CME Live Meeting

TRANSPLANT PRACTICES WITH EXPERT’S OPINION & DISCUSSION ON TAILORING MAINTENANCE IMMUNOSUPPRESSION TO IMPROVE GRAFT SURVIVAL

Date: 15th March 2025

Time: 4:30 PM to 5:50 PM IST
CET Time : 12:00 PM to 1:20 PM

Our Faculty

International Expert

Dr Toby Coates

Dr Toby Coates

  • Toby Coates AO is a full time clinician-scientist in the Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Renal Transplant Nephrologist, Clinical Professor in Medicine at the University of Adelaide.
  • He is the Director of Kidney and Pancreas Islet Transplantation at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
  • His primary medical qualifications are from the University of Adelaide (MBBS 1989) and subsequent Fellowship in Internal Medicine (Nephrology) through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1996).

 

Indian Experts

Dr Divya Bajpai

Dr Divya Bajpai

MBBS, MD - Internal Medicine, DM Nephrology.

  • Dr. Divya Bajpai is an Consultant Nephrologist and Kidney Transplant specialist Professor (Addtional) At the department of nephrology Seth GS Medical College, KEM Hospital, Mumbai.

 

Dr Santosh Varughese

Dr Santosh Varughese

MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DM (Nephroloy), FICN (Toronto), FRCP (London)

  • He is a Nephrologist from Vellore.
  • He is a Professor at Christian Medical College, Vellore, Department of Nephrology.
  • He has more than 280 Publications.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Discussing incidence, presentation, and consequences of CNI nephrotoxicity
  • Strategies to reduce CNI nephrotoxicity.
  • Therapeutic efficacy and pharmacokinetic properties of the recommended interventions

 

Agenda

05

Mins.

Introduction + content setting

Dr Santosh Varughese

30

Mins.

Tailoring maintenance immunosuppression to improve graft survival

Toby Coates

10

Mins.

CNI nephrotoxicity and its manifestations – how to alter the immunosuppression regime here?

Dr Divya Bajpai

30

Mins.

Case on - Reduce CNI and add Everolimus (preferable early- within 3 months post kidney transplant)

Dr Santosh Varughese

05

Mins.

Take Away Message and Vote of thanks

Dr Santosh Varughese

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