Special Session
Transformation Underway: Taking Stock of Transplant System Changes, Including the Christopher R. Blagg, MD, Endowed Lectureship in Kidney Diseases and Public Policy
October 24, 2026 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Room 401, Convention Center
Session Description
We continue to live through a period of historic change in kidney transplant care. This session examines some of the most significant developments in transplant policy over the past year; assesses the extent to which they affect patient access, quality of care, and health professionals' practice; and outlines future areas for improvement in the transplant system.
Note: Continuing education credits are not being offered for this session.
ASN gratefully acknowledges the Northwest Kidney Centers and its contributors for support of the Blagg Lectureship.
ASN thanks the ASN Transplant Policy Committee for assistance with this session.
Learning Objective(s)
- Articulate how changes piloted in Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) may, or may not, hold promise for the broader transplant system
- Describe progress in addressing allocation out of sequence and kidney discards, and the implications for patients
- Explain how major changes to and scrutiny of the organ procurement system are changing the system and affecting communities
- Summarize the US Congress's perspective on transplant system reforms they have legislated and on changes they have funded
Learning Pathway(s)
- Kidney Transplantation
Moderators
Presentations
- IOTA: What Have We Learned in Its First Full Year?
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
- Allocation Out of Sequence and Kidney Discards: Are We Making Progress?
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- A Year of Organ Procurement Upheaval: Where Are We Now?
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
- Transplant System Reform: A Congressional Perspective: The Christopher R. Blagg, MD, Endowed Lectureship in Kidney Diseases and Public Policy
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM