TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER

8:20 – 9:00

Keynote Address – Organ Trafficking & Transplant Tourism

Educational Grants Provided by Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) & LifeCell

Francis L. Delmonico, MD

9:00 – 9:30

Breakthrough Collaboratives – Taking It to the Next Level!

Virginia McBride, RN, MPH, CPTC

Kevin J. O’Connor, MS, PA, CPTC

9:30 – 9:45

Organ Donation: The UK Perspective

John Richardson, RN, BSc

9:45 – 10:05

Organ Donation & Transplantation on the Hill: What Are NATCO ’s Current Initiatives

Wade Delk

10:05 – 10:20

Canada Overview: Meeting Criteria for Providing U.S. Organs for Transplant in Canada

Edward Ferre

10:20 – 10:30

BREAK

10:30 – 11:15

End of Life: Seen through the Prism of Culture & Religion

Elaine Berg, MPA, FACHE

11:15 – 11:30

Japan Overview: Cultural Aspects of Living Donation & Deceased Organ Donation

Etsuko Soeda, MSN, RN

11:30 – 11:45

UNOS Update

Mary Ellison, PhD, MSHA

11:45 – 12:00

New Zealand/Australia Overview: Organ Allocation without a Centralized System

Margaret Johnston, RN, MN(Hons), CCTC

12:00 – 12:15

Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT) Update

Virginia McBride, RN, MPH, CPTC

12:15 – 12:30

A Review of Donation after Cardiac Death in Spain

Marti Manyalich, PhD, MD

12:30 – 1:30

LUNCH SYMPOSIUM (Broadway South Ballroom – 6 th Floor)

Educational Grant Provided by Bristol-Myers Squibb

Sander S. Florman, MD

1:30 – 1:45

European Overview & Challenges in DCD

Maria Stadtler, RN, CPTC, ECTC, TPM

1:45 – 2:00

The Belgian Gift Project: A Way to Increase Organ Donors in a Country with 20 Years of Presumed Consent Law

Frank Van Gelder, RN, BSN, ECTC

2:00 – 2:45

A Regulated System of Organ Sales

Arthur J. Matas, MD

2:45 – 3:00

Donate Life Rocks! Donate Life Update

David Bosch, BS

3:00 – 3:15

BREAK

3:15 – 4:15

Revising U.S. Kidney Allocation Policy – Progress toward a New Approach

Kevin J. O’Connor, MS, PA, CPTC

4:15 – 4:30

Overview Regarding Donation & Transplantation in Turkey

Bekir Tanriover , MD

4:30 – 5:15

Current Controversies in Donation & Transplantation

Charles Miller, MD

LOCATION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

Broadway North Ballroom (6 th Floor)

Ventricular Assist Devices – A New Era

Educational Grant Provided by Thoratec

Marguarita Camacho, MD

TRACK/

LOCATION

8:00 – 8:40

8:40 – 8:50

8:50 – 9:30

9:30 – 9:40

9:40 – 10:25 – BREAK – VISIT WITH EXHIBITORS – Westside Ballroom

(5 th Floor)

10:25 – 11:05

11:05 – 11:15

11:15 – 11:50

11:50 – 12:00

Procure-ment Plenary

Broadway North Ballroom

(6 th Floor)

How Do They Do It?

Puerto Rico – The Challenges, the Passion & the Outcomes – Carmen Morales-Colon, RN, BSN

Alaska – Remote Donation & Unique Patient Populations – Tammy Graves, BA

Dallas – The Donation Process in Rural Areas with Non-Clinical First Responders – Gabe Hernandez, BA

New York – Non-Coordinator Trained Per Diem Nursing Staff – Deon Stewart-Miles, RN, BS, BSN, CPTC

Planning the Way Forward for Pediatric Donation & Transplantation – Patricia A. Webster, MD

The Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy on the Number of Organs Transplanted Per Donor & Organ Function Post-Transplant – Michael Harris, MS, LP, CPTC

