TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining the roles and responsibilities of the kidney transplant medical director
T2 - A necessary step for future training, mentoring, and professional development
AU - C. Wiseman, Alexander
AU - Akalin, Enver
AU - M. Dadhania, Darshana
AU - DeMattos, Angelo
AU - Doshi, Mona
AU - Friedewald, John
AU - Klein, Christina
AU - Leca, Nicolae
AU - Nicoll, Kim
AU - Pesavento, Todd
AU - Preczewski, Luke
AU - Samaniego, Millie
AU - Singh, Neeraj
AU - Bloom, Roy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The management of a kidney transplant program has evolved significantly in the last decades to become a highly specialized, multidisciplinary standard of care for end-stage kidney disease. Transplant center job descriptions have similarly morphed with increasing responsibilities to address a more complex patient mix, increasing medical and surgical therapeutic options, and increasing regulatory burden in the face of an ever-increasing organ shortage. Within this evolution, the role of the Kidney Transplant Medical Director (KTMD) has expanded beyond the basic requirements described in the United Network for Organ Sharing bylaws. Without a clear job description, transplant nephrology trainees may be inadequately trained and practicing transplant nephrologists may face opaque expectations for the roles and responsibilities of Medical Director. To address this gap and clarify the key areas in which the KTMD interfaces with the kidney transplant program, American Society of Transplantation (AST) formed a Task Force of 14 AST KTMDs to review and define the role of the KTMD in key aspects of administrative, regulatory, budgetary, and educational oversight of a kidney transplant program.
AB - The management of a kidney transplant program has evolved significantly in the last decades to become a highly specialized, multidisciplinary standard of care for end-stage kidney disease. Transplant center job descriptions have similarly morphed with increasing responsibilities to address a more complex patient mix, increasing medical and surgical therapeutic options, and increasing regulatory burden in the face of an ever-increasing organ shortage. Within this evolution, the role of the Kidney Transplant Medical Director (KTMD) has expanded beyond the basic requirements described in the United Network for Organ Sharing bylaws. Without a clear job description, transplant nephrology trainees may be inadequately trained and practicing transplant nephrologists may face opaque expectations for the roles and responsibilities of Medical Director. To address this gap and clarify the key areas in which the KTMD interfaces with the kidney transplant program, American Society of Transplantation (AST) formed a Task Force of 14 AST KTMDs to review and define the role of the KTMD in key aspects of administrative, regulatory, budgetary, and educational oversight of a kidney transplant program.
KW - business/management
KW - clinical research/practice
KW - education
KW - employment
KW - kidney transplantation/nephrology
KW - Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)
KW - physician education
KW - quality of care/care delivery
KW - United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
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U2 - 10.1111/ajt.16332
DO - 10.1111/ajt.16332
M3 - Article
C2 - 33021008
AN - SCOPUS:85096658000
JO - American Journal of Transplantation
JF - American Journal of Transplantation
SN - 1600-6135
ER -