State of the Art: Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation 2025

Friday, September 19, 2025, 7:30 AM - 3:50 PM EST, Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel, Novi, MI


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (6.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (6.50 hours)

The University of Michigan Transplant Center holds the State of the Art: Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation course each year to update health care professionals on topics in kidney & pancreas transplantation. This year the course will be a hybrid program (in-person or virtual options) on Friday, September 19.

1. Discuss rates of cognitive impairment in the ESRD population and impact on post-transplant care
2. Outline the unique psychosocial challenges that older adults face following kidney
3. Define how nutrition contributes to frailty in patients with chronic kidney disease
4. Manage interventions for treatment of frailty and effect of frailty on patient outcomes
5. Understand frailty, deconditioning, and sarcopenia are modifiable
6. Understand frailty and deconditioning result in increased risk of post transplant complications and multidisciplinary treatment and exercise reduces these risks
7. Describe the long-term outcomes in living donors over the age of 50
8. Define the acceptance criteria for living donor candidates over age of 50
9. Understand the differences between pre-transplant and post-transplant billing for kidney transplant patients
10. Know the costs associated with medications following transplant
11. Understand the role of the Organ Procurement Coordinator
12. Gain familiarity of the timing and logistics of being called in for a kidney transplant and what direct to preop pathway is and who is a candidate
13. Understand the factors driving the use of different kind of kidney offers to maximize access to transplant and minimize non-utilization of deceased donor kidneys
14. Learn who may have urgency to transplant and be a good candidate for non-traditional expedited opportunities
15. Understand the role of preservation strategies to minimize delayed graft function and improve transplant logistics
16. Identify age-associated factors that affect medication use post-transplant
17. Identify strategies for medication management in elderly transplant recipients

To register, please click on the Register tab above.

Cancellation Policy: There is a $7 cancellation fee. No refunds after September 11, 2025.

The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation
AMA PRA Category 1 
The University of Michigan Medical School designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Work CE
An application has been submitted for CEs with the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative.

Transplant Certification:
An application has been submitted to the American Board for Transplant Certification for Category I Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs).

Accessibility Statement
The University of Michigan Medical School is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME Activity Coordinator.

Questions? Please contact [email protected].

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The University of Michigan Medical School adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. All individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.