#featurefriday🔦✨ Alec Martschenko is a PGY2 at Duke University Hospital. Check out his literature review: Effect on 1x/day tacrolimus versus 2x/day cyclosporine on incidence of chronic lung allograft dysfunction after lung transplantation!
Duke surgeon Matthew G. Hartwig, MD, surgical director for the lung transplant program and leading transplant researcher, shares his thoughts on program priorities and challenges in this Q&A. https://t.co/zXgxyUStpq
@DukeSurgery#LungTransplant
Today I spent over 2 hours on the phone with @CVSHealth Caremark insurance trying to get my patients life saving tacrolimus and mycophenolate approved to be filled at a pharmacy so that they can go home after heart transplant.
Duke vs UNC trainees on all things CMV and transplant. Very impressed with the knowledge of learners at both sites. @cdoligalski we might have to make this a yearly event. Go Duke and way to represent @alecmartschenko@ShanaKatz_rx
A Duke Health study, led by @imranjanwar, General Surgery Resident, moves forward to clinical trials after developing a new and safer monoclonal antibody that successfully prevented organ rejection after a kidney #transplant. #MedTwitter#Surgery
More: https://t.co/ny3cHyGKCr
John's doctor recommended a #livertransplant but his low MELD score placed him at the bottom of the national waitlist. Because of innovations at Duke Health, he received a transplant from a #hepatitis B- & C-positive donor. #WorldHepatitisDay
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🎓💊 Class of 2023 PGY-2 SOT Residency Reflections: Kayla Moody from Duke University Hospital. After graduation, Kayla will be a Heart Transplant Clinical Pharmacist at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. Congratulations, Kayla! 🎉🌟#TxPharm#PharmRes
#DukeSurgery Chair Dr. Allan Kirk and faculty from the Division of Abdominal Transplantation provide insights on how Duke’s organ transplant program has evolved over the years, and what Duke is doing to make transplant more accessible. Read more:
Duke ranks among the top 5 transplant centers by volume, with some of the shortest wait times + best survival rates in the U.S. Their research extends beyond surgery, addressing equity and social factors crucial for better transplant access and outcomes.
https://t.co/LcGqHgqtur
Big congrats to Kayla Moody on finishing her PGY2 residency. Luckily she isn’t going far as she is staying on to be one of our heart transplant pharmacists. Thanks to our P4 student @ShanaKatz_rx for taking the pics.
Don't forget to participate in the Transplant Pharmacist Workplace Climate survey! It takes around 15 minutes plus you also have a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card😎
Check out more via the TxPharm COP listserv: https://t.co/7wTKZFc2zC
Last day of #ATC2023SanDiego! Make sure to check out the CMV Impact Session at 7AM to hear from #DukeTxpPharm’s very own @jenniferbyrns speak on the clinical pearls of letermovir!