Last day of #ATC2023SanDiego! Make sure to check out the CMV Impact Session at 7AM to hear from #DukeTxpPharm’s very own Jennifer Byrns speak on the clinical pearls of letermovir!

Such a timely talk given letermovir’s recent FDA-approval for primary prophylaxis of CMV in adult kidney transplant recipients at high-risk! 💊

Wonderful to work with a brilliant group of professionals! Sharing great insight on the New Tools to Tame the Troll of Transplant: CMV in 2023 at ATC. AmericanTransplantCongress Duke Transplant Pharmacy

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: community.myast.org/txpharmcop/dis…

Hello Transplant Colleagues! Make sure to join us at the 2023 Transplant APP Bootcamp on October 13! All are welcome to attend and learn with us!

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. medschool.duke.edu/news/dukes-org…

#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:

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 Shana Katz, PharmD for taking the pics.

🎓💊 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

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 bit.ly/3JDzQzV

Congrats to the #DukeKidney Transplant program for surpassing 5000 kidney transplants Duke Surgery

A Duke Health study, led by Imran Anwar, MD, 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: bit.ly/3Z5JLoc

#TxID faculty Dr. Carugati is presenting her poster virtually right now on surgical site infections in liver transplant recipients! #IDWeek2023

Duke vs UNC trainees on all things CMV and transplant. Very impressed with the knowledge of learners at both sites. Chrissy Doligalski we might have to make this a yearly event. Go Duke and way to represent Alec Martschenko Shana Katz, PharmD

Today I spent over 2 hours on the phone with CVS Health 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 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. bit.ly/3uew6jF Duke Surgery #LungTransplant

#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!

Great job Cayla on your research with dnDSA development with belatacept versus tacrolimus regimens! Now everyone is interested in denovo bela use! Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice-AST Duke Transplant Pharmacy #ATC2024Philly

Solid work Alec on presenting the case series on vedolizumab use in intestinal transplant! Next step is publication ⭐️✅ Duke Transplant Pharmacy Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice-AST #ATC2024Philly

Love the reppin’ of Duke transplant research by our pharmacy residents and students! #ASHP24 Duke Transplant Pharmacy