ASN Kidney Week Care of Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients 2025

ASN Kidney Week Care of Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients 2025

Comprehensive Transplant Nephrology Course (Videos)

🎯 Product Description

Enhance your expertise in transplant nephrology with ASN Kidney Week – Care of Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients 2025, an advanced educational program developed by the American Society of Nephrology.

This full-day Early Program, held prior to Kidney Week 2025 in Houston, delivers a practical, case-based approach to managing kidney transplant patients across the entire continuum of care—from initial evaluation and waitlisting to long-term graft management.

Designed to bridge the gap between general nephrology and specialized transplant care, this course equips clinicians with real-world strategies to manage transplant patients effectively, even outside dedicated transplant centers.

🎥 Format: Video Lectures
📅 Event: ASN Kidney Week 2025 Early Program

👨‍⚕️ Target Audience

• Nephrologists
• Internal Medicine Physicians
• Transplant Physicians
• Renal Fellows & Trainees
• Clinicians managing transplant patients in community settings

📚 What You Will Learn

Streamline evaluation and listing of kidney transplant candidates
Improve coordination between transplant centers and community care
Optimize long-term immunosuppression management
Manage post-transplant complications and comorbidities
Enhance patient outcomes through continuity of care strategies

🧠 Full Course Topics (Included in This Course)

This course provides a comprehensive, workflow-focused approach to transplant care:

🏥 Pre-Transplant Evaluation & Listing

• Efficient transplant workup strategies
• Overcoming barriers to listing (BMI, cardiac clearance)
• Candidate selection and risk assessment

🔄 Transition of Care (“Warm Hand-Off”)

• Coordinating care between transplant centers and community nephrologists
• Preventing gaps in follow-up care
• Improving communication and patient continuity

💊 Immunosuppression Management

• Balancing rejection vs infection risk
• Long-term immunosuppressive therapy strategies
• Monitoring and adjusting treatment protocols

🧬 Post-Transplant Patient Management

• Living with a kidney allograft
• Long-term graft surveillance
• Monitoring renal function and complications

⚠️ Non-Immunologic Complications

• Post-transplant diabetes management
• Bone disease and metabolic complications
• Cardiovascular risk reduction strategies

🧑‍⚕️ Case-Based Clinical Practice

• Real-world transplant scenarios
• Practical decision-making workflows
• Integrated care approaches

💡 Key Features

✔️ Focus on full transplant care continuum
✔️ Case-based, real-world clinical approach
✔️ Designed for both specialists and general nephrologists
✔️ Practical strategies for everyday clinical practice
✔️ Expert-led sessions from Kidney Week