LISHP Monthly Meeting

Westbury Manor 1100 Jericho Turnpike Woodbury, NY 11590

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6:00 PM - 7:00 PM  Registration
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM  Dinner
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM  Educational Program

TOPIC: Transplant Pharmacotherapy from Donation to Transplantation

SPEAKERS: Karen Berger, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP Clinical Pharmacy Manager Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center
Demetra Tsapepas, Pharm.D., BCPS
Program Director of Quality Education Research,
Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia University Medical Center

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be
able to:
Pharmacists:
1. Identify the deceased organ donor pathways and discuss pertinent differences in management approaches
2. Describe the role of hormone replacement therapy in donation after brain death
3. Compare examples of protocols for organ donor management and their limitations
4. Evaluate induction and maintenance therapy for the prevention of allograft rejection
5. Explain appropriate uses of induction and maintenance immunosuppression

Technicians:
1. Identify the deceased organ donor pathways
2. List the hormone replacement therapies used in donation after brain death
3. Describe induction and maintenance therapy for the prevention of rejection
4. Explain appropriate uses of immunosuppression therapy

INTENDED AUDIENCE:
Health-system pharmacists, technicians, and pharmacy students. This is a knowledge-based program. Cost: There is no charge for members of the LISHP.
Non-Member charge at door is $50.00, no refund

PHARMACIST ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
NYSCHP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program is approved for 1.0 contact hour(s) (0.1 CEUs) of ACPE approved continuing education. In order to receive credit, the participant must provide the CE code given at the event on the survey which will be emailed out after the meeting. Participants must provide this code within 45 days of the event. It will take up to 60 days to be uploaded to MY CPE Monitor. RSVP by February 8th, 2017: electronic responses automatically generate a reply; manual responses call Rubiya Kabir at 917-921-3589.

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