Kidney Pancreas
KPCOP represents those in kidney and pancreas transplantation and advances the field through activities focused on education, research, public policy, and collaboration.
AST members can join KPCOP.
What We’re Working on Now
Educational Content
Develop professional content from our fourteen active workgroups to advance and serve the field and the larger community.
Pancreas Transplant Advocacy
Work with SRTR, OPTN, and other agencies to identify areas of policy improvement that can help increase patients' access to pancreas transplantation and increase provider education on pancreas transplantation practices.
Transplant Nephrology Fellowship
Formalize the Transplant Nephrology Fellowship training pathway and achieve recognition as a distinct specialty.
wRVU targets
Define the fair wRVU targets for transplant nephrology through the development of surveys and new models of compensation.
Upcoming: Kidney Pancreas
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Specialty Resources
Contact the KPCOP
Staff Liaison | Olivia Snow
If you have questions related to the Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice, please contact Olivia Snow.
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EMAIL:
osnow@myAST.org
2024-2025 Executive Committee
Neeraj Singh, MD, FAST
Chair
Term ending: 2025
Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Willis-Knighton Health System
Gaurav Gupta, MD
Co-Chair
Term ending: 2025
Medical Director, Kidney Transplantation
Virginia Commonwealth University
Ronald Parsons, MD, FAST
Past Chair
Term ending: 2025
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
Nadiesda Costa, MD, FAST
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2025
Nephrologist
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute
Asif Sharfuddin, MD, FASN, FAST
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2025
Medical Director of Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation
Indiana University School of Medicine
Kenneth Woodside, MD
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2025
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Michigan
Syed Husain, MD, MPH
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026
Assistant Professor of Medicine
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
Shikha Mehta, MD, FAST
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026
Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
University of Alabama Birmingham
Mariella Ortigosa-Goggins, MD
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026
Nephrologist
University of Miami
Vasanthi Balaraman, MD
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026
Medical Director
Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute
Laura Binari, MD
Early Career Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026
Transplant Nephrologist
Vanderbilt University Medical Center