Educational Curriculum
1. Treatment Options for Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Transplant Recipient Outcomes
2. Transplant Immunology, Histocompatibility and Immune Monitoring
3. Immunosuppressive Medications and Protocols for Kidney Transplantation
4. Evaluation of Kidney Transplant Candidates
5. Perioperative Management of Kidney Recipients
6. Infectious Complications After Kidney Transplantation
7. Risk Factors, Prevention, Monitoring and Treatment of CMV and BK Polyomavirus Infection
8. Kidney Transplant Operation and Surgical Complications
9. Cardiovascular Complications After Kidney Transplantation (Cardiovascular risk, Diabetes, Obesity, Dyslipidemia, Steroid withdrawal)
10. Non-Cardiovascular Complications After Kidney Transplantation (Bone Disease, Anemia, Kidney Disease Recurrence, Malignancy, Mood Disorders, Adherence, Pregnancy, Vaccination)
11. Risk Factors, Pathology, Immunology and Treatment of Antibody-Mediated Rejection
12. Risk Factors, Pathology, Immunology and Treatment of T-cell Mediated Rejection
13. Kidney Allocation/Organ Quality, Business and Administrative Aspects of Kidney Transplantation Programs
14. Desensitizing Kidney Transplant Candidates and ABO-Incompatible Transplantation
15. Evaluation of the Potential Kidney Donor Candidate
16. Kidney Donor Outcomes and Exchange Donor Options
17. Specific Questions of Pediatric Transplantation
18. Specific Questions of Pancreas/Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation
19. Specific Questions of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation
20. Nephrology Care of Non-Kidney Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
21. Diagnostic Imaging and Biopsy Technique
22. Understanding the Kidney Allocation System and Crossmatch Results
23. Regulation of Transplantation in the U.S., National Organ Transplant Act and Ethics
24. Business and Administrative Aspects of Kidney Transplantation Programs
25. Psycho-Social, Psychiatric and Financial Aspects of Transplantation. Transplantation from the Patient’s Perspective (Patient-Reported Outcomes)