Therapeutic Apheresis in Practice: What's New?
Program Code: 054586
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (ET)

MODERATOR
Janice K. Jesse, MD, Virginia Blood Services

SPEAKERS
Robert Montgomery, MD, D.Phil., FACS, John Hopkins Hospital
Dobri D. Kiprov, MD, Bay Area Mobile Aphresis Program

DESCRIPTION
The speakers will provide an overview of the spectrum of apheresis technologies and procedures referred to as therapeutic apheresis (TA). The first speaker will cover current clinical guidelines for TA and sources of information, and will outline the diseases most commonly treated with TA. The second speaker will discuss the latest advances in the use of TA and plasma exchange in transplantation.