10th Annual Transplant Quality Institute Agenda

Sessions and speakers are subject to change. 

Agenda is listed in Central Standard Time.

Registration7:15 AM - 8:00 AM 
SRTR Breakfast7:15 AM - 8:00 AM 
Welcome, Faculty Introductions, Course Overview8:00 AM - 8:15 AM 
Opening Address: Overview of SRTR and Current trends in our nation’s transplant system8:15 AM - 9:00 AM 
My Patients Are Riskier! Understanding How SRTR Evaluations Do (Or Don’t) Account For Risk9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 
Coffee Break10:00 AM - 10:15 AM 
Understanding MPSC Review Criteria10:15 AM - 10:45 AM 
Deep Dive 1: Pretransplant Mortality and Resources10:45 AM - 11:30 AM 
Lunch11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 
Deep Dive 2: Offer Acceptance Metrics and Resources12:30 PM - 1:15 PM 
Deep Dive 3: Posttransplant Outcomes Metrics and Resources1:15 PM - 2:00 PM 
Coffee Break2:00 PM - 2:15 PM 
Deep Dive 4: Transplant Rate and Overall Survival From Listing 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM 
CUSUMs: What Are These Charts Telling Me?2:45 PM - 3:30 PM 
Coffee Break3:30 PM - 3:45 PM 
SRTR Tiers: What, Why, and How3:45 PM - 4:30 PM 
Closing Address: OPO vs Transplant Center metrics: What Tension?4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
Closing Remarks5:00 PM 
Registration8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 
Breakfast with Exhibitors8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 
Welcome and Opening Remarks9:00 AM - 9:30 AMMarian O Rourke, Jackson Health System
Unpaid for Performance: A Looming Financial Crisis in Transplantation9:30 AM - 10:00 AMLuke Preczewski, Miami Transplant Institute (MTI)
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Update10:00 AM - 10:30 AMJon Snyder, PhD, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Coffee Break10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Update11:00 AM - 11:30 AMDianne LaPointe Rudow, ANP-BC, DNP, FAAN, Mount Sinai Hospital
Panel Discussion11:30 AM - 11:45 AM 
Networking Lunch11:45 AM - 12:45 PM 
Leading Metrics Beyond Survival: Abdominal12:45 PM - 1:15 PMKendra Conzen, MD, FACS, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Leading Metrics Beyond Survival: Thoracic1:15 PM - 1:45 PMDavid Erasmus, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Panel Discussion - All Solid Organs1:45 PM - 2:00 PMKendra Conzen, MD, FACS, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
David Erasmus, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Abstract Presentations from the Community2:00 PM - 3:20 PM 
Coffee Break3:20 PM - 3:40 PM 
EPIC Breakout3:40 PM - 5:00 PMMeghan Muldoon Schaub, MPH, CPHQ, Emory University Hospital
CERNER/OTTR Breakout3:40 PM - 5:00 PMMarian O Rourke, Jackson Health System
Chelsea Sooy, BSN, RN, CCTC, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute
10th Anniversary Welcome Reception with Poster Presentations5:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Breakfast with Exhibitors7:00 AM - 8:00 AM 
Overview of MPSC Performance Metrics8:00 AM - 8:30 AMJon Snyder, PhD, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
MPSC Insights Into Program Performance8:30 AM - 9:00 AMClifford Miles, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Individual Member Focused Improvement: One Programs Experience With Leveraging New OPTN Resource9:00 AM - 9:30 AMPatricia Jones, University Health Transplant Institute
Rebecca Weisberg, University Hospital - University Transplant Institute
Panel Discussion9:30 AM - 10:00 AM 
Coffee Break10:00 AM - 10:30 AM 
Abstract Presentations from the Community10:30 AM - 12:30 PM 
Networking Lunch12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 
Lunch and Learn: How to Write an Abstract12:30 PM - 1:30 PMGwen McNatt, APRN, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN, University of Iowa Health Care
Jennie Perryman
Abstract Presentations from the Community1:30 PM - 3:10 PM 
Coffee Break3:10 PM - 3:25 PM 
Abstract Presentations from the Community3:25 PM - 5:05 PM 
Breakfast with Exhibitors7:00 AM - 8:00 AM 
Registration7:00 AM - 8:00 AM 
Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Modernization8:00 AM - 8:45 AMSuma Nair, PhD, MS, RD, Health Resources and Services Administration
Referral & Evaluation Metrics - The Why, Who, What, & When8:45 AM - 9:25 AMJesse Schold, University of Colorado Transplant
Coffee Break9:25 AM - 9:55 AM 
Abstract Presentations from the Community9:55 AM - 11:15 AM 
OPTN Expeditious Task Force: Dynamic Initiatives to Impact Organ Utilization and Placement Efficiencies11:15 AM - 12:00 PMDavid Marshman, LifeLink Foundation
Lunch12:00 PM - 12:30 PM 
Abstract Presentations from the Community12:30 PM - 1:10 PM 
Closing Keynote: Rowing In The Same Direction: 'The Boys and Girls' In the Boat1:10 PM - 1:55 PMRyutaro Hirose, MD, UW Medicine
Closing Remarks1:55 PM - 2:00 PMMarian O Rourke, Jackson Health System