Transplant Lecture Series

The Henry Ford Transplant Institute hosts a series of monthly educational lectures. Come hear our expert physicians, surgeons and visiting professors speak on groundbreaking transplant topics.

Next Lecture: August 14, 2017, 12 - 1pm

Nursing perspectives in solid organ transplant

Presented by Jennifer Milton, RN

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Upcoming Presentations

• September 18, 2017: Living donation & exchange programs w/ process, structures & outcomes - Presented by Dr. Adam Bingaman

• October 16, 2017: UNOS Past President / Perspectives / COIIN Project / Outcomes - Presented by Dr. Kenneth Andreoni

• November 06, 2017: Behavioral - Presented by M. Jesse & A. Eshelman

• December 04, 2017: Donor innovation / organ rehab - Presented by Dr. Paul Greig

Past Presentations

• June 2017: Understanding Events in Organ Transplants: Lessons from the Molecular Microscope
  Presented by Philip F. Halloran, MD, Ph

• May 2017: Assertive Empathy
  Presented by Melanie Dodd, RN

• April 2017: Liver Transplant Immunology
  Presented by Timucin Taner, MD PhD

• February 2017: Long Term Mechanical Circulatory Support
  Presented by Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, MD, Surgical Director

• October 2016: Patient Safety: Trends and Patterns in Reports to UNOS
  Presented by David K. Klassen, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, UNOS

• October 2016: The Evolving Field of Gut Rehabilitation
  Presented by Kareem Abu-Elmagd, MD, PhD, FACS

• September 2016: Optimizing Your Living Donor Program
  Presented by Dianne LaPointe Rudow, ANP-BC, DNP, CCTC

• July 2016: Updates on Acute Liver Failure
  Presented by Dr. Robert J. Fontana

• May 2016: Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Solid Organ Transplantation
  Presented by Shatha Farhan, MD

• April 2016: Future Perspectives in Transplantation
  Presented by Alan Langnas, DO, FACS, FACOS

• February 2016: The New Ex-Vivo World: Extracorporeal Perfusion of Organs and Composite Tissues
  Presented by Paulo Fontes, M.D., FACS

• October 2015: Cases from Dermatology Clinic
  Presented by Dr. Kerr and Dr. Pritchet

• May 2015: Viral Load Monitoring of CMV/BKV in Transplantation: An Update
  Presented by Mayur Ramesh, MD

• September 2014: Innovation Through Intrapreneurship: From Academic Integration to Incorporation
  Presented by Michael Abecassis, MD, MSC, MBA, FACS, FRCS(C), AACS, FACPE

• July 2014: Graft-Versus-Host Disease/Graft-Versus-Leukemia: Recent Advances in Therapy
  Presented by Edward Peres, M.D.

• June 2014: Assessment and Accountability: The Challenges for Transplant Professionals
  Presented by David A. Axelrod, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S.

• May 2014: A Tale of Two Viruses: Recurrent Disease After Transplant
  Presented by Dilip Moonka, M.D.

• April 2014: Transplant Team Leadership
  Presented by Marwan Abouljoud, M.D., FACS, CPE, MMM

• March 2014: Communicating Bad News in the Context of Transplantation
  Presented by Anita Patel, M.D. and Anne Eshelman, Ph.D.

• February 2014: Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Optimal Treatment and Transplantation
  Presented by Gabriel T. Schnickel, MD

• November 2013: The Recent Evolution of Mechanical Circulatory Support and Its Impact on Cardiac Transplantation
  Presented by Dr. Joseph Rogers

• September 2013: Errors During Transplantation: How to Manage the Damage to your Program
  Presented by Abhinav Humar, M.D.

• July 2013: Fulminant Hepatic Failure due to Acetaminophen Overdose: Psychological and Ethical Issues
  Presented by Dr. Anne Eshelman

• June 2013: Portopulmonary Hypertension: A Curable Disease?
  Presented by K. K. Venkat, M.D.

• May 2013: Ethical Problems in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
  Presented by Sana Quddus, M.D.

• March 2013: Continuous Quality Improvement: Lessons Learned from the Kidney Transplant Program
  Presented by Dr. Dean Kim

• February 2013: To VAD or to Transplant? That is the Question
  Presented by Celeste Williams, M.D. and Hassan Nemeh, M.D.

• November 2012: Clostridium Difficile Infection: Epidemiology, Treatment and Transplantation
  Presented by George Alangaden, M.D. and Mayur Ramesh, M.D.

• September 2012: Donor-Derived Disease Transmissions: Epidemiology and Risk Mitigation
  Presented by Michael Ison, M.D.

• August 2012: An Analytic View of Systemic Health Care Cost Drivers
  Presented by Rob Webb

• July 2012: Improving Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Program-Specific Reports
  Presented by Dr. Ajay Israni

• June 2012: CMS Regulation of Organ Transplant Programs
  Presented by Thomas E. Hamilton

• May 2012: Organ Quality and its Implications to Allograft Function in Living Kidney Donation
  Presented by Dr. Emilio Poggio