Kidney Week

Basic/Clinical Science Session

Selecting Kidney Donors: Challenges in Evaluating the Appropriate Candidate

November 02, 2023 | 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Location: Room 115, Pennsylvania Convention Center

Session Description

This session reviews current evidence about selecting appropriate kidney donors and addresses the challenges associated with the decision to proceed or not proceed with kidney donation in patients with metabolic syndrome/obesity or with a family history of genetic kidney diseases.

Learning Objective(s)

• Discuss how to proceed with kidney donation in patients with metabolic syndrome/obesity
• Describe how to proceed with kidney donation in patients with family history of kidney diseases
• Outline long-term follow-up of kidney donors
• Summarize current data on pre- and postdonation GFR

Learning Pathway(s)

• Kidney Transplantation

Moderators

• Sookhyeon Park, MD, MS
• Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD, FASN

Presentations

• Living Kidney Donors with Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: OK to Donate vs. When to Lose Weight
  02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
  
  • Sunita K. Singh, MD, MS, MSc
  Sunita K. Singh, MD, MS, MSc

Living Kidney Donors with Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: OK to Donate vs. When to Lose Weight

November 02, 2023 | 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM

Click an icon below to load this item into your calendar. Please note that times are exported as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Time zone help.

• Prospective Kidney Donor with a Family History of Kidney Disease: When to Use Genetic Testing
  02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
  
  • Nicolae Leca, MD, FASN
  Nicolae Leca, MD, FASN

Prospective Kidney Donor with a Family History of Kidney Disease: When to Use Genetic Testing

November 02, 2023 | 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM

Click an icon below to load this item into your calendar. Please note that times are exported as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Time zone help.

• Living Kidney Donation Does Not End with the Transplant: Implementation of Long-Term Follow-Up
  03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
  
  • Aneesha A. Shetty, MD, MPH
  Aneesha A. Shetty, MD, MPH

Living Kidney Donation Does Not End with the Transplant: Implementation of Long-Term Follow-Up

November 02, 2023 | 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Click an icon below to load this item into your calendar. Please note that times are exported as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Time zone help.

• Pre- and Postdonation GFR
  03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
  
  • Emilio D. Poggio, MD, FASN
  Emilio D. Poggio, MD, FASN

Pre- and Postdonation GFR

November 02, 2023 | 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM

Click an icon below to load this item into your calendar. Please note that times are exported as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Time zone help.