An Introductory Education Course for the NEW Transplant or Procurement Professional

Tempe Mission Palms Hotel & Conference Center

June 20-24, 2008

Friday, June 20, 2008

PLENARY SESSION

Session

Speaker

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Lori Coleman , RN, CPTC

General Medical Ethics

Nina Topic, RN, MS, CNS

 

Saturday, June 21, 2008

 

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.

ABTC Certification for Clinical & Procurement Transplant Coordinators: Your Certification Questions Answered

Jacke Corbett, RN, MS, FNP-C, CCTC, ABTC Representative

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Transplant Track

Session

Speaker

Immunology & Histocompatibility

Jonah Odim, MD, PhD, MBA

Mechanisms of Rejection

Jonah Odim, MD, PhD, MBA

Organ Allocation & Recipient Issues

Terri Bessom, MBA, CPhT

Procurement Track – Palm Ballroom EF

Session

Speaker

Consent: If Only They All Said Yes

Gigi Vulgamott, RN, BSN, CPTC

Legal Alligators of Consent

Gigi Vulgamott, RN, BSN, CPTC

Donor & Recipient Histocompatibility

Jonah Odim, MD, PhD, MBA

 

PLENARY SESSION

Session

Speaker

Donation after Cardiac Death

Carrie Comellas , RN, BS, CPTC

Investing in Donation & Transplantation

Susan Stoops-Watson, LCSW, MPA, MSHA, CCM

PJ Geraghty, EMT-P, BS, CTBS, CPTC

Sunday, June 22, 2008

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

 

Transplant Track

Session

Speaker

Infectious Diseases in Transplantation

Michael G. Ison, MD, MS

Drug Therapy in Transplantation

Curtis Holt, PharmD

Kidney Transplantation & Allocation of Kidney Grafts

Tammy Wright, RN, BSN, CCTC

Living Donation in Kidney Transplantation

Tammy Wright, RN, BSN, CCTC

 

Procurement Track

Session

Speaker

Organ Allocation & Donor Issues

Terri Bessom, MBA, CPhT

Donor Physical Assessment

Scott Brubaker, CTBS

Evaluating the Potential Organ Donor

Ellen Blair, RN, BSN, CPTC

Infectious Disease Assessment in the Organ Donor

Michael G. Ison, MD, MS

They Are Not All Small Adults: Pediatric Donor Management & Case Study Application

Thomas Nakagawa, MD, FAAP

 

Monday, June 23, 2008

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

 

Transplant Track

Session

Speaker

Care of the Pancreas Transplant Recipient

Suzanne Miller, RN, CCTC

Islet Cell Transplantation

Arlene LaRose, RN, BSN, CNN, CCTC

Liver Transplantation & Allocation of Livers

Patricia Harren, RN, DrNP, CCTC

Living Donation in Liver Transplantation

Patricia Harren, RN, DrNP, CCTC

Intestinal Transplantation

Deborah Andersen, RN, BSN, CCTC

Pediatric Transplantation

Debra Strichartz, RN, BA, CCTC

 

Procurement Track

Session

Speaker

Care of the Adult Donor

David Powner, MD, FCCP, FCCM

Operating Room & Organ Preservation Techniques

Karen Samartan, RN, BSN, CNOR, CPTC

 

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

 

Transplant Track

Session

Speaker

Care of the Heart Transplant Recipient

Diane Kasper, RN, CCTC

Caring for the Lung & Heart-Lung Recipient

Danyel Gooch, RN, MSN, CCTC

 

Procurement Track

Session

Speaker

Quality of Hospital Services

Laura Huckestein, RN, BSN, CPTC

Research & Tissue

Louis Jares, BS, CTBS

Tracey Knotts, RN, CPTC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Last Updated: June 9, 2008