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Expanding the donor pool: When to approve HCV + living liver and kidney donor candidates?

Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 14:00 to 15:00

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

  1. Be knowledgeable of background data regarding hepatitis C (HCV) in solid organ transplant
  2. Describe relevant considerations in the assessment of potential living donors with active or prior HCV infection which may impact donor and recipient outcomes
  3. Appreciate a framework for the screening and evaluation of such donors
  4. Describe waitlist management and ethical considerations

Speakers:

  • Cameron Wolfe, MD, MBBS(Hons), MPH, FIDSA • Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
  • Whitney Jackson, MD • Assistant Professor, Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Colorado Medicine, Aurora, CO
  • Roy Bloom, MD • Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Moderator:

  • AnnMarie Liapakis, MD • Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director Living Donor Liver Transplant, Yale New Haven Transplantation Center, New Haven, CT
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AST would like to thank the Live Donor Community of Practice (LDCOP) and the Liver and Intestinal Community of Practice (LICOP) for recommending this topic for the 2020-2021 T3 series. Learn more about AST's COPs at www.myast.org/cops.

Series: 
Timely Topics in Transplantation Webinar Series
Education Category: 
Infectious disease
Kidney
Live donor
Liver
Series category: 
T3: Timely Topics in Transplantion

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