Continuation of the Case – 2 Use of SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists After Kidney Transplantation – Mary Moss Chandran Recurrent Disease and Monoclonal Gammopathies After Kidney Transplantation – Naoka Murakami Management of Kidney Transplant Recipients by Local Nephrology Professionals – Rajendra S. Baliga Challenges of Living Well with a Transplant: ‘The Quiet Burdens’ – Valen Elizabeth Keefer, Karin A. True Moderated Discussion – 5 – Rajendra S. Baliga, Samira S. Farouk, Valen Elizabeth Keefer, Vineeta Kumar, Mary Moss Chandran, Naoka Murakami, Karin A. True Block 4 – The Final Countdown Continuation of the Case – 3 What to Do with a Failing Transplant – Naoka Murakami Regulatory Updates – Roslyn B. Mannon The Business of Transplantation – Harini A. Chakkera Updates in Xenotransplantation – Vineeta Kumar Moderated Discussion – 6 – Harini A. Chakkera, Syed Ali Husain, Vineeta Kumar, Roslyn B. Mannon, Naoka Murakami, Karin A. True