Pre-Congress Workshops

Thursday, 22 September
	Venue: Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital
08h00 - 12h30	Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy – Theatre & Ward 9A
	Anesh Naidoo, Paul Whitaker, Peter Veitch, Andre van der Merwe Live video streaming of laparoscopic procedures with commentary and discussion by experts Review of Surgical Options Live Procedures: Left Transperitoneal approach and Right Transperitoneal approach What about the retroperitoneal approach? – André van der Merwe RSVP Essential - seating is limited Louise Esterhuizen Covidien (Pty) Ltd Tel: +27 11 542 9500 Fax: +27 11 542 9501 Cell: +27 83 271 7855 louise.esterhuizen@covidien.com
	REFRESHMENTS AND LUNCH
13h00 - 16h30	Immunology for All – Conference Centre, BOE Building, Clock Tower Precinct, V&A Waterfront
	Chair - Derek Miller Overview of Transplant Immunology - Megan Sykes (USA) Nuts and Bolts of Tissue Typing and Cross matching - Derek Taljaard Mechanisms of Rejection - Melinda Suchard Selection of Immunosuppressives - John Forsythe (UK) Approach to the highly sensitized patient - Graham Paget RSVP Essential - seating is limited Lunch will be served prior to commencement of workshop Lunch: 12h30 - 13h00