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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Inter-Correlations between Psycho-Social Pre-Transplant Determinants of Post-Transplant Kidney Allograft Function

    S. Shah, A. Gamilla-Crudo, B. Schreiber, C. Machner, O. Aleter, M. Mujtaba.

    Transplant Services, UTMB, Galveston, TX.

    Psycho-social factors are common in patients with advanced and end stage kidney disease and they may be associated with post kidney transplant outcomes. The aim…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Multidisciplinary Approach to Prevention of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Complications in Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients

    S. Shoham,1 S. Anderson,2 R. Avery,1 M. Belden,3 L. Boyer,3 W. Cochran,3 N. Desai,1 M. Holechek,3 E. Kraus,1 J. Langlee,3 P. Spitz,2 K. Marr.1

    1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2IT@JH Epic, JHMI: Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, MD; 3Comprehensive Transplant Center, JHMI: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

    Background: CMV infection can be prevented in most SOT recipients providing that a prevention protocol is followed. We discovered that our center's protocol, which includes…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Hospitality Houses and Transplant Patients: Assessing the Impact of a Hospitality House Dedicated to Transplant Patients and Their Families

    T. Giordano,1 J. Campbell,2 J. Weinstock,3 H. Nathan.3

    1Social Work, Gift of Life Family House, Philadelphia, PA; 2Campbell-Collaboratives, LLC, Ardmore, PA; 3Executive Leadership, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA.

    Hospitality houses exclusively for transplant patients and their families are a relatively new concept and their connection to medical outcomes is untested. One hospitality house…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Implementing Mobile Health Technology for Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up: Transplant Provider Perspectives

    A. Eno,1 J. Ruck,1 S. Rasmussen,1 D. Segev,1,2 M. Henderson.1

    1Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore; 2Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore.

    Transplant hospitals are required to collect and report living kidney donor (LKD) follow-up data at 6-months, 1-year, and 2-years, but fewer than 50% of hospitals…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Patient Attitudes and Perceptions of Using Mobile Health Technology for Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up and Care Management

    A. Eno,1 A. Thomas,1 J. Ruck,1 S. Rasmussen,1 S. Halpern,1 D. Segev,1,2,3 M. Henderson.1,3

    1Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

    Living kidney donor (LKD) follow-up is imperative to understand and monitor long-term outcomes after living donor nephrectomy, yet donor engagement with transplant hospitals post-donation remains…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Telemedicine Implementation in Organ Transplantation at a Metropolitan Academic Medical Center

    D. Tsapepas, H. Li, D. Kohlberg, B. Watts, J. Monteiro, A. Monteiro, N. Jandovitz.

    Columbia University / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York.

    Transplant patients represent a complex patient population for which telemedicine may enhance patient access to the healthcare team, patient engagement, patient satisfaction and improved outcomes…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Efficiency and Patient Perception of Solid Organ Transplant Medication Education after Pharmacist-Created Video Education

    Y. Mitchell, J. Volpendesta, J. Vongspanich-Dray.

    Pharmacy, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.

    Renal transplant is the gold standard therapy for end stage renal disease. At a large, academic medical center, a multidisciplinary approach is used to optimize…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Innovative Strategies to Accommodate Increased Patient Volume in an Outpatient Transplant Infusion Center

    J. Estrada, M. Tyrell, J. Choi, J. Jagolino, S. Jordan.

    Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

    Purpose: To accommodate the increasing volume of patients scheduled for infusions at the Comprehensive Transplant Center(CTC) Infusion suite. It began as a two chair unit…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Improving and Delivering Medical Education about Organ Donation and Transplantation to Medical Students Could Play a Fundamental Role in Organ Donation Expansion: Its Time to Get the Basics Right.

    A. Ghazanfar, E. Vyra.

    Transplant Surgery, St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

    Background: Education and knowledge about organ donation and transplantation are the most important tools required by all doctors to become ambassador for it irrespective of…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Resident Perceptions and Evaluations of a Fellow-Led Transplant Service versus Resident-Led Surgical Services

    A. Williams, M. Barrett, N. Matusko, S. Dennahy, R. Sung, G. Sandhu, K. Woodside.

    Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

    Background: Transplant rotations as a core requirement for surgical training have been questioned. However, surgical resident perceptions of a fellow-led transplant service have not been…
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