	Controversies in Transplantation: A Panel Discussion; and The Business of Transplant: A Conversation with Experts 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, IL
	Understanding Myeloma Genetics May Lead to Individualized Therapies Jenny Ahlstrom Founder, Myeloma Crowd and CrowdCare Foundation Lehi, UT
	Hematopoietic Cell Transplant: Moving Beyond Survival — The Patient’s Perspective Linda Burns, MD Vice President and Medical Director Health Services Research National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match Minneapolis, MN
	Hand Transplantation: The Ethics, Benefits and Risks of This Composite Tissue Allotransplantation Linda C. Cendales, MD President, International Society of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation; Associate Professor of Surgery Divisions of Plastic Surgery, Transplantation, and Surgical Sciences Director, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC
	A Cure for Diabetes? Innovations from Pancreas to Islet-Cell to Beta-Cell Transplantation Dixon B. Kaufman, MD, PhD, FACS Ray D. Owens Professor of Surgery Chief, Division of Transplantation University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; University Hospital Madison, WI
	Hepatitis C Virus (HCV): Treatment Guidelines to Screen and Diagnose for Optimal Management Paul Kwo, MD Professor of Medicine Director of Hepatology Stanford University Stanford, CA
	25 Years of Health Care: The Biggest Changes Alan Langnas, DO Professor, Department of Surgery Chief, Division of Transplantation University of Nebraska Medical Center; Director of Liver Transplantation Director of Intestinal Transplantation Nebraska Medicine Omaha, NE
	How to Improve Quality and Value in Health Care; and The Business of Transplant: A Conversation with Experts C. Fred LeMaistre, MD Senior Vice President Sarah Cannon Market Operations Physician in Chief of Blood Cancers Sarah Cannon Nashville, TN
	Evolving Concepts in Cancer Immunotherapy: Prospects for a Cure Matthew A. Lunning, DO Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology Department of Internal Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE
	Manipulating the Microbiome: Potential Future Applications David F. Mercer, MD, PhD, FRCS(S) Professor, Department of Surgery Division of Transplantation University of Nebraska Medical Center; Director of Intestinal Rehabilitation Nebraska Medicine Omaha, NE
	Hematopoietic Cell Transplant: Moving Beyond Survival — The Patient’s Perspective Jan Perske Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Mom and Caregiver
	Hematopoietic Cell Transplant: Moving Beyond Survival — The Patient’s Perspective Greta Perske Hokanson Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Survivor Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient
	Developments and Advances in Medical Management of Diabetes Anne Peters, MD Director, USC Clinical Diabetes Programs Professor Keck School of Medicine of USC Beverly Hills, CA
	Reducing the Burden of Heart Failure: Patient-Centered Care and Process Improvement Michael Petty, PhD, RN, CCNS, ACNS-BC Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor Cardiothoracic Clinical Nurse Specialist University of Minnesota Medical Center University of Minnesota Health Minneapolis, MN
	Hematopoietic Cell Transplant: Moving Beyond Survival — The Patient’s Perspective Ed Plass Myelodysplastic Syndrome/Acute Myeloid Leukemia Survivor Double Cord Blood Transplant Recipient
	Hematopoietic Cell Transplant: Moving Beyond Survival — The Patient’s Perspective Kate Plass Transplant Recipient Spouse and Caregiver
	Controversies in Transplantation: A Panel Discussion; and The Business of Transplant: A Conversation with Experts Elizabeth A. Pomfret, MD Chief of Transplant Surgery University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center Professor of Surgery University of Colorado School of Medicine Aurora, CO
	Controversies in Transplantation: A Panel Discussion; and The Business of Transplant: A Conversation with Experts 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, CA
	Age Over 70: Heart Transplant or Ventricular-Assist Device (VAD)? and Controversies in Transplantation: A Panel Discussion Joseph G. Rogers, MD Professor of Medicine Interim Chief, Division of Cardiology Vice Chair for Clinical Practice, Department of Internal Medicine Duke University School of Medicine Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC
	Relationship Between Physical and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents Barry Sarvet, MD Chair of Psychiatry, Baystate Health Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry The University of Massachusetts Medical School at Baystate Springfield, MA
	Current Issues in HIV: Successes, Challenges and Epidemic Trends Timothy Schacker, MD Professor of Medicine Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine Director, Program in HIV Medicine Director, Clinical and Translational Research Services Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI); University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
	Incompatible Kidney Transplantation: National Strategies and Outcomes Dorry Segev, MD, PhD Marjory K. and Thomas Pozefsky Professor of Surgery and Epidemiology Director, Epidemiology Research Group in Organ Transplantation Associate Vice Chair, Department of Surgery Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
	Age Over 70: Heart Transplant or Ventricular-Assist Device (VAD)? Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD Medical Director, Heart Transplantation Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA
	Understanding Myeloma Genetics May Lead to Individualized Therapies Brian Van Ness, PhD Professor Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development College of Biological Sciences University of Minnesota Cancer Center Minneapolis, MN

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, IL

Sarah Chart, RN
Senior Director
OptumHealth Education

Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education

Dixon B. Kaufman, MD, PhD, FACS
Ray D. Owens Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Transplantation
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health;
University Hospital
Madison, WI

C. Fred LeMaistre, MD
Senior Vice President
Sarah Cannon Market Operations
Physician in Chief of Blood Cancers
Sarah Cannon
Nashville, TN

Tina Rydland, PharmD
Crystal Clear Rx
Denver, CO

V. Silverstein, MD
Eagle Creek Medical Communications
Durham, NC

OptumHealth Education

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