Deal or No Deal: The Debate over Financial Incentives – Howard Nathan, BS, CPTC

Additional Resource for Presentation

Tracking Relationships with the Office of the Coroner/

Medical Examiner by a Coroner Liaison: A Coroner Survey – Joanna Graves

Advanced Practice

Wilder Room

(4 th Floor)

Skin Cancer in Organ Transplant Recipients – Thomas Stasko, MD

DCD Livers: A Single Center Experience – Renee Bennett, RN, BSN, CNOR, CCTC

Pharmacological Strategies to Enhance Adherence & Minimize Cost – Pamela R. Maxwell, PharmD

Air Transport of the Pediatric Transplant Patient – Tonya Jack, RN, CCRN, BSN

Diagnosis & Treatment of Depression – Silvia Hafliger, MD

The Sick Role: Is It Measurable? – Annette Cerrato, RN, PhD, CCTC

The Conundrum of Recurrent Viral Hepatitis Post-Liver Transplant – Abdullah M.S. Al-Osaimi, MBBS

Liver Transplant for Prison Inmates: The Ethics & Logistics – Maureen Burke-Davis, NP

TRACK/ LOCATION

8:00 – 8:40

8:40 – 8:50

8:50 – 9:30

9:30 – 9:40

9:40 – 10:25 – BREAK – VISIT WITH EXHIBITORS – Westside Ballroom (5 th Floor)

10:25 – 11:05

11:05 – 11:15

11:15 – 11:25

11:25 – 12:00

Pediatric

Transplant

Odets Room

(4 th Floor)

Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough: Are There Any Standards in Immunmiz-ations?

- Kathleen Falkenstein, PhD, CPNP, CCTC

Effects of Calcineurin Inhibitors on Influenza Vaccine Response – Kelly Radford, RN, CCTC

EBV Surveillance & Treatment Strategies – Lindsay Arnott, RN, BS, CCTC

Selecting Performance Indicators to Improve Transplant Outcomes – Charles Lascari, MA, RN

Everything You Wanted to Know about SEXuality in the Adolescent Transplant Recipient – Carolyn R. Atkins, BS, RN, CCTC

Collaborative Efforts Lead to Successful Heart-Liver Transplant – Katey Hellickson, RN, BSN

Two Kidneys for the Price of One – What A Deal! – Marti Hoar, RN, MS, CCTC

Panel Discussion

Adult

Transplant

Shubert Complex

(6 th Floor)

Clinical Immunosup-pression: How It Works on the Immune System & Future Directions – Mark L. Barr, MD

Additional Reference

Kidney Transplant-ation with Sirolimus & MMF Based Immunosup-pression – Kathleen Savas, RN, MSN

Detecting Cell Mediated Immunity in the Immunosup-pressed Transplant Recipient – Gary Sigle, RN, MS, CCTC

The Role of a Transplant Outreach

Coordinator – Donna Smolen, BSN, CNN

Herbal & Over-The-Counter Medications & Antibiotic Overuse: How to Manage Patients without a Quick Fix Pill – Steven Gabardi, PharmD, BCPS

Improving Equity & Access to Deceased Donor Kidneys in New Zealand – Bridget Faire, RN, BSN

Pregnancy in Transplantation- Lessons Learned from the National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry – Vincent T. Armenti, MD, PhD

Identification of Critical Post-Operative Milestones to Improve Outcomes in Advanced Heart Failure Patients Requiring LVADs – Shawn Marie Paris, RN

Living

Donation

Lyceum/

Carnegie/

Alvin

(5 th Floor)

Financial Implications in Living Donation – Dianne LaPointe Rudow, DrNP, CCTC

Efficient Maintenance of the Kidney Transplant Wait List – Donna Smolen, BSN, CNN

Help Is on the Way! National Donor Assistance Program – Catherine Garvey, RN, BA, CCTC

Parents’ Perception of Life after Living Liver Donation – Annette Nasr, RN

How Far Is Too Far: Expanded Living Donors – David Serur, MD

Live Liver Donation: What Happens When Everything Is Done Right & Things Still Go Wrong? – Denise Morin, RN, MSN

