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12th Annual Update in Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation

Saturday, September 21

TimeTopic
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
  TRANSPLANT UPDATES
8:00 a.m. Steroid-Free Immunosuppression
8:30 a.m. Kidney Dysfunction in the Cirrhotic Patient: When to List My Patient for Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation (Case-Based)
9:10 a.m. Paired Kidney Donation – Current Status
9:40 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:00 a.m. Update on UNOS Living Donor Policies
10:30 a.m. What’s Hot, What’s New in Transplantation
11:00 a.m. The Obese Transplant Candidate – Management Options
11:30 a.m. Risks to Long-Term Allograft Survival
12:00 p.m. Lunch
  BEDSIDE ULTRASONOGRAPHY FOR THE NEPHROLOGIST: HANDS-ON WORKSHOP
8:00 a.m. Basic Principles of Ultrasonography (Physiology and Knobology)
8:15 a.m. Kidney and Bladder Ultrasonography
8:30 a.m. Ultrasonography to Assess Volume Status
8:45 a.m. Hands-on Session
  • Kidney and Bladder
  • Vascular Access: Jugular Vein Cannulation
9:40 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:00 a.m. Hands-on Session
  • Lungs
  • Inferior Vena Cava/Aortic (CVP and Volume Status)
11:00 a.m. Interpretation: Practice Interpreting Abnormal Studies
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Update in Critical Care Medicine
1:30 p.m. Acute Kidney Injury
2:00 p.m. ANCA Vasculitis
2:30 p.m. Polycystic Kidney Disease Update
3:00 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:20 p.m. Management of CKD in Pregnancy
3:50 p.m. A Case-Based Approach to Managing Lupus Nephritis in Pregnancy
4:30 p.m. Post-Test
5:00 p.m. Adjourn