Transplant Surgery - Grand Rounds
Below is the list of presenters, their talk topics and the learning objectives. To schedule a Grand Rounds talk, please complete the Grand Rounds request form.
Jonathan Scott Bromberg, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Liver Transplantation
- Advances in Kidney Transplantation
- Pancreas and Islet Transplantation
- Transplantation Immunosuppression
Erika Feller, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Heart Transplantation
- Mechanical Circulatory Support: Past, Present and Future
- Treatment Strategies for End-stage Heart Failure
- LVADs (Left Ventricular Assist Devices) for End-stage Cardiomyopathy
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
- Learn the rationale for living liver donation
- Understand the surgical approach for living donor hepatectomy
- Appreciate potential donor and recipient complications
Beyond Mere Liver Transplantation
- Convey modern alternative to emergent deceased donor liver transplantation
- Discuss present strategies aiming towards clinical liver xenotransplantation
- Demonstrate techniques for liver generation in the laboratory
State of the Art: What's New in Liver Transplantation and Management of the Hepatic Failure?
- Convey modern alternatives to emergent deceased donor liver transplantation
- Discuss present strategies aiming towards clinical liver xenotransplantation
- Demonstrate techniques for liver generation in the laboratory
Silke Niederhaus, MD | Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Surgeon
Recipient- Pediatric Kidney Transplant
Successful Use of Pediatric Kidney Transplanted Into Adult Recipients
- To define what a pediatric donor kidney is and why it is different from an adult donor
- To delineate when to use a pediatric donor kidney as a single organ vs 'en block'
- To discuss complications specific to pediatric donor kidneys
Overview of Pancreas Transplantation
- To discuss indications for a pancreas transplant
- To discuss the history of pancreas transplantation
- To discuss the nature of the operation and its complications