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Internal Medicine & Subspecialties

11th Annual Update in Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation

Saturday, September 29

TimeTopic
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Diabetes Management in Kidney Transplant Recipients
8:30 a.m. Calcineurin Inhibitor Sparing Immunosuppression: Is It Time?
9:00 a.m. Current and Future Transplant Trials at Mayo Clinic
9:30 a.m. My Patient Is on the Waiting List: What Advice Should I Give Him/Her Regarding Finding a Donor?
10:00 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:20 a.m. Update on Paired Kidney Exchange
10:50 a.m. Debate on Transplant Tourism: Where Does the Medical Community Stand?
11:50 a.m. Post Test
12:00 p.m. Lunch and Dialogue
ABIM Workshop  
12:30-5:00 p.m. ABIM Maintenance of Certification Module
2:30-2:45 p.m. Refreshment Break
Bedside Ultrasonography for the Nephrologist Workshop  
12:30-5:00 p.m. This 4-hour hands-on workshop is structured as follows:
  • Introductory Lecture: 1 hour
  • Hands-on Sessions With Rotations Among Different Stations: 2 hours
  • Quiz and Interpretation of Abnormal Studies: 1 hour
12:30 p.m. Basic Principles of Ultrasonography (Physiology and Knobology)
12:50 p.m. Kidney and Bladder Ultrasonography
1:10 p.m. Ultrasonography to Assess Volume Status
1:30 p.m. Hands-on Session
  • Kidney and Bladder
  • Vascular Access: Jugular Vein Cannulation
2:30 p.m. Refreshment Break
2:45 p.m. Hands-on Session
  • Lungs
  • Inferior Vena Cava/Aortic (CVP and Volume Status)
3:45 p.m. Interpretation: Practice Interpretation Abnormal Studies
5:00 p.m. Adjourn