Location

Please check the individual session for location or broadcast availability.  

Frequency

Monthly

Series Director

Puneet S. Garcha, MD, MBA

Target Audience and Needs

Physicians, transplant surgeons, fellows, residents, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and social workers who care for transplant and ventricular assist device recipients need to receive regular updates on transplantation techniques, related therapies, and post-transplantation medical care.  The series will review such topics as cadaveric organ donation, transplantation ethics, and the cost of organ preservation.  The series also aims to improve the quality of care for transplant and ventricular assistant device recipients by identifying, evaluating, and adopting new processes of care.

Educational Methods

Educational methods will include lectures.

Objectives

At the conclusion of the sessions, the participants should be able to:

• Review trends in transplantation techniques and related therapies.
• Identify and evaluate new methods of transplantation care for organ and medical device recipients.
• Recognize areas of transplantation care that can be improved at the system level.

Evaluation

Participants may be asked to complete a session evaluation.

Accreditation/Credit Designation

Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Series Coordinator