Articles tagged "Employment"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Reducing Financial Burden for Living Donors: A Single Center Experience of Increased National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC) Support
T. Klair, K. Throgmorton, D. Oviedo, E. Cepeda
Transplant Center, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
*Purpose: National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC) offers assistance to overcome some of the financial barriers associated with Living Donation. From 2015 to 2020, an…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Advanced Practice Providers in Liver Transplant Centers
S. Nargiso, L. Sher, V. Tristan
Keck Medical Center at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Care for the liver transplant (LT) recipient requires expertise and consistency. Due to the rotation of trainees and the emphasis on surgical experience for…
2022 American Transplant Congress
National Survey of Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacist Training and Early Career Research Success
A. Lichvar¹, M. Chandran², M. Durst³, S. Fredrick⁴, D. Pierce⁵, H. Sweiss⁶, A. Szczepanik⁷, J. Melaragno⁸
¹UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA, ²Pharmacy, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Waukesha, WI, ⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, ⁵University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁶University Health - University Hospital, San Antonio, TX, ⁷University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁸University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the incidence of early career publications of solid organ transplant (SOT) clinical pharmacists and to describe…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Acceptance to the Kidney Transplant List
J. Cotton¹, K. Perry², N. Costa³, S. Niederhaus¹
¹University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ³Georgetown University, Washington, DC
*Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, kidney transplant (KT) evaluations shifted from in-person evaluation (IPE) to telemedicine evaluation (TME). Given differences in access to electronics and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Changes Of Socioeconomic Status Of Kidney Transplant Recipients And Their Association With Prognosis
S. Park¹, J. Park¹, J. Jihoon¹, Y. Kim¹, Y. Kim², H. Lee²
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Previous studies showed socioeconomic status affect the level of access to and prognosis of kidney transplantation. Further study is warranted to investigate the changes…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Wave of the Future: Expanding Role and Necessity of the Dedicated Procurement Surgeon
C. Strom, B. Cimsit, H. Nelson, F. Delmonico
New England Donor Services, Waltham, MA
*Purpose: To evaluate the quantitative and qualitative benefits of a dedicated procurement surgeon (DPS) across the transplant spectrum, including the DPS technical performance value for…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Trainee Education and Recruitment Experiences
D. E. Cassidy¹, A. E. Gomez-Rexode¹, J. R. Santos-Parker¹, M. S. Anderson², L. M. McElroy³, M. E. Byrnes², S. A. Waits², V. S. Valbuena²
¹University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: The demand for training in abdominal transplantation has continued to decrease. General surgery residents have less exposure to transplant surgery, creating a need for…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Experiences of Women Trainees in Transplant Surgery
A. E. Gomez-Rexrode¹, D. E. Cassidy¹, M. S. Anderson², J. R. Santos-Parker¹, L. M. McElroy³, S. A. Waits², V. S. Valbuena²
¹University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To assess the unique experiences of women surgical trainees to better understand the recruitment and training strategies needed to ensure meaningful progress toward gender…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Transplant Pharmacist Workforce
J. Lyons¹, K. Khalil², J. J. Teuteberg³, E. J. Henricksen⁴
¹Department of Pharmacy, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ²Department of Pharmacy, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ³Medicine and Section of Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplant, and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴Department of Transplant, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the transplant pharmacist workforce.*Methods: A voluntary survey open from August 18, 2020 to September 15, 2020…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Financial Concerns of Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors – How Can We Improve the Donation Process?
A. Maghen¹, G. Mendoza¹, G. B. Vargas¹, S. E. Connor¹, S. Nassiri¹, L. Kwan¹, E. L. Wood¹, J. Lalezari¹, S. Friedman¹, A. D. Waterman², S. George³, S. L. Maliski⁴, J. L. Veale¹
¹Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Office of the Dean, University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: The recent increase in non-directed (altruistic) kidney donors (NDDs) in the United States (U.S.) suggests their potential to help reduce the overburdened kidney transplant…