2025 Duke Southeast Regional Transplant Summit

The Southeast Regional Transplant Summit (the "Summit") brings together leaders in the field of transplantation, including those who care for patients pre- and post transplant, to share the latest scientific advances in the perioperative care of solid organ transplant patients and strives to facilitate the multidisciplinary adoption of new research results and practice guidelines. The Summit features didactic and video-based presentations on current research as well as panel discussions and interactive debates on new and evolving advances in technology and practice. Participants will engage in question-and-answer sessions and learn from key opinion leaders in the field of transplantation. Breakout sessions for focused learning are available in the afternoon pertaining to kidney, liver, lung, multidisciplinary care, and pediatric multi-organ. The Summit is a unique program tailored to meet the demands of today's busy healthcare providers.

Debra Sudan, MD, is a transplant surgeon who has practiced at Duke for 17 years and currently serves in the role of Division Chief for the Solid Organ Abdominal Transplant programs. She was instrumental in improving the quality and outcomes of the kidney and liver transplant programs through her surgical expertise, recruitment of gifted colleagues, and reorganization of the program structure. In addition to leading top-tier programs in terms of post-transplant outcomes, she has initiated pediatric liver transplantation and intestine transplantation in both children and adults since arriving at Duke. These programs have transformed the Duke program into one of the few programs in the country that can address virtually all transplant needs. Her research interests and research funding focus on intestine transplantation including the development of biomarkers and optimizing graft preservation. She has also led numerous clinical trials of novel immunosuppressive regimens to improve outcomes in liver and kidney transplantation.

John Reynolds, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. He also practices as a Pulmonologist and a Transplant Pulmonologist with Duke Health. His areas of specialty include lung disease, lung transplant evaluation and care, multi-organ transplant evaluation and care, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial lung disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and sarcoidosis. Dr. Reynolds has been the medical director of the Duke Lung Transplant Program since 2012 and has served on OPTN Lung Committee from 2020-2023 and OPTN Lung Review Board from 2023-2025.

The Summit is designed with today's busy transplant healthcare providers in mind. Attendees of the Summit participate in a morning general session focused on topics relevant to all organ specialties. In the afternoon, participants will select an organ-specific breakout session focused on issues relevant and critical to those specific specialties. (Afternoon breakout sessions available include kidney, liver, lung, pediatric multi-organ, and multi-disciplinary care.)

The registration fee includes:

Attendance at all didactic sessions including your choice of 1 organ specific breakout session
Program materials
Fellowship with leaders in the field of transplantation as well as with those who care for transplant patients
Access to industry leaders in our Exhibit Hall
Light breakfast
Lunch
All-day snacks and drinks
Access to the enduring content (developed after the conference)

Virtual Registration Available!

Join us virtually for the morning plenary talks. Virtual registration includes the morning general session and access to the breakout sessions via enduring content developed after the event.

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