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THE BUSINESS OF TRANSPLANTATION
Chairs: Michael Abecassis, MD, FRCS & Goran Klintmalm, MD, PhD
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Physician Reimbursement |
Charles Mabry, MD, FRCS |
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Coding and Billing Workshop |
Frank Opelka, MD, FACS |
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New Transplant Codes |
Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA |
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Regulatory Aspects of Organ Acquisition |
Diane Millman, Esq |
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Hospital Reimbursement - Cost Drivers |
Gwen McNatt RN, CNN, CFNP |
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Transplant Pricing and Contracting Strategies |
Patti Pickering, MBA |
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Payer's Perspective - Contractual Agreements |
Richard Migliori, MD |
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"Show Me The Money" |
G. Taylor Wilson, CPA |
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And Then Some Points To Be Made ... |
Goran Klintmalm, MD, PhD |
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CLINICAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
Organ Allocation: A Rational Approach to this Problem in 2005
Chairs: Francis L. Delmonico, MD & Robert Metzger, MD
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Where Are We Today? |
Francis Delmonico, MD |
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Evidence-Based Allocation Policy Development: An Overview |
Robert Merion, MD |
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The Opportunity Cost: What Would Changing Organ Distribution Patterns Do to the Cost of Transplantation? |
Mark Schnitzler, PhD |
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How Do We Change Strategies? Implementing MELD & PELD |
Michael Lucey, MD |
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Kidney vs Liver: Where Are We Really with Allocation in Kidney Transplantation? |
Mark Stegall, MD |
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BASIC SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
T-Cell Memory & Homeostatis
Chairs: Megan Sykes, MD & Douglas Hale, MD
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Impact of Homeostatic Proliferation Helps by Competing for Cytokines |
Brigitte Stockinger, MD |
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Modulation of Islet Immunogenicity Autoimmunity |
Nora Sarvetnick, PhD |
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T-Cell Memory and Homeostasis |
Charles Surh, PhD |
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CD4 Memory T-Cells and Resistance to Transplant Tolerance |
Anna Valujskikh, PhD |
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CLINICAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
Immunosuppression Minimization & Withdrawal
Chairs: Mark D. Stegall, MD & Stuart Knechtle, MD
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Immunosuppressive Minimization - Steroid Withdrawal in Kidney Transplant Recipients |
Arthur Matas, MD |
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Kidney Transplant Under Minimal Immunosuppression Following Pretransplant Lymphoid Depletion with Thymoglobulin or Campath 1-H |
Ron Shapiro, MD |
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Complete Immunosuppressive Withdrawal in Liver Recipients |
George Mazariegos, MD |
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IN-DEPTH REVIEWS
Clinical
Chairs: Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD & Robin Avery, MD
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Pregnancy Registry: Recipient Specific Issues |
Vincent Armenti, MD, PhD |
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Pathobiology of Polyomavirus |
Parmjeet Randhawa, MD |
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Polyoma (BK) Virus |
Ron Shapiro, MD |
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IN-DEPTH REVIEWS
Basic - "NK & NK/T-Cells"
Chairs: Barbara Murphy, MD & Mark D. Pescovitz, MD
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NK Cells Recognition |
David Raulet, PhD |
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NK T-Cells in Health and Disease |
Randy Brutkiewicz, PhD |
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BASIC SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
In Vivo Imaging of Immune System in Action
Chairs: Peter Heeger, MD & Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD
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In Vivo Bioluminescence Imaging for Integrated Studies of Infection |
Chris Contag, MD |
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In Vivo Imaging in Islet Transplantation |
Anne Moore, PhD |
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Visualizing Cell Dynamics in Inflammation and Transplantation |
Jackson Egen |
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In Vivo Imaging in Transplantation |
Kenneth Newell, MD, PhD |
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