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The Transplant Center Seminar Series held in the Emory University School of Medicine Building, Room 110 is attended by transplant surgeons, internists, fellows, residents and nurses. In addition it is open to all School of Medicine faculty. This is a CME accredited program.
| Date | Speaker | Talk Topic |
| 05/14/08 | Dr. Minnie Sarwal, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pediatrics Division of Nephrology Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford University |
“Genomic Footprints to Direct Immunosuppression Customization in Transplantation” |
| 05/07/08 | Jean Michel Dubernard, MD, PhD Professor of Surgery University of Lyon Hospital Edouard Herriot Service de chirugie de la Transplantation Pavillon V |
“Pancreas Transplantation: The Lyon Experience” |
| 04/30/08 | Stephen C. Textor, MD Professor of Medicine Vice Chair, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension Department of Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota |
“Expanding Criteria for Living Kidney Donors: What are the Limits?” |
| 04/22/08 | Anthony M. Jevnikar, MSc MD FRCP(c) Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology & Surgery Co-Director, Multi-Organ Transplant Program Director, Transplantation Nephrology |
“Renal Tubular Cell Apoptosis in Kidney Allograft Survival and Climate Change” |
| 04/16/08 | Carlos Fasola, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Liver Transplantation Emory University School of Medicine |
“How does Immunosuppression affect the outcome of HCV-infected liver recipients?” |
| 04/09/08 | James F. Markmann, MD, PhD Clinical Director, Division of Transplantation Massachusetts General Hospital |
“Islet Transplantation (Trails and Tribulations)” |
| 04/02/08 | Lloyd E. Ratner, MD Professor of Surgery Director, Renal & Pancreatic Transplantation College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University |
“Overcoming Immunologic Incompatibilities to Renal Transplantation” |
| 03/26/08 | Stuart Flechner, MD Professor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Director, Clinical Research Section of Renal Transplantation Transplant Center/Glickman Urological Institute |
“Can Gene Profiling Help Us Understand Why Allografts Are Lost?” |
| 03/19/08 | Bruce Kaplan, MD Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacology Co-Director, UIC Transplant Center Vice-Chair Research, Department of Surgery University of Illinois at Chicago Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Applied Genomics Center University of Alberta |
“From Genomics to Clinical Trails So Much Information...So Little Patients” |
| 03/12/08 | Vanessa Bijol, MD Assistant Professor Nephropathologist Pathology and Lab Medicine Emory University Hospital |
“Pathology of Transplant Glomerulopathy” |
| 02/27/08 | Antonio Guasch, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Renal & Pancreas Transplant Director, Nephrology Transplant Fellowship Program Emory University School of Medicine |
"Evaluation of Renal Function in Kidney Transplantation" |
| 02/20/08 | Paul Tso, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Transplantation Emory University |
"What we take for granted: The First Kidney Transplants" |
| 02/13/08 | Leonard Hymes, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Pediatric Nephrologist Emory University |
"Will Surveillance Biopsies Improve Renal Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Patients?" |
| 02/06/08 | James Spivey, MD Medical Director, Liver Transplant Emory University |
"Hep C: Rome Wasn't built in a Day" |
| 01/30/08 | Howard Gebel, PhD Robert Bray, PhD Co-Directors, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Emory University |
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| 01/23/08 | Gregory A. Smallwood, Pharm D Director of Liver Transplant Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology Emory University School of Medicine |
"Renal Sparing Protocols in Transplantation" |
| 01/16/08 | Linda Celdales, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Director, Laboratory of Microsurgery and Composite Tissue Transplantation Emory University School of Medicine Emory Transplant Center and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
"Creating anew discipline: experiences transitioning from training to a new career" |
| 01/09/08 | G. Marshall Lyon III, MD, MMSc Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases Emory University School of Medicine |
"Vaccination after Transplantation: Who, When and Where?" |