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G.P.N. - Research & Transplantation Symposium - 2026
In-Person and Virtual attendance options available
FEES
IN-PERSON | FEE |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area)* | $125 |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area) (NO CME Option)** | Complimentary (Click here to register) |
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area) | Complimentary |
Physician (HM Physicians, including MPAQ and ACO PCPs) | Complimentary |
Allied Health Care Professionals (HM and external) | Complimentary |
Residents / Fellows / Students | Complimentary |
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VIRTUAL | FEE |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area)* | $125 |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area) (NO CME Option)** | Complimentary (Click here to register) |
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area) | $50 |
Physician (HM Physicians, including MPAQ and ACO PCPs) | $50 |
Allied Health Care Professionals (HM and external) | $20 |
Residents / Fellows / Students | $20 |
* In compliance with HM’s policy on Physician Non-Monetary Compensation regarding “Stark Law,” private physicians who reside and/or practice medicine within the Greater Houston Area are required to pay the full Fair Market Value registration fee.
**Private physicians located within the Greater Houston Area may attend this activity in-person or virtually for no fee, but will not receive CME credit.
**Presenters, topics, program schedule, and credit is subject to change**
Target Audience
The George P. Noon Conference Series is designed for nephrologists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, hepatologists, pulmonologists, pathologists, internists, oncologists, physicians treating patients with organ failure, nurses, family practitioners, social workers and allied health professionals with an interest in organ failure transplant management.
Learning Objectives
- Identify new frontiers in transplant research in areas of bioengineering, targeted Cellular Therapies, and transplant Tolerance
- Interpret mechanisms of chronic acute rejection in lung transplant by modeling environmental stress
- Evaluate chromatin remodeling and Antigen-Specific Effector CD8+ T Cells in Transplantation
- Classify a single-cell approach to Dissecting Transplant Rejection
Course summary
- 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.50 Attendance
H O U S T O N M E T H O D I S T J . C . W A L T E R J R C O N F E R E N C E S E R I E S | ||
2026 GEORGE P. NOON CONFERENCE | ||
TIME | PRESENTATION | SPEAKER(S) |
8:00 AM | Leadership Welcome | R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed) |
8:10 AM | Conference Welcome | Xian C. Li, MD, PhD |
State of the Art Presentation | ||
8:20 AM | EIC Perspective on Impactful Transplant Research | Stefan Tullius, MD, PhD |
Innovations in transplant immunology | ||
8:50 AM | Interrogating Graft Infiltrating B Cells in Late Graft Rejection | Emmanuel Zorn, PhD |
9:10 AM | High Definition Multi-Omics Profiling of Graft Rejection | Brendan Keating, PhD |
9:30 AM | Epigenetic Control of T cell Stemness in Transplant Rejection | Wenhao Chen, PhD |
9:50 AM | Innate Immune Memory in Transplantation | Xian C. Li, MD, PhD |
10:10 AM | Q&A and Discussion | |
10:20 AM | Break | |
New theraeutic approaches for tolerance | ||
10:30 AM | Computational Immunology - Mainstream Approach or Road Less Traveled? | Andrew Wells, PhD |
10:50 AM | NMO and Revolution of Liver Transplant | Ashton Connor, MD, PhD |
11:10 AM | New Approaches to Desensitize Transplant Patients | Paul Schroder, MD, PhD |
11:30 AM | Emerging CAR T-Cell Approaches for Immune Diseases | Bin He, PhD |
11:50 AM | Q&A and Discussion | |
12:00 PM | Lunch | |
LIVE (in-person attendance) will be held in the Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Avenue, Houston, Texas 77030).
LIVESTREAM information will be provided to registered learners.
Available Credit
- 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.50 Attendance
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Price
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REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
- STEP 1 - Choose the activity format you would like to attend (LIVE or LIVESTREAM) by selecting the checkbox next to the activity and clicking the "Enroll" button.
- STEP 2 - Once enrolled, click the link of the activity format for which you enrolled (the Status should say "In progress") and then click the "Take Course" button to begin the activity.
FEES
IN-PERSON | FEE |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area)* | $125 |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area) (NO CME Option)** | Complimentary (Click here to register) |
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area) | Complimentary |
Physician (HM Physicians, including MPAQ and ACO PCPs) | Complimentary |
Allied Health Care Professionals (HM and external) | Complimentary |
Residents / Fellows / Students | Complimentary |
|
|
VIRTUAL | FEE |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area)* | $125 |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area) (NO CME Option)** | Complimentary (Click here to register) |
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area) | $50 |
Physician (HM Physicians, including MPAQ and ACO PCPs) | $50 |
Allied Health Care Professionals (HM and external) | $20 |
Residents / Fellows / Students | $20 |
* In compliance with HM’s policy on Physician Non-Monetary Compensation regarding “Stark Law,” private physicians who reside and/or practice medicine within the Greater Houston Area are required to pay the full Fair Market Value registration fee.
**Private physicians located within the Greater Houston Area may attend this activity in-person or virtually for no fee, but will not receive CME credit.
**Presenters, topics, program schedule, and credit is subject to change**