Conferences and Lectures
In addition to the didactic sessions meant for the Division of Nephrology, these are considered mandatory for the transplant fellow:
Patient Selection Committee Meeting
- Wednesdays, 7:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.
- All new pre-transplant patients and living donors are discussed in a multidisciplinary setting
Transplant Pathology Series
- Wednesdays, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
- Our four dedicated nephropathologists review the transplant kidney biopsies from the previous week using a multi-head microscope and a high-definition projector
- Attended by the transplant surgeons and nephrologists
- Past topics:
- Review of Banff criteria
- Acute and chronic rejection, subclinical rejection
- Calcineurin inhibitor toxicity
- Recurrent disease
- C4d staining
- BK virus nephropathy
- Thrombotic microangiopathy
- Clinical management of pathologic findings
- Protocol transplant biopsies
Comprehensive Transplant Center (CTC) Grand Rounds
- Tuesdays, 8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
- Attended by all the organ groups and their subspecialty fellows
- Presentations are rotated among all the organ groups
Transplant Nephrology Core Curriculum Lecture Series
- Weekly lecture attended by the nephrology fellows
- Lecture is delivered by the transplant nephrologists and other members of the multidisciplinary team (e.g., surgeons, tissue typing lab director)
- The transplant fellow is expected to give one lecture every month
- All inpatient rounds and scheduled outpatient biopsies are conducted in the morning, leaving time for the noon conference and afternoon clinic