Michigan Medicine State of the Art Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation 2024

The University of Michigan Transplant Center holds the State of the Art: Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation course each year to update health care professionals on topics in kidney & pancreas transplantation. This year the course will be a hybrid program (in-person or virtual options) on Friday, September 27. After activity completion participants will be able to better educate their ESKD patients on medical, surgical, and lifestyle options for weight loss; partner together between PCP and specialty care physicians to best manage post-kidney transplant patient; define a medically or psychosocially complex transplant recipient and how we ensure timely transplantation; and know resources and new technologies available to help patients move forward in the transplant process..

Learning Objectives

The goal of this course is for the following objectives to be understood and utilized within your practice:

• Risks and benefits of surgical options for weight loss in patients with end-stage kidney disease
• Medical management options for weight loss in patients with chronic kidney disease pre and post-kidney transplant
• Improvements in transplant equity from eGFR modifications and highlight additional transplants that came from these modifications
• Joint participation between primary care physicians and specialty care physicians to best manage the patient post kidney transplant
• How do we define a medically or psychosocially complex transplant recipient and how do we ensure timely transplantation when the complex recipient is optimized
• How do periods of waitlist inactivity impact the likelihood of transplantation
• Define expanded caregiver roles for complex recipients
• Current worldwide spread of robotics in transplantation and most common transplant related robotic procedures
• Feasibility, safety, and advantages of robotic surgery for the patient
• How peer mentors can encourage and support patients use of technology when navigating the patient and living donor process

Target Audience

This course will be of particular interest to nephrologists, primary care physicians, dialysis center staff, nurses, social workers, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other health care professionals who care for kidney and pancreas transplant candidates and recipients.