Ethical Dilemmas for the Living Donor Team – Catherine Garvey, RN, BA, CCTC; Dianne LaPointe Rudow, DrNP, CCTC; Katrina Bramstedt, PhD; Marian Charlton, RN, SRN, CCTC; Charles Miller, MD

TRACK/

LOCATION

2:00 – 2:35

2:35 – 2:45

2:45 – 3:30

3:30 – 4:00

BREAK – VISIT WITH EXHIBITORS – Westside Ballroom (5 th Floor)

4:00 – 4:35

4:35 – 4:45

4:45 – 5:20

5:20 – 5:30

Donor Manage-ment

Allocation

Shubert Complex

(6 th Floor)

Why Can’t I Place a Perfect Pancreas? – Carrie Comellas , RN, BS, CPTC

Time Matters: Using Distribution Times to Improve Renal Allocation – John Abrams, BS

The User’s Perspective: Making It Work with DonorNet – Joel Lindower; William Hasskamp, RN, BSN, CPTC; Donna Campbell, RN, NP-C, CCTC, CCTN

Managing the Herniation Crisis to Optimize Donor Organ Function – Kenneth E. Wood, DO

Cancer + TB + Cyanide = 4 Saved Lives – Denise Tripp Martin, RN; Julia Landon

Did I Fix the Donor or Just the Numbers? – Kenneth E. Wood, DO; Nader Habashi, MD, FACP, FCCP

Hospital

Develop-ment

Wilder Room

(4 th Floor)

Pediatric Intensivists Are from Mars; Transplant Coordinators Are from Venus: Keeping the Lines of Communication Open – Thomas A. Nakagawa, MD, FAAP, FCCM

Sharing the Development & Implementation of a New Hospital Services Model – Esther Marie Carmichael

Preventing Death before Dying: Preserving the Organ Donation Opportunity – Karin B. Porter-Williamson, MD; Harry Wilkins III, MD, FACS

Donor Advocates…

Creating a Supportive Environment through Assisted Approach – Jerri Linn Harding, BS

Use of Broad Clinical Referral Triggers Improve Timely Notification & Dramatically Impact the Number of DCD Donors at a Level I Trauma Center – Gweneth George, BS

Making Data MeaningfulTips to Make It Interesting AND Informative – Jim Ford

Introducing DashTrack, the Dashboard Made Easy – Hedi Aguiar, RN, CCRN, BA

Family Care

Odets Room

(4 th Floor)

Maximizing Donation through Research Request – Linette Meyer, RN, BSN, CPTC

Telephonic Consent for Tissue Donation Can Provide Appropriate Bereavement Care: A Donor Family Satisfaction Survey – Joan Burke

Personal Boundaries – How Enmeshed Do You Become in the Donation? – Cherry P. Wise, PhD

Legal Quagmires of Consent – Christina W. Strong, JD

Exploring the Psychological Effect of Deceased Organ Donation on Donor Families – Elsie Cheung

Breaking Bad News – Timothy E. Stepp, MD; Gigi Vulgamott, RN, BSN, CPTC

Comprehen-sive HD Strategy & IHC Model Dramatically Increase the Conversion Rate at a Level I Trauma Center – Karen Nocerine, BS

TRACK/

LOCATION

2:00 – 2:35

2:35 – 2:45

2:45 – 3:30

3:30 – 4:00

BREAK – VISIT WITH EXHIBITORS – Westside Ballroom (5 th Floor)

4:00 – 4:35

4:35 – 4:45

4:45 – 5:20

5:20 – 5:30

Recovery/

Perfusion

Lyceum/

Carnegie/

Alvin

(5 th Floor)

Heart Perfusion – Michael Collins, MD

Recovery & Successful Transplant of a Heart from a Donor Patient with Extensive Cardiopulmonary Downtime & Prolonged Resuscitation – Nicole Hixson, RN, CPTC

Intra-Operative Donor Management: Preparing the OR Staff for a Recovery – John Belcher, CCEMT-P, CTBS, CPTC

