Kidney Biopsies in Deceased Donors: Friend or Foe? Dr S. Ali Husain скачать в хорошем качестве

Kidney Biopsies in Deceased Donors: Friend or Foe? Dr S. Ali Husain

Dr. S. Ali Husain is an assistant professor and transplant nephrologist at Columbia University, where his clinical research is focused on the evaluation of living and deceased kidney donors. He completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at Tufts Medical Center, followed by fellowships in nephrology and transplant nephrology at Columbia. He is a previous recipient of the National Kidney Foundation Young Investigator Grant and the American Society of Transplantation Clinical Science Career Development Award. Ali serves on the editorial board of Kidney International Reports and is an editorial fellow at JASN. Learning Objectives: 1. Understand how deceased donor kidney biopsies can influence organ utilization decisions. 2.  Describe the frequency of incidental "abnormal" kidney biopsy findings in a healthy population. 3.     Understand the limitations of retrospective studies on the association between donor biopsy findings and post-transplant outcomes.