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March 15, 2012

In this podcast, Dr. Marian Michaels, Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC-University of Pittsburgh, discusses with Dr. Emily Blumberg, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, the nuances of Biovigilance and its impact on Organ Transplantation.

March 06, 2012

In this podcast, Dr. Michael Green from the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine discusses with Dr. Upton Allen, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Sick Children’s Hospital in Toronto, University of Toronto School of Medicine, current issues relating to the prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus infections in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients.

March 05, 2012

In this podcast, Dr. Michael Lucey from the University of Wisconsin is interviewed by Dr. Kevin Korenblat from Washington University about liver transplantation for alcohol related liver disease and recent data regarding liver liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis.

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March 05, 2012

In this podcast, Dr. Patricia Campbell, Director of the HLA Laboratory at the University of Edmonton, discusses with Dr. Elaine Reed, Director of the Immunogenetics Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, the applications of the virtual crossmatch to living and deceased solid organ transplantation, paired kidney exchange and desensitization. .

February 07, 2012

In this podcast, Dr. Millie Samaniego, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director for Kidney and Kidney Pancreas Transplantation at University of Michigan Health System discusses with Dr. Harini Chakkera, Assistant Professor and Consultant in the Divisions of Nephrology and Transplantation at Mayo Clinic Arizona a comprehensive overview of New Onset Diabetes Mellitus after Kidney Transplantation (NODAT) including potential areas of research to better understand the pathophysiology of NODAT.

December 30, 2011

In this podcast, Dr. Christin Rogers, Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator for Solid Organ Transplant at The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses with Dr. Nicole Pilch, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for Solid Organ Transplant at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) the improvements in pharmacy services made at MUSC that resulted in MUSC being awarded the 2010 Award for Excellence in Medication-Use Safety from the American Society of Health System Pharmacists Foundation.

December 08, 2011

In this podcast, Lisa Coscia, RN, BSN, Senior Research Coordinator at the National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry (NTPR), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, discusses with Cynthia Galbraith, RN, NP-C, MSN, CNS-Manager of Liver Transplant at the University of California, San Francisco, the importance of having a preparedness plan in place when disaster strikes during the transplant process.

February 02, 2011

In this podcast, Dr. Millie Samaniego, Chair of the Education Committee of the AST and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan, discusses with Dr. Shawn Pelletier, Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan, the evaluation, outcomes, and challenges of living donor liver transplantation.

January 10, 2011

In this podcast, Dr. Patricia Harren, Clinical Director for Pediatric Transplantation at New York Presbyterian Medical Center – Columbia University, discusses with Dr. Beverly Kosmach – Park, Clinical Specialist for Pediatric Liver and Intestinal Transplantation at the Pittsburgh Children's Hospital, the challenges and interventions for assessing and working with children who have developmental issues following Solid Organ Transplantation.

January 05, 2011

In this podcast, Dr. Josef Stehlik, Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Program at the University of Utah and Dr. Jeffrey Teuteberg, Assistant Director of the Heart Transplant Program at the University of Pittsburgh review the status of non-invasive methods to detect cardiac allograft rejection.

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