Uterus Transplantation – Jeanetta Stega, MD, PhD, RN, MSN

Racial Mismatch & Consent for Organ Donation: Evidence of Its Importance – Margaret Gallagher

Interim Results of the Liver Machine Preservation Clinical Trial at Columbia – James V. Guarrera, MD

Standardization of Hormonal Resuscitation to Entire Donor Pool Increases Organs Transplanted Per Donor – Stephen Rieke, RN, BSN, CPTC

Transplant Plenary

Broadway North Ballroom

(6 th Floor)

Renal Sparing Immunosup-pressive Regimens – Arthur J. Matas, MD

Educational Grant Provided by ASTS

The Relationship between the Sick Role & Functional Ability in Inner City Kidney Transplant Recipients – Annette Cerrato, RN, PhD, CCTC

A Review of Solid Organ Transplant in the HIV-Positive Recipient – Peter Stock, MD, PhD

Educational Grant Provided by ASTS

Donor-Derived Infections & New Infectious Disease Challenges – Jay Fishman, MD

Educational Grant Provided by AST

Effect of Annual Influenza Immunization on Antibody Response in Lung Transplant Patients – Mary Francois, RN, BSN, CCTC

Fungal Infections in the Transplant Recipient – Alison Freifeld, MD

Systematic Determination of Transplant In-Patient Acuity, Patient Satisfaction & Nurse Satisfaction – Michelle Floyd

LOCATION

TOPIC

SPEAKER

Broadway North Ballroom (6 th Floor)

High Immunologic Risk Kidney Transplant Patients – The Current Situation & The Role of Rapamune

Grant Provided by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

J. Brian Copley , MD , FASN, FACP

Lyceum/

Carnegie/

Alvin (5 th Floor)

A Global Change: Hepatitis B in Transplant

Educational Grant Provided by Gilead

Lori Rosenthal, DrNP, NP-C, ACNP-C, CCTC

TRACK/

LOCATION

8:00 – 8:45

8:50 – 9:35

9:40 – 10:25 a.m.

BREAK – VISIT WITH EXHIBITORS – Westside Ballroom (5 th Floor)

10:25 – 11:15

11:15 – 12:00

Procure-ment

Shubert Complex

(6th Floor)

Early Identification & Treatment of Bacterial Infections in Brain Dead Donors Optimizes Outcomes – David J. Powner, MD, FCCP, FCCM

Walking the Line: Transitioning the Patient & Family from ICU Admission to Donation – Kenneth E. Wood, DO

Successful Strategies for Managing the Donor with Renal Failure – Nader Habashi, MD, FACP, FCCP

How Do You Fix a Broken Lung? Ex-Vivo Normothermic Lung Perfusion (EVLP): A New Platform for Donor Lung Treatment & Repair – Marcelo Cypel, MD

Family Care/

Hospital Develop-ment

Julliard Complex

(5 th Floor)

Working with Palliative Care Teams – Karin Porter-Williamson, MD

New JCAHO Standards & Survey Criteria – Kathleen Goryl, MBA

Adam’s Story – Joshua W. Thomason EMT-P, BSEMS, CPTC, CTBS

Managing the Crisis with Families Who Are ALWAYS In Crisis – Laura Schons, LMSW

International Models in Organ Donor Coordination: What Is the Holy Grail for Increasing Donor Numbers? – John Richardson, RN, BSc; Frank Van Gelder, RN, BSN, ECTC; Tina LeVert, RN

Thoracic Transplant

Edison /

Booth

(5 th Floor)

Financial Impact of Using ECD/DCD Organs – Tracy Giacoma, RN, MBA, MSN

Pediatric Cardiac DCD – Darcy W. Ripe, MS, RN

Evaluation & Utilization of Heart & Lung Donors: Thinking Beyond “Perfect” – Mark L. Barr, MD

Lung Transplantation Using DCD Donors: How Are We Doing? – David Mason , MD

Kidney Transplant

Broadway North Ballroom

(6 th Floor)

