Please see below re: available medical student/resident travel grants to attend the American Transplant Congress (up to $1000) June 1-5 in Philadelphia, PA. The deadline is March 11th. The application can be submitted here. “The American Transplant Congress (ATC) is the…
2 travel grant opportunities are available through the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Trainee & Young Faculty Community of Practice (TYF COP) to attend the 2023 American Transplant Congress June 3 – 7 in San Diego, CA: Until 3/31, the AST trainee…
The American Transplant Congress (ATC) is the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and will be held June 4 – 8, 2022 in Boston, MA. The AST Trainee and…
The Midwest Transplant Symposium will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO from October 11 – 13, 2019 and provide an annual review and update on kidney transplantation with workshops in ultrasound, pathology, and human leukocyte…
“You’ll come to learn a great deal if you study the insignificant in depth” ― Odysseus Elytis In kidney transplant recipients, serum creatinine (SCr) remains the mainstay of allograft function assessment. Biopsy is the gold standard to diagnose…
Midodrine [1-(2′,5′- dimethoxy phenyl-1)-2- glycinado-ethanol (1)- hydrochloride] is a prodrug with rapid and near complete bioavailability after oral administration resulting in peak plasma levels 40 minutes after oral consumption. Midodrine is then converted by enzymatic cleavage in the…
Hyperkalemia is a common complication after organ transplantation, that resultins from several factors, including medications. Although the exact mechanism is unclear, calcineurin inhibitors (CNI), such as tacrolimus and cyclosporin, have been hypothesized to cause hyperkalemia through inhibitory effects…
A 50 year-old presented with a 3 day history of malaise and fatigue 2 months after receiving a deceased donor kidney transplant with T-cell depleting induction therapy. Discharge medications after transplantation included tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, prednisone, and valganciclovir…
