Biography

Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, is a clinically active transplant surgeon and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University. His clinical interests include minimally invasive donor nephrectomy and incompatible kidney transplantation. His NIH-funded research interests span many areas in transplantation, including kidney exchange, desensitization, long-term donor risk, access to transplantation, geographic disparities, post-transplant outcomes, and the intersection between transplantation and gerontology. With a graduate degree in biostatistics, Dr. Segev focuses on novel statistical and mathematical methods for simulation of medical data, analysis of large healthcare datasets, and outcomes research. Dr. Segev has published over 200 peer-reviewed research articles, including 10 in JAMA, NEJM, and Lancet and nearly 100 in the American Journal of Transplantation. His work has directly influenced policy, including two Congressional bills (the Norwood Act for kidney exchange and the HOPE Act for HIV-to-HIV transplants), and is regularly featured in widely read media including TIME magazine, Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. However, Dr . Segev is most inspired by his role as a mentor, having mentored over 50 graduate students, residents, and faculty, and is the only general surgeon in the US funded by an NIH/NIDDK Mentoring Grant.

Learning Objectives:

• Basic concepts in paired transplant exchanges
• Opportunities and challenges
• Logistics, costs & infrastructure involved
• Inclusion of compatible pairs in paired exchanges
• Paired exchanges within the same institute
• Among different paired exchanges what criteria should program consider when choosing the right exchange program to join