PRE-CONGRESS PROGRAM
Cairo: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Workshop 1: Nephropatholgoy
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Tutors: Lina Asaad, Issam Francis, Kim Solez & Wesam Ismail
• Scope of workshop:
1- Native renal disease: Adults and pediatric
2- Transplant-related renal disease
• Target Audience: Pathologists and nephrologists specially those in training programs
• Duration: One full day: Half day for each category(native/transplant)
• Method of teaching: High quality PowerPoint presentation media
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Program:
Morning Session:
Native kidney disease:
Kidney biopsy: Utility and clinico-pathological correlates (8:30-10:35 AM) |
| 1. Introduction to workshop |
Hassan |
5 minutes |
| 2. Approach to renal biopsy |
Francis |
20 minutes |
| 3.Renal biopsy in nephrotic syndrome |
Asaad |
20 minutes |
| 4.Renal biopsy in hematuria and nephritis |
Asaad |
20 minutes |
| 5.Tubulo-interstitial disease |
Francis |
20 minutes |
| 6.Case presentation/ discussion |
Asaad, Francis |
40 minutes |
| 7.Coffee Break (10:35-10:50 AM) |
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15 minutes |
| Kidney Biopsy in specified renal disorders: (10:50 AM-12:20 PM) |
| 8.Renal vasculitis |
Asaad |
20 minutes |
| 9.Drug-induced renal injury |
Francis |
15 minutes |
| 10.Miscellaneous renal disorders |
Asaad |
15 minutes |
| 11.Case presentation/ discussion |
Asaad, Francis |
40 minutes |
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| Lunch Break (12:20-1:00 PM) |
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| Afternoon Session: |
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| Transplant Renal Disease: Utility of kidney biopsy & elemental pathological features (1:00-3:30 PM) |
1.Introduction to the transplant renal biopsy & Banff classification |
Solez |
30 minutes |
2.Histopathology of rejection renal injury |
Solez |
30 minutes |
| 3.Histopathology of non-rejection renal injury |
Ismail |
30 minutes |
| 4.Case discussion |
Solez, Ismail |
60 minutes |
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Workshop 2: ABC Tissue Typing for Kidney Transplantation
Tutors: Ahmed A Hassan ( Egypt), Ahmed Shoker (Canada), Farha El-Chinawi (Egypt), Ghislaine Bernard (France), Malaka Fouad (Egypt), Medhat Askar (USA), Mervat ElAnsari (Egypt), Mohamed ElKhalifa (KSA)
• Scope of workshop (Objectives)
1- Techniques and Methods in Tissue Typing
2- Testing Protocols for pre-transplant immunologic evaluation of transplant recipients
3- Testing Protocols for post-transplant immunologic monitoring
• Target Audience: Clinical laboratory immunologists and transplant nephrologists
• Duration: One full day: Half day for Objective number 1 and the second half day for objectives number 2 and 3
• Method of teaching: High quality PowerPoint presentation media |
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Program
Morning Session:
Histocompatibility assays in renal transplantation: Methods and Applications
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| HLA antigens and antibodies (9:00-10:35 AM) |
| 12.Introduction to workshop |
Askar |
5 minutes |
| 13.Serological HLA Typing |
Elansari |
30 minutes |
| 14.Molecular DNA typing |
El-Chinawi |
30 minutes |
| 15.HLA antibody detection assays |
Bernard |
30 minutes |
| 16.Coffee Break (10:35-10:50 AM) |
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15 minutes |
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| Crossmatches and other tools (10:50 AM-12:20 PM) |
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| 17.Serological cross-matches |
Khalil |
30 minutes |
| 18.Flow cytometry crossmatches |
El-Klaifa |
30 minutes |
19.Family Studies in Histocompatibility testing
for kidney transplantation
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Fouad |
30 minutes |
Lunch Break (12:20-1:00 PM)
Afternoon Session:
Pre-Transplant evaluation and post-Transplant monitoring (1:00-3:30 PM) |
| 5.Pre-transplant Testing protocols |
Askar |
40 minutes |
| 6.Post-Transplant Monitoring |
Hassan |
40 minutes |
| 7.Unacceptable mismatches |
Askar |
40 minutes |
| 8.Round table discussion |
Askar, Hassan, Shoker, Bernard |
30 minutes |
