George P. Noon Conference - Research & Transplantation - LIVESTREAM (VIRTUAL ONLY)

November 10, 2022

LIVESTREAM (virtual) attendance

 

FEES

REGISTRATION TYPE

FEE

Physician (Private physician located within the Greater Houston Area)

$170

All Others

Complimentary

* 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.

 

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to: 

  • 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
Available credit: 
  • 4.75 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 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 4.75 Attendance
  • 5.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 5.00 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

  • 5.00 Social Work
    The program has been approved for 5.00 CE contact hours for Social Workers through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
  • 5.00 Transplant Coordinators
    The American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) has assigned the following Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs) to the following Houston Methodist Transplant Center educational program: George P. Noon Conference - Research & Transplantation - LIVESTREAM (VIRTUAL ONLY) | Tue, 10/04/2022 - 8:00am | 5.00 Category 1 CEPTCs
Course opens: 
10/04/2022
Course expires: 
12/10/2022
Event starts: 
11/10/2022 - 8:00am CST
Event ends: 
11/10/2022 - 2:30pm CST
Cost:
$170.00
TimePresentationSpeaker
8:00 AMWelcomeR. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS(Ed)
8:15 AMIntroductionXian Li, MD, PhD
Plenary Session I: New Frontiers in Transplant Research
Moderators: Dr. R. Mark Ghobrial and Dr. Stefan Tullius
8:30 AMBioengineering Targeted Cellular Therapy for Transplantation ToleranceXunrong Luo, MD, PhD
8:55 AMModeling Environmental Stress to Reveal Mechanisms of Chronic Lung Transplant RejectionAndrew Gelman, PhD
9:20 AMNew Approaches in Tolerance IntroductionMatthew Levine, MD
9:45 AMQuestion and Answer Session
10:15 AMBreak and Exhibits
Plenary Session II: New Perspectives in the Management of Transplant Tolerance
Moderators: Dr. Andrew Gelman and Dr. Matthew Levine
10:30 AMEvaluation of Antigen-Specific Effector CD8+ T Cells in TransplantationScott M. Krummey, MD, PhD
10:55 AMThe Chromatin Remodeling in Graft RejectionXian Li, MD, PhD
11:20 AMQuestion and Answer Session
11:40 AMLunch and Exhibits
Plenary Session III: Emerging Areas of Impact in Transplantation
Moderators: Dr. Xunrong Luo and Dr. Scott Krummey
12:40 PMImmunosenescence: Adapting Immunosuppression to Patient Age Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD
1:05 PMA Single Cell Approach to Dissecting Transplant RejectionWenhao Chen, MD
1:30 PMTissue Engineering in TransplantationJoan Nichols, PhD
1:55 PMQuestion and Answer Session
2:25 PMClosing RemarksMark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS(Ed)
2:30 PMAdjourn
LIVESTREAM (Virtual)

 

 

COURSE DIRECTOR
 
R. Mark  Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed)
J.C. Walter Jr. Presidential Distinguished Chair
Director, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Director, Transplantation Research
Chief, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston Methodist
 
MODERATOR (S)
 
GUEST FACULTY
 
Andrew Gelman, PhD
Maritz Professor of Immunology & Oncology
Department of Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
 
Scott M. Krummey, MD, PhD
Associate Director of the Immunogenetics Laboratory
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Atlanta, GA
 
Matthew Levine, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Penn Transplant Institute
Department of Surgery
Institute for Immunology
Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Surgical Director Transplantation Services
 
Xunrong Luo, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Immunology
Professor of Pathology
Professor in Surgery,
Department of Medicine,
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC
 
Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Transplant Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
 
HOUSTON METHODIST FACULTY
 
Wenhao Chen, PhD
Associate Professor of Transplant Immunology in Surgery, Academic Institute
Associate Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
 
Xian Chang Li, MD, PhD
Max and Lillie Frosch Centennial Chair in Transplant Research, Immunobiology & Transplant Science Center
Professor of Transplant Immunology in Surgery, Academic Institute
Full Member, Research Institute
Director, Immunobiology & Transplant Science Center
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
 
Joan E. Nichols, MA,  PhD
Dr. and Mrs. Alan L. Kaplan Centennial Professor in
Cellular Therapeutics and Organ Bioengineering, Department of Surgery
Professor of Immunology in Surgery, Academic Institute
Full Member, Research Institute
Immunobiology & Transplant Science Center
J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Houston Methodist

Available Credit

  • 4.75 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 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 4.75 Attendance
  • 5.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 5.00 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

  • 5.00 Social Work
    The program has been approved for 5.00 CE contact hours for Social Workers through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
  • 5.00 Transplant Coordinators
    The American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) has assigned the following Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs) to the following Houston Methodist Transplant Center educational program: George P. Noon Conference - Research & Transplantation - LIVESTREAM (VIRTUAL ONLY) | Tue, 10/04/2022 - 8:00am | 5.00 Category 1 CEPTCs

 

Price

Cost:
$170.00
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FEES

REGISTRATION TYPE

FEE

Physician (Private physician located within the Greater Houston Area)

$170

All Others

Complimentary