Achieving Equity in Solid Organ Living Donor Transplantation Through Donor Protections and Financial Neutrality
Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT

After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:

1. Describe the financial implications of being a solid organ living donor today.
2. Discuss the recognized disparities in solid organ living donation.
3. Educate the transplant community on "Bills on the Hill", including existing donor protections, current initiatives, and areas of future need. (e.g. Living Donor Protections Act).
4. Share available stakeholder resources (e.g. AST Living Donor Financial Toolkit, NLDAC, AST Circle of Excellence, Donor Shield, state laws, etc.) and discuss strategies to achieve financial neutrality in solid organ living donation.

Speakers:

• Syed Husain, MD, MPH • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
• Amit Mathur, MD, FACS • Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ

Moderators:

• Andrea Tietjen, MBA, CPA • Assistant Vice President of Transplant Administrative Services, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
• Krista Lentine, MD, PhD, FAST • Professor of Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO

The AST Education Committee would like to thank the Living Donor Community of Practice (LDCOP) and Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice (TxAQM COP) for suggesting this topic as part of the 2023-2024 T3 webinar series. Learn more about AST's COPs at www.myast.org/cops .

Join us for an AST Journal Club on:
"Inequities in organ and tissue donation and transplantation for sexual orientation and gender identity diverse people: A scoping review" (Am J Transplant. 2023 Jun;23(6):707-726. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.03.016. Epub 2023 Mar 29.)

In this article:
Sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI)-diverse populations experience discrimination in organ and tissue donation and transplantation (OTDT) systems globally. [The authors] assembled a multidisciplinary group of clinical experts as well as SOGI-diverse patient and public partners and conducted a scoping review including citations on the experiences of SOGI-diverse persons in OTDT systems globally to identify and explore the inequities that exist with regards to living and deceased OTDT... [The authors] identified numerous harms and inequities for SOGI-diverse populations in OTDT systems..., summarized recommendations for the promotion of equity for SOGI-diverse populations and identified gaps that can serve as targets for action moving forward.

Speakers:
- Murdoch Leeies, MD, MSc, FRCPC • University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Carmen Hrymak, MD, FRCPC • University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Moderators:
- Goni Katz-Greenberg, MD, MSc • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
- Alexandra Shingina, MD, MSc • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Sponsored by AST's Women's Health Community of Practice (WHCOP) and Psychosocial and Ethics Community of Practice (PSECOP). This AST Journal Club is a featured "AST/AJT Journal Club" session. To learn more about the American Journal of Transplantation (AJT), visit www.amjtransplant.org. All AST Journal Clubs are free but registration is required to attend live.

Speaker:

• Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, FAST • Professor, Department of Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY

Moderators:

• Laura Stillion, MHA, FACHE • Administrator, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
• Linda Ohler, MSN, RN, CCTC, FAAN, FAST • Editor Emeritus, Progress in Transplantation, Washington, D.C.

This webinar was originally proposed by TxAQM COP and TCC COP as part of a series of COP-led webinars focused on A.I. and transplantation. Stay tuned for more information on upcoming COP-led educational offerings covering specific organs and specialties.

"Introduction to the Kidney Care Choices Model"
- Thursday, March 242022 - 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST

Presenters:
- Darla Granger, MD, MBA; Section Chief, Transplantation, Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI
- Tom Duvall, MBA; Division Director, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Moderator:
- Rachel Patzer, PhD, MPH; Director, Health Services Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Objectives - After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:

1. Describe the goals and policy mechanisms of the Kidney Care Choices Model
2. Understand how the model is trying to improve the transplant process
3. Understand how to participate in the model

AST would like to thank the KPCOP and TxAQM COP for their support of this webinar.