Sep
4
Wed
SCCR Science Series: Kidney Transplant Considerations @ Zoom Meeting
Sep 4 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am
SCCR Science Series: Kidney Transplant Considerations @ Zoom Meeting

Speaker: Ade Odunaiya, MD, MS

The mission of the Stanford Center for Clinical Research (SCCR) includes offering educational resources, training, and support for investigators and research staff. We have invited Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at Stanford School of Medicine, Ade Odunaiya, MD, to provide an overview of chronic and end stage kidney disease, discuss kidney transplant as the treatment of choice for kidney failure, and discuss post-kidney transplant and chronic immunosuppression management.

At the conclusion of this class, you will be able to:

  • Understand the burden and causes of kidney disease
  • Discuss the history of kidney transplant and immunosuppression and the kidney allocation system in the US
  • Understand kidney transplant eligibility and outcomes
  • Recognize infectious complications post-transplant and techniques to mitigate
  • Identify metabolic complications post-transplant and management 

Attendance is open to all research staff in the Stanford School of Medicine

About the Instructor:

Ade Odunaiya, MD, MS is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, at Stanford University, where she functions within a multidisciplinary team to manage kidney transplant recipients and individuals with impaired kidney function undergoing kidney, liver, and heart transplantation. She completed medical school at the University of Colorado and went to the University of Chicago for her Internal Medicine Residency, and to Stanford University for her General and Transplant Nephrology fellowships. During her training years at Stanford, she completed a Master of Science Degree in Epidemiology, and her thesis resulted in a peer reviewed publication.  She has since authored other peer reviewed articles and book chapters on kidney disease and kidney transplantation. She is the Program Director of the Stanford Kidney Transplant Fellowship Program and serves on several national committees related to education and diversity, equity and inclusion including the American Society of Nephrology and the Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Training Accreditation Program.

She is the educational co-chair for the Nephrology Section of the National Medical Association. She has served as a site principal investigator for a multicenter clinical trial and is broadly interested in improving clinical outcomes in kidney transplant recipients. She is also the program director of the kidney transplant fellowship program at Stanford University where she oversees 1-2 fellows per academic year to ensure they receive training to be competent kidney transplant physicians. In the past year, she has developed an educational curriculum for the fellows and has monthly meetings with the fellows to deliver/receive feedback and to ensure they are on track towards required competencies for graduation. 

Board of Registered Nursing Optional

Spectrum is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP15435 for 1.5 contact hour(s). If you wish to receive BRN credit for attending this course, a $35 administrative fee will be charged to your STAP.

To receive your certificate with BRN credit, you are required to self-register in STARS using code SCCR-BRN-09042024, attend the live session, and complete an evaluation at the conclusion of this class. Login to Axess and go to STARS > Catalog > Search Catalog. Enter “SCCR BRN” and locate the appropriate class and date and self-enroll.

BRN Cancellation Policy: If you wish to cancel your registration, please contact Kiera Davis, MS, RN, BSN at klarsen5@stanford.edu prior to the start of the class.