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.

Upcoming Presentations

• July 13, 2020: DCD Liver Transplantation, National Utilization and Indiana Experience by Chandrashekhar A. Kubal, MD, PhD
• August 24, 2020: Lecture by Rana Awdish, MD
• September 21, 2020: RE: Alcoholic liver disease to include the clinical implications of alcoholic hepatitis on M&M and the potential role of liver transplant in this setting by Michael Lucey, MD
• October 26, 2020: RE: GOLM, the landscape, opportunities & how the shape of the future & enterprise by Dorrie Dils, GOLM
• November 9, 2020: “Caring for the Caregiver: Report from the Organ Transplant Caregiver Consensus Conference Presenter” by Michelle Jesse, PhD
• December 14, 2020

Past Presentations

• June 2020: Immune Modulation in the Transplant Recipient
  Presented by Allan Kirk, MD, PhD, FACS

• May 2020: COVID-19 - Where are we now?
  Presented by George Alangaden, MD, Mayur Ramesh, MD, and Milagros Samaniego-Picota, MD

• February 2020: Bias in Transplantation: Discard of ’Usable’ Organs as Evidence for the Need for Better and More Consistent Decision Making
  Presented by Richard N. Formica Jr., MD

• December 2019: Pulmonary Hypertension in Solid Organ Transplantation
  Presented by Sara Hegab, MD

• November 2019: Approaches to Increase Access to Transplantation for Obese Patients
  Presented by Jayme E. Locke, MD, MPH, FACS, FAST

• July 2019: Transforming the Face of Reconstructive Surgery
  Presented by Eduardo D. Rodriguez, M.D., DDS

• July 2019: Access to Transplantation
  Presented by Lloyd E. Ratner, MD, MPH, FACS

• June 2019: Mechanical Circulatory Support Therapy: Would Darwin Approve?
  Presented by Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS

• May 2019: ATC Staff Presentations Preview

• April 2019: Equity in Transplant: Who Counts, Counts
  Presented by Raymond Lynch, MD, MS

• January 2019: Uterus Transplantation
  Presented by Giuliano Testa, MD, FACS, MB

• November 2018: Mindful Strategies in Health Care: How Your Transplant Colleagues Have Integrated Mindful Practices into Daily Practice
  Presented by the Henry Ford Transplant Institute Team Members

• September 2018: Donor Derived Infection in Solid Organ Transplantation: Minimizing Risk and Improving Outcomes
  Presented by Dr. George Alangaden

• August 2018: Innovation In Structural Heart Management
  Presented by Dr. William O'Neill

• July 2018: Obesity and Liver Transplantation: A New Epidemic
  Presented by Julie Heimbach, MD

• June 2018: Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation: Current Status in the Road Ahead
  Presented by Mark Aeder, MD

• May 2018: Pre-American Transplant Congress Workshop
  Presented by Dr. Shunji Nagai.
  
  Workshop Topics:

• C4d Staining and Graft Survival in Renal Transplant: Single Center Experience of C4d Staining
• Decreased Long-Term Survival with Antithymocyte Globulin Induction in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
• Impact of MELD-Na Based Liver Allocation on Liver Transplantation Outcomes
• Opioid Use Trends after Liver Transplantation and the Factors Associated with Post-Transplant Opioid Dependence
• The Impact of Portal Vein Thrombosis Grade and Post-Reperfusion Flow Rate in Liver Transplant Outcomes

• March 2018: Ways to Build Resilience for Health Care Providers
  Presented by Lisa MacLean, MD

• December 2017: Expanding the Liver Donor Pool: Advances in Living Donor Transplantation
  Presented by Dr. Paul Greig

• September 2017: Overcoming Barriers to Maximizing Living Donor and Incompatible Kidney Transplantations
  Presented by Adam Bingaman, MD, PhD

• August 2017: Nursing Perspectives in Solid Organ Transplant
  Presented by Jennifer Milton, RN

• 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