Tucson Transplant Symposium

Join us in learning more about kidney transplantation from leading experts in the field.

This event is open to nephrologists, primary care physicians, and other providers and support staff caring for patients with chronic and end-stage kidney disease in southwest Arizona and beyond. It presents a valuable learning opportunity for all involved in the care of these patients.

Tucson Transplant Symposium
 

Register today to reserve your spot at this FREE event!

​October 12, 2024 | 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building, HSIB Room 305
1670 E. Drachman St., Tucson, AZ 85721

Target audience:

MDs, APPs, Residents, Fellows, RNs, Social workers, RDs, Pharmacists, Dialysis Technicians

Objectives:

• Identify how to prepare your patients for kidney transplant
• Review the new continuous kidney allocation system
• Explain disparities in kidney transplant
• Discuss Living Donor kidney transplant
• Recognize how biomarkers can help guide post kidney transplant care
• Discover the benefits of GLP1 agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors in kidney transplant patients

Among presenters:

• Bekir Tanriover, MD, MPH, MBA | Professor, Medicine, & Chief, Division of Nephrology
• Venkatesh Ariyamuthu, MD | Associate Professor of Medicine, Transplant Nephrologist & Medical Director, Kidney Transplant
• Aneesha Shetty, MD, MPH | Associate Professor, Medicine, & Director, Living Donor Kidney Transplant
• Abd Qannus, MD | Assistant Professor, Medicine, & Transplant Nephrologist
• Juan F. Ortiz, MD | Assistant Professor, Surgery (Division of Abdominal Transplant), & Surgical Director Liver Transplant Program

Questions? TucsonTransplantSymposium@BannerHealth.com

Flyer for this event:  tucsontransplantsymposium_10.12.24_flyer_v2.pdf

Agenda:

• 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Registration/Light Breakfast/Vendor Tables
• 8:00 AM - 8:05 AM | Welcome and Introductions
• 8:05 AM - 8:30 AM | “Transplant Readiness” – Dr. Venkatesh Ariyamuthu
• 8:30 AM - 8:55 AM | “New Continuous Kidney Allocation System” – Dr. Bekir Tanriover
• 8:55 AM - 9:15 AM | Break/Coffee/Vendor Tables
• 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | “Disparities in Transplant” – Jenny English, LCSW
• 9:45 AM - 10:10 AM | “Living Donor Kidney Transplantation” – Dr. Aneesha Shetty
• 10:10 AM - 10:35 AM | Break/Coffee/Vendor Tables
• 10:35 AM - 11:00 AM | “Biomarkers of Kidney Transplant Rejection” – Dr. Abd Qannus
• 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM | “Benefits of GLP1agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors in Renal Transplant Patients” – Alyssa Muntz, PharmD, and Ruhani Alam, PharmD
• 11:25 AM - 11:50 AM | “Expanding the Donor Pool” – Dr. Juan Ortiz
• 11:50 AM - 12:30 PM | Lunch/Vendor Tables

Banner Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Banner Health designates this activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.