27th Annual National Conference

Faculty

	Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy: A Cure for Cancer? Michael R. Bishop, MD Director, Hematopoietic Cellular Therapy Program Section of Hematology/Oncology University of Chicago Chicago, IL
	What Outcomes of Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Matter Most to Patients? Linda J. Burns, MD Vice President and Medical Director, Health Services Research National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match Minneapolis, MN
	The Impact of Interprofessional Patient-centered Care in Transplantation Jennifer Eldred, PA-C Critical Care Medicine Surgical/Transplant Intensive Care Unit-5TS ICU Emory Healthcare Atlanta, GA
	Culinary Medicine: Transforming Health Through Nutritional Education Timothy Harlan, MD Associate Dean for Clinical Services Executive Director: Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA
	Simultaneous Heart-Liver Transplantation for the Treatment of Decompensated Fontan Patients Seth Hollander, MD Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation Associate Section Chief, Pediatric Heart Failure & Transplantation (PACT Program) Stanford University School of Medicine; Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford Palo Alto, CA
	Prostate Cancer: Guideline Recommendations and Emerging Therapies Manish Kohli, MD Consultant, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology Consultant, Department of Urology Professor of Oncology Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
	Strategies to Predict, Induce and Monitor Graft Tolerance in Kidney Transplantation Joseph R. Leventhal, MD, PhD Fowler McCormick Professor of Surgery Director, Kidney Transplant Program Associate Director, Pancreas Transplant Program Division of Organ Transplantation Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL
	Trends and Innovations in Organ Transplantation Benjamin Dann Mackie, MD Cardiology Specialist Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL
	Adult Congenital Heart Disease Pankaj Madan, MD, MS Medical Director South Texas Adult Congenital Heart Center Methodist Healthcare San Antonio, TX
	The Current Status of the Opioid Crisis and Its Impact on Transplantation Gregory J. McKenna, MD, FRCS(C), FACS Medical Director, Transplant Surgery Research Baylor Scott & White Health Dallas, TX
	Current Approaches to Intestinal Failure including a Patient’s Perspective Audrea Medina Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation Patient Omaha, NE
	Current Approaches to Intestinal Failure including a Patient’s Perspective David F. Mercer, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS Professor, Department of Surgery Division of Transplantation Director, Intestinal Rehabilitation University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE
	Pediatric Medical Home Cynthia Peacock, MD, FAAP, FACP Associate Professor Department of Medicine Transition Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX
	The Evidence for Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Low-back Pain Robert B. Saper, MD Director of Integrative Medicine Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA
	Diabetic Management: Latest Guidelines and Emerging Technological Advances Gregg Simonson, PhD Director, Professional Training and Consulting International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet Minneapolis, MN
	The Impact of Interprofessional Patient-centered Care in Transplantation Ram Subramanian, MD, MBA Transplant Hepatologist & Intensivist Medical Director, Liver Transplant Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA
	Trends and Innovations in Organ Transplantation Amit D. Tevar, MD Associate Professor of Surgery University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Surgical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute Pittsburgh, PA
	The Impact of Interprofessional Patient-centered Care in Transplantation Sarah B. Todd, PharmD, BCPS Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator – Solid Organ Transplant/Infectious Disease Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Liver Transplantation Emory Healthcare Atlanta, GA
	Best Practices and Emerging Therapies for Myelodysplastic Syndromes Erica Warlick, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation University of Minnesota Health 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
Eden Prairie, MN

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

Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN

C. Fred LeMaistre, MD
Senior Vice President, Market Operations
Physician-in-Chief, Hematology
Sarah Cannon
Nashville, TN

Tina Rydland, PharmD
Crystal Clear Rx
Denver, CO

Crystal Wong, MD
President
Propoint Medical Writing
Wexford, PA

Optum Health Education

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