Steroid Sparing Immunosuppressive Regimens – Arthur J. Matas, MD

Successful Transplant Outcomes from Donors with Undesirable Risk Factors – Michael Goldstein, MD

Splitting Pediatric En-Bloc Kidneys: Two for One – Sander S. Florman, MD

Liver Transplant

Lyceum/

Carnegie/

Alvin (5 th Floor)

Donor Variables Impacting Recurrent Hepatitis C – Leona Kim-Schluger, MD

Outcomes in DCD Liver Transplantation – Wendy Grant, MD

Defining an ECD Liver & Review of Outcomes – Janel Tedesco, RN, ACNP, CCTC

TRACK/

LOCATION

1:00 – 1:40

1:40 – 2:20

2:20 – 2:35 p.m.

BREAK – 6 th Floor Foyer

2:35 – 3:15

3:15 – 3:55

Procure-ment

Shubert Complex

(6th Floor)

Financial Implications of Pushing the Envelope – Charlie Alexander, RN, MSN, MBA, CPTC

Ethics in the Trenches – Dane R. Sommer, D.Min., BCC

Abdominal ECD/DCD Outcomes – John Renz, MD, PhD

Alternate Heart and Non-Standard Lung Donor – Angela Velleca, RN, BSN, CCTC

Thoracic Marginal Recipients

Edison /

Booth

(5 th Floor)

Management of the Cardiothoracic Waiting List – Debi Dumas-Hicks, RN, BS, CCTC, CCTN

How Old Is Too Old? Challenges of Older Heart & Lung Recipients – Stephanie Lackey, RN, BSN, CCTC

Removal from the Waitlist when Thoracic Transplant Is No Longer Indicated – Lori Coleman , RN, CPTC

Trading One Disease for Another: Can We Reduce the Co-Morbidities Post-Thoracic Transplant? – Nancy Harrington , RN, MS, CCTC

Kidney Marginal Recipients

Broadway North Ballroom

(6 th Floor)

Management of the Kidney Transplant Waiting List – Marian O’Rourke, RN, CCTC

Desensitization Protocols in Renal Transplant Recipients: Transplanting the Untransplantable – Lloyd Ratner, MD

Family Care

Broadway North Ballroom

(6 th Floor)

Proceeding when “First Person” Consents & Second Person Declines – Tammy Graves, BA

Managing Staff Morale in a Changing Donor Environment – Karen B. Porter-Williamson, MD; Monica James, RN, BSN, CPTC; Kathy D’Aquila, RN, CNS

Liver Marginal Recipients

Lyceum/

Carnegie/

Alvin (5 th Floor)

Management of the Liver Transplant Waiting List – Dorothy Robinson, MA, ANPc, CCTC

Liver/Kidney Transplant – Are Two Really Better Than One? – Bekir Tanriover MD

Educational Grant Provided by AST

Adherence

Lyceum/

Carnegie/

Alvin

(5 th Floor)

Are Pre-Transplant Behaviors Predictive of Post-Transplant Non-Adherence? – Marian O’Rourke, RN, CCTC

Factors Contributing to & Interventions that May Prevent Non-Adherence – Tracy Evans-Walker, RN, BSN, CCTC

Advanced Practice

Julliard Complex

(5 th Floor)

Post-Transplant Fever Evaluation – Alison Freifeld, MD

Electrolyte Disturbances Post-Transplant – Michael Goldstein, MD

Osteoporosis Made Easy – Vicki McCalmont, RN, MS, NP, APRN, CCTC

Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Transplantation – Patricia Harren, DrNP, PNP, ANP, CCTC; Jamie Blazek, RN, MPH, FNP-C, CCTC; Haley Hoy, NP; Vicki McCalmont, RN, MS, NP, APRN, CCTC

TRACK/

LOCATION

7:30 – 8:15

8:15 – 9:00

9:00 – 9:45

Procure-ment

Broadway North Ballroom

(6th Floor)

Reframing Challenging Situations: How to Get What You Want When They Don’t Want to Give It To You – Jim Ford

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Research but Were Afraid to Ask – Gina Dunne Smith , BS, CPTC

