Join us for an AST Journal Club on:
"Race-free estimated glomerular filtration rate equation in kidney transplant recipients: development and validation study"
(BMJ 2023;381:e073654)

In this article:
[The authors] constructed a multinational cohort of more than 15 000 kidney transplant recipients with 50 000 GFR measurements from 17 transplant cohorts in seven countries to develop a new race-free kidney recipient specific GFR equation and compared its performances with those of the three current main GFR equations.

Speakers:
- Marc Raynaud, PhD • Université de Paris Cité, INSERM, PARCC, Paris, France
- Alexandre Loupy, MD, PhD • Université de Paris Cité, INSERM, PARCC, Paris, France

Moderators:
- Roslyn Mannon, MD, FAST • University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- Mona Doshi, MBBS • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Sponsored by AST's Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice (KPCOP) and the AST Education Committee. All AST Journal Clubs are free but registration is required to attend live.

AST Journal Club on:
"Blocking CCL8-CCR8-Mediated Early Allograft Inflammation Improves Kidney Transplant Function"
Thursday, April 6th, 2023, from 2:00 PM ET to 3:00 PM ET • Hosted by AST's Community of Transplant Scientists (COTS)

Speaker:
- Xunrong Luo, MD, PhD, FAST • Duke University, Durham, NC

Moderator:
- Andrew Wells, PhD • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

All AST Journal Clubs, and featured AST/AJT Journal Clubs, are free but registration is required to attend live.

Nephrology – 2023
March 19-24, 2023 • LIVE-STREAM

This CME course will address pathophysiologic and clinical issues in the major areas of nephrology, including:

• Glomerular disease
• Acute renal failure
• Renal transplantation
• Immunosuppressive management
• Hypertension
• Pregnancy and renal disease
• COVID-19
• Acid-base and fluid and electrolyte disorders
• Potassium balance
• Renal imaging
• Bone mineral disorders
• Lupus nephritis
• Diuretic resistance
• Dialysis
• Renal stones
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Genetic renal diseases
• Cardiorenal and hepatorenal syndrome

Register by Feb. 10, 2023 for discounted pricing.

Continuous Allocation – Kidney and Pancreas
- Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST

Speakers:
- Darren Stewart, MS • Associate Director of Registry Studies, Center for Surgical & Transplant Applied Research (C-STAR), NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
- Hannah Byford, RN, BSN, MPA • Manager - Transplant Quality & Compliance, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI

Moderators:
- Martha Pavlakis, MD FAST, FASN • Medical Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
- Prince Mohan Anand, MD, FAST, FACP • Medical Director of Kidney Transplant, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

The AST Education Committee would like to thank the Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice (KPCOP) and Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice (TxAQM COP) for suggesting this topic as part of the 2022-2023 T3 webinar series. A related T3 webinar on "Continuous Allocation – Lung and Liver" (suggested by LICOP and TCC COP) will be held later on in the series.

The Immuno Bill is a Reality! Guidance for the New “Medicare Part B-ID"
- Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT

Speakers:
- Matthew Cooper, MD, FAST • Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
- Nancy Edgington, LCSW III, CCTSW • Lead Kidney Transplant Social Worker, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
- Jennifer McDermott, PharmD, BCTXP, BCPS • Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Solid Organ Transplant, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI

Moderator:
- Lisa Potter, PharmD, BCTXP, FCCP, FAST • Clinical Coordinator, Organ Transplant, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

This topic was suggested by the AST Education Committee for inclusion in the 2022-2023 T3 webinar series. The Committee would like to thank the leadership of AST's Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice (TxPharm COP) for their feedback on session speakers.