Program Objectives
• Introduce the concept of frailty and physiologic reserve
• Explore the potential impact of frailty on clinical decision-making in Patients undergoing general surgery, Patients with ESRD, Patients undergoing transplant surgery
• Discuss the impact of pretransplant frailty on posttransplant clinical outcomes
Speaker
Jason Wellen, MD, MBA, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director of Kidney and Pancreatic Transplantation
Washington University Barnes-Jewish Hospital