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Kidney Disease Awareness & Education Conference


Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | Download form here | Register for this class

8:30 am - 9:00 am - Registration
9:00 am - 3:30 pm - Conference

LOCATION

  

Centennial Complex, 4th floor
24760 Stewart Street, Loma Linda, CA 92350

  
   

Directions

  
Take 10E Freeway to Anderson Street cut off.
  If coming from the W, turn left at the end of the off ramp.
  If coming form the E, turn right at the end of the off ramp.
Head south on Anderson Street (away from mountians & freeway).
Turn right onto Stewart Street and follow through Loma Linda University Campus.
Turn right onto Campus Street until lot X appears at your right.
  
   

Program Description

  

The purpose of the Kidney Disease Awareness & Education Conference is to provide information about best practice for dialysis patients within rigorous financial and reimbursement constraints as proposed in the CMS regulations.

At the end of this conference, the participant will be able to:

  • discuss the proposed CMS regulations regarding bundled reimbursement and prospective payment system.
  • describe the psychosocial impact on the patient and their families.
  • identify modalities of dialysis (hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy).
  • describe the care and management of the pediatric nephrology patient.
  • describe the care and managment of a renal transplant patient.
  
   

Target Audience

  
Nurses, physicians, all healthcare professionals, and local legislators.  
   

Program Schedule

  

Family Panel
Dialysis: Psychosocial Impact on Family Dynamics

  Moderator: Shobha Sahney, MD
 Division Head of Pediatric Nephrology and
 Associate Professor of Pediatrics
 and Nephrology, LLUMC

Legal Panel
Dialysis: Health Care Reform Impact on 
Consumer and Provider

  H. Roger Hadley, MD
 Dean of School of Medicine and Professor of
 Surgery, LLUMC
Lecture
Overview Pediatric Renal Diseases		  Shobha Sahney, MD
 Division Head of Pediatric Nephrology and
 Associate Professor of Pediatrics
 and Nephrology, LLUMC
Lecture
Living Organ Donor Transplant		  Pedro Baron, MD
 Surgical Director of Pediatric and Adult Liver
 Transplant and the Director of Living Donor Kidney Program

 

  

Conference Fees and Registration Information

  

Pre-registration is required
Free to Loma Linda University Adventists Health Science Center Staff/Employees
$50.00 for all others

**Course materials, CEU certificate, and a lunch buffet are included.

  
   

Cancellation Information

  
Full refunds will be awarded for cancellations received prior to July 22, 2010.  In the event that the program is cancelled, a full refund will be issued.  
   

Continuing Education Credit

 
5.0 contact hours for ANCC, BRN, and BBS.

Every effort is made to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require special arrangements at this conference, please contact the Staff Development administrative secretaries at (909) 558-3500 at least one week before the conference.

  
   

  

For more information

Loma Linda University Medical Center
Staff Development
11255 Mountain View Avenue
Loma Linda, CA 92354
Telephone: (909) 558-3500