Clinical Practice Session
Why Aren't We Sharing More Declined Kidney Offers with Wait-Listed Patients? Including the Celeste Castillo Lee Endowed Lectureship
October 25, 2024 | 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Location: Room 23, Convention Center
Session Description
An unacceptably large number of deceased donor kidney offers are received for transplant candidates and declined on their behalf, despite significant organ shortages and long waiting times. This session examines the reasons for declined deceased donor kidney offers and suggests methods to reduce the number of declined offers while maintaining or improving current allograft survival rates and the quality of life of wait-listed patients and their families.
ASN gratefully acknowledges Travere Therapeutics and several of Celeste’s family members, friends, and colleagues for support of the Celeste Castillo Lee Endowed Lectureship.
Learning Objective(s)
- Examine the current state of deceased donor kidney offers, including the number of offers that are declined and the reasons why they are declined
- Discuss the barriers to acceptance that transplant surgeons and other health care professionals experience when they are offered deceased donor kidneys
- Describe strategies to promote greater acceptance of deceased donor kidneys
Learning Pathway(s)
- Kidney Transplantation
- Pathology
Moderators
Presentations
- Catalyzing Advances in the Kidney Transplant Candidate Selection Process
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
- There Is No Debate: Patients Should Be Part of the Selection Conference: The Celeste Castillo Lee Endowed Lectureship
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
- The Spanish Model of Wait-List Management and Organ Acceptance: Increasing Access
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM - Using Shared Decision-Making to Reduce the Kidney Transplant Wait-List
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM