Essentials of Solid Organ and Blood/Marrow Transplant Management for the Health Care Team

Activity description

These activities consist of recordings from the "Essentials of Oncology, Solid Organ and Blood/Marrow Transplant Management for the Health Care Team" held March 13–14, 2023, in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Whether you are just launching your career in the field of transplantation or you have been managing transplant patients for years, these activities will offer you the information you need to excel in your role. Expert faculty will address current, critical issues in transplant medicine, providing information that you can apply to the management of your patients.

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Target Audience

These activities are designed to meet the educational needs of case managers, dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physicians and other health care professionals (HCPs) who are interested in the care and management of solid organ and blood/marrow transplantation patient populations.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify existing disparities in the field of transplantation and recognize the value of current programs and initiatives to improve equity and increase access to care.
  • Recognize the impact of the opioid epidemic and fentanyl-associated deaths on the donor organ supply, solid organ waiting lists, transplant candidacy, and posttransplant outcomes.
  • Define the current and potential utilization of nanotechnology in transplant medicine as targeted immunosuppressive drug delivery systems.
  • Identify clinical management strategies surrounding intestinal rehabilitation and transplantation.
Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.50 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 5.50 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 5.50 AMA - Physicians
  • 5.50 ANCC - Nurses
  • 5.50 APA - Psychologists
  • 5.50 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 5.50 CCMC - General - Case Managers
  • 5.50 CDR - Dietitians
  • 5.50 ASWB - Social Workers
Activity opens: 
06/09/2023
Activity expires: 
06/09/2025
Rating: 
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Faculty

Keynote: Realizing the Promise of Equity in the Organ Transplantation System
Matthew Cooper, MD
Chief of Transplantation and Director, Solid Organ Transplant Line
Medical College of Wisconsin
1.00 credit
 
Autotransplant for Nutcracker Syndrome and Other Renal Conditions
David P. Foley, MD
Professor, Folkert O. Belzer Chair, Division of Transplantation; 
Program Director, Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship
UW Health
.75 credit

Expanding Liver Transplantation in the Era of Transplant Oncology
R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD , FACS, FRCS 
J.C. Walter Jr. Presidential Distinguished Chair
Director, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Professor of Surgery, Academic Institute
Full Member, Research Institute
Director, Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
Weill Cornell Medical College;
Houston Methodist
.50 credit

Opioid-Associated Deaths: The Donor Organ Supply and Transplant Considerations
Les James, MD, MPH
Research Fellow
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery 
NYU Grossman School of Medicine;
NYU Langone Health
.75 credit

Intestinal Transplantation: Optimal Pathways to Improved Prognoses
David F. Mercer, MD, PhD, FRCS (C), FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation
Director of Intestinal Rehabilitation Program
University of Nebraska Medical Center
1.00 credit

Nanotechnology Applications in Transplantation Medicine
Satish N. Nadig, MD, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center
Chief of Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery
Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgical Research
Professor of Surgery, Organ Transplantation, Microbiology-Immunology and Pediatrics
Northwestern Medicine
.75 credit

Live Donor Kidney Transplants: Overcoming Incompatibilities and Complications
Dorry L. Segev, MD, PhD 
Member of the Faculty
Department of Surgery and Department of Population Health 
NYU Grossman School of Medicine; 
Vice Chair, Research Department of Surgery/Surgical Science
Director, Center for Surgical & Transplant Applied Research 
NYU Langone Health
.75 credit

Planning Committee

Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Eden Prairie, MN

Matthew Cooper, MD
Professor of Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin;
Division Chief, Transplant Surgery
Director, Solid Organ Transplantation Service Line
Surgical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital;
Director, Solid Organ Transplantation
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Eden Prairie, MN

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

Tina Rydland, PharmD
Crystal Clear Rx
Denver, CO

Disclosures of relevant financial relationships

In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.

Dr. Cooper is on the advisory board for CareDx and Natera.
Dr. Foley is on the advisory board for E-genesis.
Dr. Ghobrial is a consultant and has stocks or other ownership interests for TransMedics.
Dr. Mercer is on the advisory board and has grant/research support or funding from Takeda and Zealand Pharma and also has grant/research support or funding from VectiveBio.
Dr. Nadig indicated he has grant/research support or funding from as well as stocks or other ownership interests from Pandorum Technologies.
Dr. Segev indicated he is a consultant for the following: Sanofi, Novartis, CSL Behring, Jazz Pharma, Veloxis, Malinckrodt, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Regeneron, AstraZeneca, Novavax.

The remaining faculty and activity planners have no financial relationships to disclose.

Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.

Accreditation statement
Joint Accreditation LogoIn support of improving patient care, Optum Health Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.

 

Credit designation statements
IPCE Credit LogoThis activity was planned by and for the health care team, and learners will receive 5.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 5.50 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.

Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.

Pharmacists/Pharmacy technicians
This activity is approved for 5.50 contact hour(s) ([0.550] CEU) in states that recognize ACPE.
Attending the full program will earn 5.50 contact hour(s).
Unique Activity Number(s): JA0007123-0000-23-099-H01-P/T

Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

PAs
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Case managers
The Commission for Case Manager Certification has approved this program for a maximum of 5.50 clock hour(s) for Certified Case Managers (CCM).

Dietitians 
Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit=One CPEU). 

If the activity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour=1 CPEU). 

RD's and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Performance indicator selection is at the learner's discretion. 

Psychologists
Optum Health Education is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this program. 5.50 CE hour.

Social workers

ACE Logo

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 5.50 enduring continuing education credits.

Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization with which they wish to obtain credit.

Available Credit

  • 5.50 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 5.50 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 5.50 AMA - Physicians
  • 5.50 ANCC - Nurses
  • 5.50 APA - Psychologists
  • 5.50 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 5.50 CCMC - General - Case Managers
  • 5.50 CDR - Dietitians
  • 5.50 ASWB - Social Workers
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