Presenter: Dr. Joshua Augustine

Title: Steroid Avoidance in Kidney Transplantation: Weighing the Evidence

Competencies Covered: Medical Knowledge, Patient Care, and Practiced-Based Learning and Improvement

Goals and Objectives:

1. Integrate recent developments in Nephrology and Hypertension to their current practice. 
2. Explain rationale for drug treatment choices based on advances in clinical trials.
3. Review basic mechanisms of disease and determine potential treatment target.
4. Debate with colleagues best practices and current standard of care.
5. Compare and critique various diagnostic as well as treatment strategies in Nephrology and Hypertension.