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The Opioid Epidemic and Its Impact on Kidney Transplantation

Part of the ASTS/Sanofi Fall Webinar Series

 

Program Objectives

  • Understand the impact of the current national opioid crisis on transplantation in the US
  • Discuss the benefits/risks of accepting a kidney from a donor with risk factors for HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) compared with remaining on the waitlist
  • Examine the use and effect of HCV+ kidneys in HCV– recipients in the era of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs)
  • Discuss the benefits/risks of transplants from HIV+ donors to HIV+ recipients

Speaker

Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Population Health
Vice Chair of Surgery
New York University

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