Building a liver transplant program: can living donation drive deceased donation?
Building a liver transplant program: can living donation drive deceased donation?
Building a liver transplant program: can living donation drive deceased donation?

Building a living donor liver transplant program in Africa - Can it drive deceased donation?
Building a living donor liver transplant program in Africa - Can it drive deceased donation?
Building a living donor liver transplant program in Africa - Can it drive deceased donation?

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Live Session:

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 7:00 PM (Local time in Johannesburg)
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 5:00 PM (Corresponding local time at your current location)

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Description:

Learn what it takes to develop and grow a liver transplant program. The interplay between living and deceased donation is highlighted in this masterclass that will teach you about the leadership and components of building an economically viable liver transplant program with two models highlighted from the United States and Egypt.

Learning Objectives:

Gain knowledge of practicalities of growing and diversifying a liver transplant program
Learn about the synergy between living donation and deceased liver donation

Faculty:

Growing a liver transplant program in the USA - Lessons learned

Nancy Ascher

Organ Transplant Surgeon
Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery
Isis Distinguished Professor in Transplantation
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, USA

Dr. Nancy Ascher has devoted her career to organ transplantation and transplant research. She has served on the Presidential Task Force on Organ Transplantation, Surgeon General's Task Force on Increasing Donor Organs and Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation.

Ascher is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she earned her medical degree. She completed a general surgery residency and clinical transplant fellowship at the University of Minnesota, where she later joined the faculty and became clinical director of the liver transplant program.

Ascher is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is a member of numerous other medical societies, including the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, in which she has served as president.

Building a liver transplant program in Africa - Lessons learned

Refaat Kamel

Chair of Surgical Departments
Head of Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgery Department
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt

Dr. Refaat Kamel MBBCh, F.R.C.S, F.I.C.S., M.D., Hon EBT is the President of the Middle East Society of Organ Transplantation (M.E.S.O.T.) and Council Member of LDLT Study Group. Dr. Kamel is the Chair of Surgical Departments and Head of Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgery Department at Ain Shams University.

His clinical positions include: Director of the National Liver Transplant program; Chief liver transplant surgeon in three leading liver transplant programs in Egypt since 2001 with an overall experience of more than 1000 cases of Living Donor Liver Transplants; Chairman of Refaat Kamel hospital for hepatobiliary and liver transplantation Surgery; Honorary fellow of the European Board of Transplantation; Secretary-general of the Egyptian Section of the International College of Surgeons;

Schedule (90 min):

05 min

Welcome and introduction by the Chair
25 min

Presentation: Growing a liver transplant program in the USA - Lessons learned, Nancy Ascher, USA
05 min

Live Q&A with Nancy Ascher, USA
25 min

Presentation: Building a liver transplant program in Africa - Lessons learned, Refaat Kamel, Egypt
05 min

Live Q&A with Refaat Kamel, Egypt
20 min

Interactive panel discussion with audience participation led by the Chair
05 min

Masterclass closing remarks

Building a liver transplant program: can living donation drive deceased donation?

Building a liver transplant program: can living donation drive deceased donation?

Building a liver transplant program: can living donation drive deceased donation?

Building a living donor liver transplant program in Africa - Can it drive deceased donation?

Building a living donor liver transplant program in Africa - Can it drive deceased donation?

Building a living donor liver transplant program in Africa - Can it drive deceased donation?

Live Session:

Join us:

Description:

Learning Objectives:

Faculty:

Growing a liver transplant program in the USA - Lessons learned

Building a liver transplant program in Africa - Lessons learned

Schedule (90 min):

05 min

25 min

05 min

25 min

05 min

20 min

05 min

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