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Join us for an engaging conversation on the latest advances in kidney transplantation. Open to dialysis and transplant professionals, this event will explore emerging innovations, proven strategies to improve access to transplantation, and opportunities to strengthen collaboration across the continuum of kidney care.

• Groundbreaking Research Presentations – Explore the latest advances in kidney transplantation.
• Transplant Referral Best Practices – Improve access and outcomes through proven strategies.
• CEU’s Available – Continuing education credits offered for eligible attendees,
• Continental Breakfast and Lunch Included with registration

This event is open to Dialysis and transplant professionals, including but not limited to:

• Social Workers
• Nurses
• Dialysis Techs
• Dietitians
• Nephrologists

Click here to register for free today.

Date:
September 16, 2026
8:30 am – 4 pm

Location:
UIC Student Center West
828 S Wolcott Ave Ste 242, Chicago, IL 60612

Symposium Topics

• Is My Dialysis Patient a Candidate for Kidney Transplant?; Deepak Mital, Professor of Clinical Surgery
• Impact of Kidney Transplant and Donor Age on Recipient Biological Age; Lorenzo Gallon, MD Professor of Medicine and Surgery Chief
• AI and Transplant; Jorge A. Almario Alvarez, FACS Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
• The Complex Transplant Patient; Stephen T. Bartlett MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery UI Health
• Cancer Screening in Kidney Transplant Recipient and Living Kidney Donor Candidates, Lor Lawson, Pre-Transplant and Living Donor Coordinator 
• Assessing Psychosocial Candidacy for Renal Transplant: Accounting for Healthcare Disparities; Sara Miller, Out-Patient Transplant Social Worker; Jaclyn Bauer, Assistant Director of Medical Social Services
• Options to Address BMI Through Lifestyle Modifications, TRANSFORM Clinic, and Bariatric Surgery; Catalina LaVerne, Transplant Dietitian Clinical Nutrition Department; Jamie Benken, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy and Surgery; Myriam Davis, Bariatric Surgery Coordinator
• Post Transplant care and the Role of the Referring Nephrologist, Sajid Ansari, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine