Faculty

	Direct-acting Antiviral Agents for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA J. Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor Departments of Surgery and Microbiology/Immunology Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Chief, Division of Organ Transplantation Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Founding Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center Northwestern University Chicago, IL
	Blood/Marrow Transplantation: When Is the Right Time to Transplant? Dennis L. Confer, MD Associate Scientific Director, CIBMTR Chief Medical Officer National Marrow Donor Program^® (NMDP)/Be The Match^® Minneapolis, MN
	Stem Cell Transplantation for Children and Adults with Nonmalignant Blood Diseases — A Growing Indication John M. Cunningham, MD Donald N. Pritzker Professor of Pediatrics Chair, Department of Pediatrics Physician-in-Chief, The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital; Director, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation The University of Chicago Medicine Chicago, IL
	Ethical Principles in the Allocation of Organs R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed) Director, Sherrie & Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation Chief, Liver Transplantation Surgery Director, Immunobiology Research Center Professor of Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College; Houston Methodist Houston, TX
	Using Telehealth to Enable Patient-centered Care for Transplant Jennifer M. Kerney, MSN, CRNP Assistant Director, Transplant UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA
	Management of Patients Going Through Immunotherapy Cancer Treatment Patricia Mangan, CRNP Nurse Practitioner Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology Abramson Cancer Center, Penn Medicine Philadelphia, PA
	Kidney Transplantation as Primary Therapy for End-stage Renal Disease Clifford D. Miles, MD Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine Division of Nephrology University of Nebraska Medical Center; Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Nebraska Medicine Omaha, NE
	Psychosocial Impact of Transplant in Children Tamir Miloh, MD Director of Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplant Medicine Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, TX
	Acute Myeloid Leukemia in the Elderly Lori S. Muffly, MD, MS Clinical Assistant Professor Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, CA
	Updates in the Treatment of Breast Cancer Donald W. Northfelt, MD Professor of Medicine Department of Hematology and Oncology Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ
	Improving Health Through Medication Management Theodore M. Sievers, PharmD Clinical Transplant Pharmacist UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center Los Angeles, CA
	The Role of Immunotherapy in Cancer Treatment Edward A. Stadtmauer, MD Section Chief, Hematologic Malignancies Roseman, Tarte, Harrow, and Shaffer Families' President's Distinguished Professor Abramson Cancer Center, Penn Medicine Philadelphia, PA
	Approaches to Cancer Pain Management Karen J. Stanley, RN, MSN, FAAN Nursing Consultant, Pain and Palliative Care Kennett Square, PA
	Device Therapy in Heart-failure Patients? Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD Medical Director, Heart Transplantation Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA
	Is There a Link Between Compliance and Quality Health Care Outcomes? Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH Professor, Medicine and Learning Sciences Associate Chair, Department of Medicine Associate Division Chief - Research General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Chicago, IL

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Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA
J. Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor
Departments of Surgery and Microbiology/Immunology
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University;
Chief, Division of Organ Transplantation
Northwestern Memorial Hospital;
Founding Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Sarah Chart, RN
Senior Director
OptumHealth Education

Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education

Tina Rydland, PharmD
Crystal Clear Rx
Denver, CO

V. Silverstein, MD
Eagle Creek Medical Communications
Durham, North Carolina

Optum Health Education

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