Kidney Transplant Selection Committee 2025 - 12/26/2025

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Forums comprised of the entire medical, surgical, and multidisciplinary team whereby individual complex patient cases are reviewed to determine their ability to undergo transplant evaluation, receive approval for listing to receive a transplant, and post-operative care is a need to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to the care of each transplant candidate and recipient and living kidney donor candidate and recipient. These forums also act as a didactic session for evidence-based transplant medicine in caring for the transplant population. This forum is also a requirement set forth by CMS and UNOS, which are the governing bodies for organ transplant programs. Attendees will leave the conference setting with the knowledge of the plan of care across the continuum and a knowledge base of the overall care of the patients within the program setting based on evidence based practice discussions, current research, prior patient care scenarios, and lessons learned. Formal multidisciplinary care planning in all phases of care (patient selection, pre transplant, transplant event, post-transplant) must take place with written documentation that these practices occurred. Standard of care nationwide within transplantation is in the format of a “Selection Committee” or “Multidisciplinary Review Board”, both of which follow the standard practice of gathering a group of required individuals as outlined in tag X125 to discuss patients in all phases of care – thus allowing for the introduction of knowledge, experience, patient outcome/decision making, current literature, and best practices to be reviewed as it pertains to the patients within the program. Competence - The Selection Committee activity has a direct correlation to both the attendees’ competence and performance in that – the discussions are based on current practice, best practice and how they relate to the patient at hand. Discussions at the meetings are held by people with varying experiences, degrees, and roles within transplant – all of which direct how a patient is treated - i.e., plan of care, changes in care plan, current literature in the plan of care, drugs utilized; the list goes on and on. Through the discussion surrounding varying plans of care, competence in the care of patients is built upon through the experience itself and has a direct relationship to the performance by each individual in these meetings. The plan of care has a direct relationship to the patient outcomes and in fact, can directly alter the course of the patient outcomes by action items discussed within the meetings. Performance – Items discussed within the Selection Committee as outlined above build upon competencies through discussion, experience, current practices, best practice, and research. Utilizing these items – plans of care are implemented through the individuals performing the care and even further, policies and protocols are impacted/influenced.

Objective(s): 1 1. Evaluate each individual patient’s case including medical/surgical and multidisciplinary team assessments to determine plan of care/actions. 2 2. Review, discuss, and evaluate results from diagnostic testing to determine plan of care and actions. 3 3. Review, discuss, and evaluate current treatment regimens in conjunction with evidence based practice and current research, prior patient care events to determine current and future approaches to patient care, policy, protocols, and practices.
Location: Memorial Regional Hospital
Specialties: Urology, Renal transplant

Faculty Disclosures:
Linda Chen, MD (Nothing to disclose - 02/18/2025)
Edson Franco, MD (Nothing to disclose - 03/19/2025)
Basit Javaid, MD (Nothing to disclose - 04/18/2025)
Seyed Ghasemian, MD (Nothing to disclose - 02/25/2025)
Adarsh Vijay, MD FACS (Nothing to disclose - 08/18/2025)
Heather LaGuardia, MD (Nothing to disclose - 11/24/2025)
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1. 1. Evaluate each individual patient’s case including medical/surgical and multidisciplinary team assessments to determine plan of care/actions.
2. 2. Review, discuss, and evaluate results from diagnostic testing to determine plan of care and actions.
3. 3. Review, discuss, and evaluate current treatment regimens in conjunction with evidence based practice and current research, prior patient care events to determine current and future approaches to patient care, policy, protocols, and practices.

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Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the course will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to [email protected].

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12/26/2025 1:00:00 PM	Kidney Transplant Selection Committee 2025 - 12/26/2025 12/26/2025 1:00:00 PM 12/26/2025 3:00:00 PM 15 Memorial Regional Hospital False MM/DD/YYYY	Kidney Transplant Selection Committee 2025 - 12/26/2025 Forums comprised of the entire medical, surgical, and multidisciplinary team whereby individual complex patient cases are reviewed to determine their ability to undergo transplant evaluation, receive approval for listing to receive a transplant, and post-operative care is a need to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to the care of each transplant candidate and recipient and living kidney donor candidate and recipient. These forums also act as a didactic session for evidence-based transplant medicine in caring for the transplant population. This forum is also a requirement set forth by CMS and UNOS, which are the governing bodies for organ transplant programs. Attendees will leave the conference setting with the knowledge of the plan of care across the continuum and a knowledge base of the overall care of the patients within the program setting based on evidence based practice discussions, current research, prior patient care scenarios, and lessons learned. Formal multidisciplinary care planning in all phases of care (patient selection, pre transplant, transplant event, post-transplant) must take place with written documentation that these practices occurred. Standard of care nationwide within transplantation is in the format of a “Selection Committee” or “Multidisciplinary Review Board”, both of which follow the standard practice of gathering a group of required individuals as outlined in tag X125 to discuss patients in all phases of care – thus allowing for the introduction of knowledge, experience, patient outcome/decision making, current literature, and best practices to be reviewed as it pertains to the patients within the program. Competence - The Selection Committee activity has a direct correlation to both the attendees’ competence and performance in that – the discussions are based on current practice, best practice and how they relate to the patient at hand. Discussions at the meetings are held by people with varying experiences, degrees, and roles within transplant – all of which direct how a patient is treated - i.e., plan of care, changes in care plan, current literature in the plan of care, drugs utilized; the list goes on and on. Through the discussion surrounding varying plans of care, competence in the care of patients is built upon through the experience itself and has a direct relationship to the performance by each individual in these meetings. The plan of care has a direct relationship to the patient outcomes and in fact, can directly alter the course of the patient outcomes by action items discussed within the meetings. Performance – Items discussed within the Selection Committee as outlined above build upon competencies through discussion, experience, current practices, best practice, and research. Utilizing these items – plans of care are implemented through the individuals performing the care and even further, policies and protocols are impacted/influenced. Objective(s): 1 1. Evaluate each individual patient’s case including medical/surgical and multidisciplinary team assessments to determine plan of care/actions. 2 2. Review, discuss, and evaluate results from diagnostic testing to determine plan of care and actions. 3 3. Review, discuss, and evaluate current treatment regimens in conjunction with evidence based practice and current research, prior patient care events to determine current and future approaches to patient care, policy, protocols, and practices. Location: Memorial Regional Hospital Specialties: Urology, Renal transplant Faculty Disclosures: Linda Chen, MD (Nothing to disclose - 02/18/2025) Edson Franco, MD (Nothing to disclose - 03/19/2025) Basit Javaid, MD (Nothing to disclose - 04/18/2025) Seyed Ghasemian, MD (Nothing to disclose - 02/25/2025) Adarsh Vijay, MD FACS (Nothing to disclose - 08/18/2025) Heather LaGuardia, MD (Nothing to disclose - 11/24/2025) Download Handout Location: Memorial Regional Hospital Specialties: Renal transplant, Urology