95 - Maxwell Finland Lecture

Thursday, October 12, 2023

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM US ET

Location: Ballroom (Third Floor)

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Heather Yun, MD (she/her/hers)

Deputy Commander for Medical Services
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio, TX, United States

Faculty(s)

Emily Blumberg, MD, FIDSA (she/her/hers)

Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, United States

Slides

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe the current state of kidney transplantation and the critical need for increasing transplant volumes by 2025;
discuss the factors contributing to the organ shortage crisis, including the growing demand for kidney transplants;
analyze the role of infectious diseases in organ transplantation, including their impact on organ availability and recipient outcomes.

Presentations:

4:45 PM – 5:05 PM US ET

Awards Presentation
5:05 PM – 5:20 PM US ET

Reporting of SARS-CoV-2 testing results among PEPFAR and non-PEPFAR countries in Sub-Saharan Africa during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Featured Presenter: Benjamin C. Johnson, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Co-Author: Charles B. Holmes, MD, MPH – Georgetown University
5:20 PM – 5:45 PM US ET

Doubling Kidney Transplant Volumes by 2025 – ID’s Role in Solving the Organ Shortage Crisis
Speaker: Emily Blumberg, MD, FIDSA (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania