Project ECHO® - Living Donation

Optimizing the Living Donor Experience from Referral to Donation.

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Program Details

A 60-minute case-based learning program with the goal of increasing living donor conversion rates.

 

Nationally recognized kidney health professional care team experts will address the spectrum of challenges (infrastructure, clinical, psychosocial) including:

  • Increasing living donor conversion rates at lower performing transplant centers
  • Identifying gaps between qualified donors vs when they drop out of process and strengthen the process
  • Examining current best practices to increase conversion rates
  • Collaborating with NKR to use existing data to increase conversion rates
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In Partnership with the National Kidney Registry



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Target Audience

All transplant center healthcare professionals involved in the care of kidney patients awaiting a kidney transplant and living donors, including but not limited to:

  • Social Workers
  • Living Donor Coordinators
  • Transplant Administrators
  • Dietitians
  • Living Donor Advocates
  • Transplant Coordinators
  • Transplant Nephrologists
  • Advanced Practice Practitioners
  • Transplant Surgeons

Curriculum Topics Will Include:

  • Building Your Dream Team: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Living Donor Kidney Transplant
  • What Data Gives Top Transplant Centers Power in Improving Living Donation Rates?
  • Partnering with Your Donor: Shared Decision Making in Living Donation
  • The Value of Donor Mentorship
  • APOL1: Beneficial or Barrier?
  • The Donor with Obesity: Rule Out or Support Weight Loss Activities?

Free and Accredited

The entire healthcare team can obtain free CME/CEU’s for participating.

Easy to Participate

All you need is internet access, a camera, and audio!

 

View the full ECHO program calendar and topic listings. You can register for all the sessions by clicking the individual session link.

Case Submissions

If you’re facing a challenging case at your center, we’d like to help you! If you’re experiencing issues with donors, the living donation process, or infrastructure challenges, submit a case and gain expert feedback from our Hub Committee Members and other participants.

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2023–2024 Hub Committee Members

Matthew Cooper, MD

Matthew Cooper, MD

Nicole Ali, MD

Nicole Ali, MD

Gayle Vranic, MD, MSc

Gayle Vranic, MD, MSc

Golnaz Friedman, RDN, CCTD

Golnaz Friedman, RDN, CCTD

Marian Charlton, SRN,RN-CCTC

Marian Charlton, SRN,RN-CCTC

Farrah Desrosiers, MS, LCSW, CCTSW

Farrah Desrosiers, MS, LCSW, CCTSW

Kari Rancourt, RN BSN CCTC

Kari Rancourt, RN BSN CCTC

Annie Doyle, RN, BSN, CCTN

Annie Doyle, RN, BSN, CCTN

Meg Rodriguez, BA, MA

Meg Rodriguez, BA, MA

Colleen Hjort-Frederiksen, Living Donor

Colleen Hjort-Frederiksen, Living Donor

Tania Kasongo, CMP, DES, Living Donor

Tania Kasongo, CMP, DES, Living Donor

 

 

Special thanks to our Advisor, Amy Waterman, for her assistance with this program. 

Questions? Contact us at projectecho@kidney.org

This program is an example of our multifaceted efforts in upholding an unwavering commitment towards achieving KIDNEY EQUITY FOR ALL.

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