Session 1 –
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Moderator: Raja
Kandaswamy, MD
Professor of
General & Transplant Surgery, University of Minnesota
8:40 Session
Keynote Lecture: Enrico Benedetti, MD,
Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of
Illinois at Chicago
“Robotic Surgery in Transplantation”
9:10 Raja
Kandaswamy, MD, Professor, General & Transplant Surgery, University of
Minnesota
“Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation at the University
of Minnesota”
9:30 Melena
Bellin, MD, Associate Professor Pediatric Endocrinology, University of
Minnesota,
Schulze Diabetes
Institute, Director of Research Islet Autotransplant Program
“Evolving Technologies in the Treatment of Diabetes”
9:50 Ahmad
AbuSalah, MSc, PhD, Director of Clinical Informatics in the Clinical and
Translation Science Institute (CTSI), Research
Assistant Professor, Institute for Health
Informatics
(IHI), University of Minnesota
“Biomedical Informatics Infrastructure for the
Support of Clinical and Translational Research”
10:10 Panel
Discussion