Thursday, January 13, 2011 - Business Practice Seminar

Achieving and Rewarding Excellence in the Transplant Team and Deciphering Health Care Reform

• Welcome & Introduction - David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA
• Overview of Compensation Systems for Physicians: Knowledge as Leverage - Alan N. Langnas, DO
• Innovative Approaches to Compensating and incentivizing the Transplant Professional: The Virtual RVU - Marwan S. Abouljoud, MD
• The Impact of Organizational Structure on Compensation: The Baylor Model - Goran B.G. Klintmalm, MD, PhD, FACS
• Panel Discussion - Marwan S. Abouljoud, MD, FACS; Goran B.G. Klintmalm, MD, PhD, FACS; Alan N. Langnas, DO; James J. Pomposelli, MD, PhD

Deciphering Health Care Reform: Legislation to Implementation

• Introduction - David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA
• Health Care Reform Law and its Impact on the Field of Transplantation: The Development of Regulation - Diane Millman, Esq. - Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville PC
• Panel Discussion - Michael M. Abecassis, MD, MBA; Amy L. Friedman, MD; Diane Millman, Esq.

Friday, January 14, 2011 - Pre-Symposium

Pay for Performance: An Update on National Quality Improvement Initiatives

• Welcome & Introduction - David J. Reich, MD, FACS
• The AMA Perspective - Bernard M. Rosof, MD, MACP
• The ACS Perspective - Frank G. Opelka, MD, FACS
• A Private Payer Perspective - David A. Stumpf, MD, PhD
• The CMS Perspective - Barry M. Straube, MD
• Panel Discussion - Bernard M. Rosof, MD, MACP, FACS; Frank G. Opelka, MD, FACS; David A. Stumpf, MD, PhD; Barry M. Straube, MD
• Incentive Payments through the Physician Quality Reporting Initiatives (PQRI) - Anil S. Paramesh, MD

Friday, January 14, 2011 - Winter Symposium

Plenary Session: Problems We Made

• Welcome - Dorry L. Segev, MD, PhD
• The Crossroads Defined - Richard B. Freeman, Jr., MD
• Goals at the Crossroads: UNOS, SRTR, CMS, OPO's, and Transplant Centers ) - Timothy L. Pruett, MD
• Introduction to The David Hume Lecture - Thomas G. Peters, MD
• Crossroads of the Past - The David Hume Lecture - J. Wesley Alexander, MD, ScD, FACS

The Evolving Donor

• Michigan & State: Living Donor: Where Have All The Donors Gone? - Elizabeth A. Pomfret, MD, PhD
• Route 66: Deceased Donors: Expanding the Pool or Lowering the Bar? - Jean C. Emond, MD

Keynote Presentation

• Dupont Circle: Healthcare Reform and Transplantation - Michael M. Abecassis, MD, MBA
• The Patient's Perspective - Mitchell L. Henry, MD
• The Surgeon's Perspective - Alan N. Langnas, DO
• Society's Perspective - John P. Roberts, MD
• The Program's Perspective - Goran B. Klintmalm, MD, PhD
• The Field's Perspective - David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA
• Discussion, Question & Answer - Discussion, Question & Answer

Career Development Seminar: Conducting Research as a Busy Clinician

• Jon S. Odorico, MD, FACS
• Kim M. Olthoff, MD
• Michael J. Englesbe, MD
• Kenneth D. Chavin, MD, PhD
• Panel Discussion with Question & Answer Session

Saturday, January 15, 2011 - Winter Symposium

Surgical Techniques Liver Case Presentations Panel

• Michael J. Englesbe, MD; (PANEL: John P. Roberts, MD; David C. Mulligan, MD; Charles M. Miller, MD)

Surgical Techniques Kidney/Pancreas Case Presentations Panel

• Kidney/Pancreas Cases - Marc L. Melcher, MD, PhD (PANEL: Richard B. Freeman, Jr., MD; Stuart M. Flechner, MD; Robert A. Montgomery, MD, DPhil)

Times They Are A Changing: The Evolving Candidate

• Ocean & Palm: The Aging Candidate - Robert M. Merion, MD
• The Khyber Pass: The Sensitized Candidate - Robert A. Montgomery, MD, DPhil
• Beverly & Wilshire: The Expensive Candidate - Marwan S. Abouljoud, MD, PhD

Oral Abstract Session I

• Live Kidney Donation over Age 70: National Donor and Recipient Outcomes - Jonathan C. Berger, MD, MHS
• Recipient Age at Transplant: Impact on Graft Survival of Highest Quality Deceased-Donor Renal Allografts - Matthew H. Levine, MD, PhD
• Frailty Among Candidates for Liver Transplantation: A Independent Domain Associated with Decreased Survival and Quality of Life - Allison N. Roberts
• Risk of Window Period HIV and HCV Infection in CDC High Risk Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - Lauren Kucirka, ScM
• A Pretransplant Model for Predicting Early Adverse Renal Allograft Outcome - Yuriy Y. Yushkov, PhD, MBA
• Acute Liver Failure, Early Death and Long-term Mortality in 3800 Living Liver Donors - Abimereki D. Muzaale, MD, MPH
• Extended and Standard Criteria Kidneys with Similar KDRI Scores Have Similar Outcomes - Kenneth J. Woodside, MD

Sunday, January 16, 2011 - Winter Symposium

Oral Abstract Session II

• Predictors of Rejection after Lung Transplantation - David P. Mason, MD
• National Economic Outlook and Living Donor Transplant Rates - Raymond J. Lynch, MD, MS
• The Decline in Live Kidney Donor Transplantation in the United States: A Multivariate Analysis - Abimereki D. Muzaale, MD, MPH
• Excellent Outcomes of Machine Preservation of Extended Criteria Liver Allografts: Interim Results - James V. Guarrera, MD
• The Aggressive Phenotype: Center-Level Patterns in the Utilization of Sub-Optimal Grafts - Jacqueline M. Garonzik Wang, MD
• Reduction of Liver Fibrosis by Targeted Delivery of Smoothened Receptor Blocker GDC-0449 to Hepatic Stellate Cells in Rats - Akshay Pratap, MD
• Decreased Late Graft Survival in Pediatric Recipients of DCD Kidneys - Kyle J. Van Arendonk, MD

Debate Session : 1600 Pennsylvania Ave: The Health Care Reform Law is Good for Transplant

• Pro; Con; Pro Rebuttal; Con Rebuttal - Lynt B. Johnson, MD and Amy L. Friedman, MD

Soap Box Session - Times Square: Expanding the Donor Pool: My Soap Box

• My Soap Box and Summary of Presentations w/ ARS Question - My Soap Box and Summary of Presentations w/ ARS Question