Come and learn about the latest in tuberculosis and HIV! For TB: Learn the latest in screening for tuberculosis in donors, prevention strategies in transplant recipients and, how to diagnose and manage TB if suspected in your transplant recipient. In HIV: Learn the details on using HIV-positive donors and how to monitor and manage the recipients of HIV-positive recipients.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the considerations when using HIV positive donors
Learn best practice in avoiding tuberculosis and what to do when it is suspected in a transplant recipient
Faculty:
Steering clear of Tuberculosis and what to do if you suspect it in your recipient
Aruna Subramanian
Chief, Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Clinical Professor, Medicine - Infectious Diseases Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA, USA
Using HIV positive donors
Elmi Muller
Head Transplantation Service Groote Schuur Hospital Cape Town, South Africa
Dr Muller qualified in general surgery in 2004. Since this time she had been working in the field of transplantation and is the head of the transplantation service at Groote Schuur Hospital. Her research is in HIV positive transplantation: the “HIV positive to positive” transplant programme she started at in 2008 changed the life of many socioeconomically disadvantaged people. Currently, she is Past President of the South African Transplantation Society and President-Elect for The Transplantation Society (TTS).
Dr Muller has experience in both tertiary academic medicine as well as private practice and has been organizing projects both locally in South Africa as well as internationally. She had been a faculty member/advisor for several World Health Organization workshops and has significant experience in health management in the field of transplantation. She has collaborated with many international leaders and is currently involved in research collaboration projects at the University of Cape Town, Hopkins University (USA) and Lund University (Sweden).
Moderator:
Greg Calligaro
MB ChB, FCP (SA), Cert. Pulm (SA) UCT Private Academic Hospital Cape Town, South Africa
Schedule (90 min):
05 min
Welcome and introduction to the Masterclass by the Chairs
25 min
Presentation: Steering clear of Tuberculosis and what to do if you suspect it in your recipient, Aruna Subramanian, USA
05 min
Live Q&A with Aruna Subramanian, USA
25 min
Presentation: Using HIV positive donors, Elmi Muller, South Africa
05 min
Live Q&A with Elmi Muller, South Africa
20 min
Interactive panel discussion with audience participation led by the Chair