Novick Award winner 2018 - Katherine J. Cockerill, MD

Schedule of Events | May 21, 2018 from 7:00-11:45 AM
Room 2001/2003 Moscone Center West

Authors will give 7 minute presentations, followed by 2 minutes of Q&A. Based on a combination of scientific merit and effectiveness of presentation, one presenter will be awarded the 2018 Andrew Novick Award.

7:00   Breakfast served

7:30   Welcome Remarks
Anil Kapoor, MD, USTRS President

7:30 - 8:30   Update on Surgical Techniques in Transplantation and Renal Surgery
Moderator: Evan Vapnek, MD, Genesis Healthcare, San Diego, CA

James R. Porter, MD, Swedish Urological Group, Seattle, WA: Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Techniques, Including Insufflation Management Systems.
Anil Kapoor, MD, Hamilton, ONT., Canada: Hemostatic Techniques in Robotic and Laparoscopic Renal Surgery.
Alp Sener, MD, PhD, London, ONT., Canada: New Innovations in Transplant Surgery, Including Wound Care and Renal Functional Improvements.

8:30 - 9:30   IVC Tumor Thrombus Hour
One case and one speaker for each level: Moderator Neal Rowe, Ottawa
Level I. Darrel Drachenberg, MD, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Level II. Craig Rogers, MD, Henry Ford Medical Group, Detroit, MI
Level III. Christopher G. Wood, MD, Univ. of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, TX
Level IV. Gaetano Ciancio, MD, MBA, Miami Transplant Institute/Jackson Memorial Hospital

9:30 - 10:30   Fertility and Hormone Changes in the Male Kidney Transplant Recipient
Larry Lipshultz, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Introduction by John M. Barry, MD, Immed. Past President, Portland, OR.

10:30 – 11:30   Novick Award Presentations
Resident and fellow abstract presentations for Novick Award: Moderator Alp Sener, MD, PhD, London, ONT., Canada
Authors will give 7 minute presentations, followed by 2 minutes of Q&A.  Based on a combination of scientific merit and effectiveness of presentation, one presenter will be awarded the 2018 Andrew Novick Award.

1) Contemporary Trends in the Surgical Approach for Radical Nephrectomy and Predictors of Open Conversion During Minimally Invasive Radical Nephrectomy: A National Cancer Database Analysis. Samarpit Rai, MD

2) Concurrent Laparoscopic Bilateral Native Nephrectomy at the time of Living Donor Renal Transplantation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Safe and Feasible Operative Approach. Samir Bidnur, MD

3) Implications and Predictors of Delayed Graft Function after Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation. Kristin E. Shafer, MD

4) Robotic Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombectomy: Initial Series From the University of Missouri. Lukas G. Hockman, MD

5) Critical Analysis Of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy In Patients With A Circumaortic Left Renal Vein. John Stites, MD

6) Does Mayo Adhesive Probability (MAP) Score Predict One Month Post-operative Renal Function Abnormality Following Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy?  Katherine J. Cockerill, MD

11:30 – 11:45   Business Meeting
USTRS President

AUA Accreditation Information
Accreditation: The American Urological Association (AUA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation: The American Urological Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Members of USTRS are committed to enhancing the quality of physician training, research and patient care in transplantation and renal surgery. For more information and to join, see staff at the registration desk or go to www.USTRS.org.