Program Description: 

Description of the series:

The Transplant Service Line Lecture Series is designed to enhance knowledge and foster collaboration in the field of transplantation. This series focuses on key topics such as patient care optimization, innovative research, multidisciplinary teamwork, and the latest advancements in transplant medicine. It provides a platform for education, discussion, and sharing best practices to improve outcomes in organ transplantation.

Keywords: Transplant Surgery, Research, Teamwork

Target audience: 
  • Physicians
  • APPs
  • Medical Students
Learning objectives: 
Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:
  • Describe the impact of reducing cold ischemic time (CIT) on kidney allocation efficiency.
  • Explain how placing kidneys on pump in the operating room (OR) reduces CIT and accelerates the transition to the allocation phase.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of expanding kidney perfusion criteria on observed vs. expected kidney yield.
  • Analyze how including all kidneys procured for transplant in the perfusion process led to an increase in the O:E ratio from 0.98 to 1.18.
  • Identify process improvements in kidney perfusion that can enhance kidney utilization outcomes across OPOs.
  • Recognize key procedural changes that can be adopted universally to improve kidney utilization and better serve transplant centers and patients.
Faculty & credentials: 
Activity Director:
Badi Rawashdeh, MD
Assistant Professor / Director of Education / Transplant Surgery Department / Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin
Academic Appointment
Clinical Appointment
 
Planning Committee:
Jenessa Price, PhD / Associate Professor / Email: [email protected]
Cynthia Schulzetenberg, PA-C / APP Manager Inpatient 2 / Email: [email protected]
Andrew Cannon, PharmD, BCACP / Ambulatory Care Pharmacist / Email: [email protected]
 
Speaker:
Amanda Beck, CTP, CSA, CSFA
Recovery Services Supervisor
Versiti Organ and Tissue Donation
 

In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

  • Amanda Beck, CTP, CSA, CSFA
  • Badi Rawashdeh, MD
  • Jenessa Price, PhD
  • Cynthia Schulzetenberg, PA-C
  • Andrew Cannon, PharmD, BCACP

 

Contact

Name: 
Becki Lucchesi
Phone number: 
+1 (414) 805-6002
Email: 
[email protected]

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 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 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

Session date: 
11/14/2025 - 7:00am to 8:00am CST
Location: 
Froedtert Hospital
Helfaer Auditorium, Level 1
Milwaukee, 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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