Program Description: 

Kidney and Transplant Journal Club is a Medical College of Wisconsin CME accredited event held every Tuesday at 4:00PM.  The intended audience for this conference includes approximately 35 to 50 members of the Division of Nephrology, Pediatric Nephrology, Transplant Surgery, the Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Pahtology.  Attendees include residents, fellows, clinical and research faculty members, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and research assistants.  The Purpose of this conference is to provide attendees with access to cutting edge clinical and basic science research in the fields of clinical nephrology and transplantaton, renal physiology and pharmacology, and renal pathology and immunology.

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.0  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.0 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
Target audience: 

Physicians

Physicians Assistants

Nurse/Nurse Practitioners

Medical Students

Learning objectives: 

1. To review current practices in post-transplant monitoring and justify the need for more sensitive measures of immune reactivity in transplant patients

2. To review the literature of studies investigating the role of pharmacodynamic monitoring of NFAT-regulated gene expression in transplant patients

3. To present data using this assay in kidney transplant patients at UCSF

Faculty & credentials: 

 

Activity Director

Ashraf El-Meanawy, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division of Nephrology

Medical College of Wisconsin

 

Speaker: Thin Thin Maw, MD

 

All persons in control of content have NO relevant financial relationships to disclose with the exception of the following person(s):

 

 

Name                           Company                                Role

Dr. Ehab Saad              Amgen                                     PI

Dr. Hariprasad Trivedi   Sanofi                                      Presenter, Medical Education partner Program

                                    Genzyme Corp.                          PI Investigator

                                    Coridien                                    Site PI

Contact

Name: 
Tonya Walker
Phone number: 
+1 (414) 805-9077
Email: 
twalker@mcw.edu
Session date: 
01/28/2014 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm CST
Location: 
Cancer Center
8800 W. Doyne Ave.
Milwaukee, WI , WI 53226
United States
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Add to calendar: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

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