What Is the Status of Personalized Immunosuppression? Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA J. Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor Departments of Surgery and Microbiology/Immunology Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Chief, Division of Organ Transplantation Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Founding Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois
	Managing Long-Term Complications After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Matthew Carabasi, MD Professor, Department of Medical Oncology Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Stem Cell Transplant Stephanie Farnia, MPH Director, Payor Policy National Marrow Donor Registry (NMDP) / Be the Match Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Keynote Address: The Repressed Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Adult Medical Care and Costs Vincent J. Felitti, MD Co-Principal Investigator of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California San Diego, California
	Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children: Recent Findings Nobuko Hijiya, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
	Bariatric Surgery for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Obese Patients Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD Director, Gastrointestinal/Bariatric Surgery Co-Director, Center of Minimally Invasive Surgery Professor, Division of General Surgery Robert and Katherine Goodale Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Living Donor Liver Transplant: Update on Status and Current Outcomes John R. Lake, MD Executive Medical Director for Solid Organ Transplantation University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Infertility: Elective Single-Embryo Transfer Mark Leondires, MD Medical Director Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut Norwalk, Connecticut
	Trends in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma Sagar Lonial, MD Professor, Hematology and Medical Oncology Vice Chair, Department of Clinical Affairs Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia
	Advances in the Management of Intestinal Failure George V. Mazariegos, MD, FACS Chief, Pediatric Transplantation Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation Curtis Professor of Transplantation Surgery and Critical Care Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
	A New Approach for Evaluating Renal Function and Predicting Risk William M. McClellan, MD Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Rollins School of Public Health Emory University Atlanta, Georgia
	Updates in Liver and Kidney Allocation Algorithms David C. Mulligan, MD, FACS Professor and Chair, Section of Transplantation and Immunology Department of Surgery Yale-New Haven Hospital Transplantation Center Yale School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut
	Ventricular Assist Devices: Utilization, Management, and Clinical and Financial Outcomes Scott C. Silvestry, MD Associate Professor, Surgery Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri
	Preventing and Managing Chronic Conditions: Strategies to Engage and Empower Consumers to Actively Participate in Their Health Care! Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH Professor and Director for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan

Conference Planning Committee

Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA
J. Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor
Departments of Surgery and Microbiology/Immunology
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University;
Chief, Division of Organ Transplantation
Northwestern Memorial Hospital;
Founding Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Sarah Chart-Hart, RN
Senior Director
OptumHealth Education

Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education

C. Fred LeMaistre, MD
Vice President
Physician in Chief, Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
Sarah Cannon
Nashville, Tennessee

David C. Mulligan, MD
Professor and Chair, Section of Transplantation and Immunology
Department of Surgery
Yale-New Haven Hospital Transplantation Center
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Martha L. New, BSN, RN, CCTC
Transplant Case Coordinator
Optum

John P. Roberts, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery
Chief, UCSF Medical Center Transplant Service
Endowed Chair in Abdominal Transplantation
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, California

Arlene Rome, RN, BSN
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education

Anne M. Sendaydiego, PharmD
AMS Consulting, LLC
Louisville, Kentucky