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Region 5 meeting
- Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023
- Las Vegas, NV
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OPTN Region 5Region 5 Collaborative
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Regional Councillor
Mark L. Barr, MD
Keck Hospital of USC
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UNOS Region 5 Collaborative – Winter 2023
The UNOS Region 5 Collaborative is a daylong forum organized by members of the region. Teams will share their unique expertise, research and experiences with each other in a coordinated, collective and innovative environment.
Where: Horseshoe Las Vegas (formerly Bally’s Las Vegas), 3645 South Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
This is an in-person only event. Attendance is limited to UNOS members (transplant hospitals, OPOs and histo labs only), speakers and sponsor representatives.
When: Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (tentative)
Registration and Networking Breakfast begin at 8 a.m.
Registration fee: Received on or before Friday, Jan. 27 – $200, received after Friday, Jan. 27 – $300
Breakfast and lunch provided.
Hotel reservations: There is a room block for meeting attendees at Bally’s Las Vegas. Make your reservations by Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 to receive the group rate of $39.00 plus taxes and $25.00 resort fee per night. Booking link coming soon.
Agenda highlights:
Topics subject to change. Full agenda with additional details available soon.
- Multiple sessions on DCD/NRP from start to finish
- Coordinator retention
- Living donor wellness
- Soft skills and communication skills for OPOs and transplant centers
- OR time coordination
- Increase in donor derived TB
UNOS Region 5 Collaborative – Winter 2023 is generously supported by Organ Recovery Systems, Trinity Medical Solutions, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc, CareDx, CompuMed, Inc., and Specialist Direct. The reception is presented by Nevada Donor Network.
UNOS maintains a distinct separation between UNOS private and OPTN events. The UNOS Region 5 Collaborative is a UNOS private event and sponsorship does not carry over to the OPTN Region 5 Meeting.
Archives
Review presentations, summaries and other documents from past regional meetings:
Summer 2022 Collaborative presentations
The UNOS Region 5 Collaborative was a daylong forum (Aug. 24, 2022) organized by members of the region. Teams shared their unique expertise, research and experiences with each other in a coordinated, collective, and innovative environment. See presentation slides.
Highlights:
- COVID-19 Update
- CMS Final Rule
- NRP Heart and Liver
- UCSF Living Donor Advocate PDSA
- DEI Update/Ongoing Work
Winter 2021 Collaborative presentations
- Agenda and speaker biographies
- Donor family communication to recipients
- General session 1: COVID-19 overview
- General session 2: UNOS Updates
- General session 3: Success during COVID-19
- Lunch and Learn — CareDx
- Management of pediatric donors Pre-OR, Adil Husain
- OPO response to COVID-19, Lucy Lawrence
- Treating transplant patients during COVID-19
- Ashley Cardenas and Suzanne Reed
- Roya Sadeghi, Use of a Bluetooth tablet-based technology to improve outcomes in lung transplantation
- Source document: Pediatric Blood Draw Guideline
Archive: Region 5 and Collaborative presentations
Collaborative presentations
- Opening Remarks from Gold Level Sponsor CareDX
- Follow Up In Action – Aaron Cohen
- First Person Authorization (FPA) and DCD – Amanda Cole
- First Person Authorization (FPA) and DCD – David Robles
- First Person Authorization (FPA) and DCD – Heather Osipowicz
- Living Donors and Social Media – Celeste Braly, Helen Christensen
- Transplant Center – Organ Offer Management – Staffing Model – Kate Grief
- Transplant Center – Organ Offer Management – Staffing Model – Courtney Lepis, Megan Bell
- Pancreas Transplant – Keri Ichikawa
- Organ Allocation Updates (lung) – Maryl Johnson
- Organ Allocation Updates (liver) – Ryo Hirose