The Health Science Center community is invited to attend the department of pediatrics Research Seminar and the Annual Symposium 2004.
Michael Green, M.D., M.P.H., professor of pediatrics and surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will visit the department of pediatrics on Oct. 7 and 8.
Dr. Green is on the liver transplant team of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, which operates one of the most experienced and successful pediatric liver transplant programs in the world, having performed more than 1100 liver transplants since 1981, when the program was established by transplant pioneer Thomas Starzl, M.D., Ph.D.
He is a Fellow in the Infectious Disease Society of America and a member of the International Pediatric Transplantation Association. He has written more than 75 peer-reviewed publications and has received numerous research grants.
At noon on Oct. 7 in 409L MED, Dr. Green will present a research seminar titled “EBV/Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease: Diagnosis, Management and Possible Prevention.” Box lunches will be provided for attendees. The seminar will be teleconferenced to Classroom D in the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Center for Children and Families.
Dr. Green will also be the keynote speaker at the department of pediatrics Annual Symposium 2004, “Pediatric Liver Transplantation: From Your Office and Back,” from 7 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, at the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Center for Children and Families auditorium.
Alejandro Mejia, M.D., assistant professor in the department of surgery, will kick off the symposium with his talk on the history of pediatric liver transplantation at the Health Science Center, which will also be teleconferenced as the pediatric Grand Rounds to the Room 409L in the School of Medicine and other off-campus locations.
At 11 a.m. Dr. Green will present “Infectious Complications of Pediatric Liver Transplantation: E.B.V., P.T.L.D. and Beyond.”
The symposium is an annual event sponsored by the department of pediatrics which looks in-depth at selected medical topics from both clinical and basic science perspectives. Including the above topics, the symposium will also include presentations on the processes of screening, evaluation, and procurement; immunosuppressive drugs used for transplant recipients. Symposium speakers will also include: Josie Silva, R.N., C.C.T.C.; Kelly Stutes, C.P.T.C., C.T.B.S.; and Melissa Johnson, PharmD. A case presentation and panel discussion of transplantation ethics in children will be held during lunch. Panelists will include: Deborah Neigut, M.D.; Caroline McGee Jones, M.D., M.A.; Therese Jones, Ph.D., and Hortensia Tellez, L.M.S.W.
Registration is required for the symposium. There is no charge to attend this half-day conference. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Please visit
www.pediatrics.uthscsa.edu/pediconference/ for information and to register online. Call (210) 567-4298 for more information.
