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Transplant
Session Type: Meet-The-Professor

106 - To Transplant or Not – Should I Take This Donor?

Tuesday, October 21, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM US ET
Location: B312-B313

Live Streamed On Demand
CME Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

    Moderator(s)

  • Joanna Schaenman, MD, PhD, FAST (she/her/hers)

    Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
    University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
    Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Slides

  • Aneesh Mehta, MD (he/him/his)

    Professor of Medicine and of Surgery
    Department of Medicine
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Atlanta, GA, United States

    • Faculty(s)

  • EB

    Emily Blumberg, MD (she/her/hers)

    Specialist, Transplant Infectious Diseases; Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases ; Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
    Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease
    Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA, United States

  • Stephanie Pouch, MD, MS, FAST, FIDSA (she/her/hers)

    Associate Professor
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Atlanta, GA, United States

Disclosure(s):
Joanna M. Schaenman, MD, PhD, FAST: Merck and Company, Inc.: Grant/Research Support
Aneesh K. Mehta, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.
Emily A. Blumberg, MD: Biotest AG: Honoraria; Kamada: Honoraria
Stephanie M. Pouch, MD, MS, FAST, FIDSA: Wiley (Blackwell): Associate Editor, TID Journal

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
  • explain interpretation of testing results that impact donor suitability;
  • discuss how to weigh risk of donor-derived infection with risk of death on the waitlist for transplant candidates;
  • identify infection types and syndromes associated with high risk for severe donor-derived infections.

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM US ET
    Presentation TBD 4

    Speaker: Stephanie M. Pouch, MD, MS, FAST, FIDSA (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine

  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM US ET
    Presentation TBD 5

    Speaker: Emily A. Blumberg, MD (she/her/hers) – Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania