ASHI to Host Three Educational Workshops in 2009
Immunologists, geneticists, molecular biologists, transplant physicians and surgeons, pathologists and technologists active in transplantation medicine are integral in providing transplant patients with organs and stem cells with the best chance of long term success. The ASHI regional education workshops were developed to provide technologists with practical information applicable at the bench, to deal with the challenges of the modern laboratory.
ASHI’s educational programs are critical in bridging the gap between basic science and clinical practice and the histocompatibility laboratory’s evolving role as an integral member of the clinical transplant team. With this knowledge skill, transplant surgeons, physicians, laboratory personnel and organ procurement coordinators all acts as influential players of a team to provide the highest standard of care possible for transplant patients.
Three regional educational workshop programs are developed each year and held in locations across the United States. This year’s workshops will be held March 19–21 in New Orleans, April 23–25 in Los Angeles, and June 11–13 in Baltimore.
“These workshops provide an unmatched opportunity to exchange information on current and emerging discoveries, forge new collaborations and identify future opportunities in the field,” said Deborah Crowe, Ph.D., D(ABHI), president of ASHI.
The regional educational workshops cover relevant topics in histocompatibility and immunogenetics, as well as new technologies, and provide an opportunity to earn continuing education credits. Program highlights this year include:
• HLA typing Methods
• NK/KIR Genotyping
• Antibodies, What’s New and Clinically Significant
• Opportunities in Live Donor/Desensitization
• AutoImmune/Vaccine
• TRALI Update
• Somatic Mutations in HLA Genes
• Engraftment Monitoring/Dual Cords
• Virtual XM/cPRA
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