I ♥ Love My Job: Why Are They All So Happy in Utah? – Craig Myrick, RN, CPTC

Nutritional Aspects in Transplant

Ziegfeld Room

(4 th Floor)

7:30 – 8:05

Nutritional Assessment of the Pre-Transplant Patient: What the Coordinator Needs to Know – Erin Fennelly, RD, CNSD

8:05 – 8:40

Nutritional Supplementation for the Transplant Patient: How to Choose the Appropriate Supplements – Gwen Kendall, RD, CNSD

8:40 – 9:15

Nutrition Support for the Transplant Patient – Maria Brown, RD, CNSD

9:15 – 9:45

You’re Taking All the Fun Out of Eating! The Facts Behind Diet Guidelines for Transplant Patients – Erin Fennelly, RD, CNSD

Regulatory Issues in Transplant

Shubert Complex

(6 th Floor)

7:30 – 7:50

Overview of Regulatory Compliance in Organ Transplant – Tracy Giacoma, RN, MBA, MSN

7:50 – 8:10

CMS CoPs – Application & Re-application Process – Dianne LaPointe Rudow, DrNP, CCTC

8:10 – 8:50

Playing by ALL the Rules: An Overview of all CMS, OPTN & JCAHO Regulations – Marian O’Rourke, RN, CCTC

8:50 – 9:10

What You Need to Develop & Maintain a Quality & Regulatory Compliance Program – Catherine Garvey, RN, BA, CCTC

9:10 – 9:30

How to Prepare for the UNOS Audit – Debi Dumas-Hicks, RN, BS, CCTC, CCTN

9:30 – 9:45

Interactive Panel Question & Answer Session

Transplant Patient Education

Empire Complex

(7 th Floor)

7:30 – 8:00

Alphabet Soup: ECD, SCD, DCD, LRD – Educating Your Patients on the Source of Their Organ – Catherine Garvey, RN, BA, CCTC

8:00 – 8:45

Digital Immigrants Teaching Digital Natives: Patient Education Strategies for the 21 st Century – Linda Ohler, MSN, RN, CCTC, FAAN

8:45 – 9:05

Techniques in Educating the Challenging Transplant Patient – Caron Burch, RN, MSN, FNP, CCTC

9:05 – 9:20

Pooling Our Resources – An Overview of the NATCO Patient Education Website Resource Project – Nancy Harrington , RN, MS, CCTC

9:20 – 9:45

Open Space Case Discussions

TRACK/

LOCATION

10:00 – 10:40

10:40 – 11:20

Transplant

Broadway North Ballroom

(6th Floor)

Legal Issues in Transplantation – William G. Lawrence, JD

Risk Management Issues in Transplantation – Diana Hedges, RN, JD

Cultural Issues in Donation

Ziegfeld Room (4 th Floor)

Battling Institutional Racism – Tina LeVert, RN

Culturally Sensitive Donation Requesting – Rev. George Blackwell

Procurement/

Allocation

Shubert Complex (4 th Floor)

What We Don’t Know about Donor Management – David Powner, MD, FCCP, FCCM

The Extreme Team…Extraordinary Recoveries – Rebecca Frizell, RN, BSN, CCTC; Joshua W. Thomason, EMT-P, BSEMS, CPTC, CTBS; Karen Kennedy, RN, CPTC

Improvement in Procurement

Empire Complex

(7 th Floor)

Managing Growing Pains: Allocating Resources on a Shoestring – Jan Finn , RN, MSN, CCRN, CPTC

Making the Discussion of Death Come to Life: Using Standardized Patients to Train Organ Donor Coordinators in Delicate Communication with Family & the “Art of Moral Imagination” – Devra S. Cohen-Tigor

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER

11:20 – 12:00

State of the Union: OPTN/UNOS 2007

Sue McDiarmid, MD

12:00 – 12:30

Humor in Medicine

Chaplain Paul Stephen Smith, M.Div., BCC, CLL

12:30 – 1:00

Six Patients on Kilimanjero: The K