Provider Edition
The Provider Edition of Kidney Transplant Conversations will be of particular interest to healthcare providers and other professionals in kidney transplant, including transplant nurses, coordinators, surgeons, nephrologists, researchers, patient support organizations, and advocates in the field.
These episodes have a strong emphasis on health equity advocacy in kidney transplant and how equitable healthcare contributes to quality care delivery.
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Summary: We talk with kidney transplant surgeon Dr. Robert Montgomery about his own experience of receiving a heart transplant, and he discusses his health equity leadership role at NYC Langone.
Featuring:
‣ Dr. Robert Montgomery, transplant surgeon.
Summary: We are joined by history maker Dr. Velma Scantlebury, who became the first Black female transplant surgeon in the US in 1989, to discuss the “Boldly Against Racism” Campaign, the eGFR taskforce, updating the Hippocratic oath, and being flexible with less well-resourced patients.
Featuring:
‣ Dr. Velma Scantlebury, transplant surgeon.
Summary: Dr. Silas Prescod Norman tells us about some very real ways that his hospital center at the University of Michigan has worked proactively to address geographic and financial barriers to transplant care, with tangible results.
Featuring:
‣ Silas Prescod Norman, M.D., M.P.H, a nephrologist at the University of Michigan.
Summary: Dr. Trompeta discusses her concerns about disparities impacting Asian American, Pacific Islander and Latino populations and how young Latinos with kidney disease are facing unique challenges relating to immigration.
Featuring:
‣ Dr. Joyce Trompeta, a Nurse Practitioner specializing in transplantation and an Associate Professor in the school of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where she conducts outcome research in the department of surgery.
Summary: Since being established in 2018, UNC Chapel Hill Latino Transplant Clinic has gone on to demonstrate how workforce diversity and cultural competency go hand-in-hand in the delivery of quality care.
Featuring:
‣ Pablo Serrano, MD; clinic founder
‣ Daniela Matz, social worker
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