2017 American Transplant Congress: NewYork-Presbyterian’s World-Renowned Transplant Experts at Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Medical Center Presenting and Available for Comment
Presenting important research and findings on topics including:
- Largest US Series of Minimally Invasive Full & Laparoscopy-Assisted Living Donor Hepatectomy.
- Strategies to Decrease Organ Discard, High KDPI Kidneys.
- Life-Threatening Disparities in Calculated MELD Due to Variation in Laboratory Methods within a UNOS Region.
- Treatment of Hepatitis C Before & After Liver Transplantation.
Dr. Jean Emond, Vice Chair of Surgery and Chief of Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
Dr. Emond will be chairing the Joint Plenary Session II
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Dr. Robert Brown, Director of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian, Clinical Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine Dr. Brown will be presenting on Treatment of Hepatitis C Before and After Liver Transplantation
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Dr. Benjamin Samstein, Surgical Director of the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program at NewYork-Presbyterian, Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and associate professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine.
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Dr. Sandip Kapur, Chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine
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Dr. Lloyd Ratner, Director of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and professor of surgery Dr. Ratner wil be presenting on Accepting High KDPI Kidneys
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Dr. James Guarrera, Surgical Director, Adult Liver Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and Associate Professor of Surgery Dr. Guarrera will be presenting on implementing machine perfusion nationally
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Dr. Karim Jajir Halazun, Assistant Professor of Surgery with the Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery Program at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine
Research being presented: A Surge in Liver Donors After Years of Decline, Is This the Tip of the Iceberg? | |
Dr. Elizabeth Verna, Attending Physician, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian and Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Dr. Verna will be co-chairing the Liver: Viral Hepatitis session and moderating Using the Hepatitis C Infected Donor Organ in the Era of Direct Acting Antivirals: Access for All or Only for Some?
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Dr. Sumit Mohan, Assistant Attending Nephrologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Dr. Mohan will be presenting on Data Analytics: Making Better Business Decisions and Expanding Your QAPI Program
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Dr. Alyson Fox, Assistant Attending, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian and Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC
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Meredith Aull, PharmD, Director of Clinical Research and Quality, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program at NewYork-Presbyterian and associate professor of pharmacology research in surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine Meredith will be presenting on Survey Readiness: How Will You Make Your Allstar Team Shine
Research being presented:
Induction in the Elderly: A Comparison of Basiliximab versus Rabbit AntiThymocyte Globulin After Kidney Transplantation | |
Dr. Megan Sykes, Director of Research, Transplant Initiative at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and Director, Columbia Center for Translational Immunology
Dr. Sykes will be presenting on the Immunologic Barriers to Clinical Xenotransplantation.
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Dr. Russell Crew, Assistant Attending Nephrologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Dr. Crew will be presenting on Options for those without Options: Desensitization Protocols |
To arrange an interview with any of the above experts, email [email protected] or call 212-821-0560.
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