Quality: Raising the Bar- Implications for Performance
Francis Solano, MD, discusses the shift in medicine from volume-based health care to a system based on quality metrics, cost, and value. This presentation was part of the 2011 Update in Internal Medicine: Evidence Based Approaches to Common Medical Problems. MORE >
Personalized Medicine in Lung Transplantation
Cynthia Gries, MD, provides an overview of personalized medicine and its use in lung transplant. Topics of discussion include candidate selection, allocation, pharmacokinetics, and surveillance and prevention. MORE >
Latest Update in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
This audiocast program presented by Abhinav Humar, MD, provides a comprehensive update on Living Donor Liver Transplantation at UPMC, including donor selection and the evaluation process; recipient selection for adult and pediatric patients; risk versus benefit analysis; outcomes from national studies; donor complications, including morbidity and recent mortalities; measures being taken to ensure donor safety; current trends; and future innovations. MORE >
Latest Update in Intestinal
This audiocast program presented by Kareem Abu-Elmagd, MD, PhD, will provide a comprehensive update on Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation at UPMC. Intestinal transplantation continues to evolve as an effective therapy for patients with irreversible intestinal failure associated with life-threatening parenteral nutrition (PN) complications. MORE >
Hepatitis C Recurrence After Live Donor Liver Transplant
Nationally recognized expert in abdominal transplant surgery, Abhinav Humar, MD, provides an in-depth presentation on the advantages and disadvantages of living donor liver transplant or LDLT. MORE >
Surgical Treatment and Management of Hepatitis C Virus Induced Neoplasia
David Geller, MD, of UPMC discusses the management options for hepatocellular carcnioma (HCC) including laparoscopic liver resection and transplant. MORE >
Alemtuzumab in Renal Transplantation
UPMC kidney transplant surgeon, Dr. Ron Shapiro, talks about early experiences and recent analysis of Alemtuzumab use in renal transplantation. MORE >
Optimizing Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplant
Transplant surgeon, Dr. George V. Mazariegos, discusses the current state of pediatric liver transplant, including a review of the determinants of early outcomes, surgical and medical factors that impact long term survival, and the assessment of the pediatric transplant recipient following surgery. MORE >
Latest Update: Intestinal Transplantation
View the Latest Update in Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation audiocast presented by Kareem Abu-Elmagd, MD, of the UPMC Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Center. MORE >
Heart Transplant: Medical Update
UPMC cardiologists provide information that is important for the referral and management of heart transplant patients. MORE >