WEB150715 - Living Kidney donation A to Z: Understanding the Basics (ILDA series)

Description

Moderator: Arthur Matas, MD

 

Objectives

1. Understand the Living donor evaluation process
2. UNOS and CMS guidelines for evaluating the Living donor
3. Laparoscopic surgical approaches and recovery
4. Understand the short and long term surgical risks
5. Understand the short and long term medical risks
6. Understand Kidney Paired Donation and its impact on Living donors
7. Understand the Living donor follow-up process and regulatory requirements

Speaker(s):

• Matthew Cooper, MD, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute