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Medical Grand Rounds: Gayle Vranic, MD — “Living Donors in Kidney Transplant: Where Have All the Good Ones Gone?”

Wednesday, June 8, 12:00-1:00 pm
Old Jordan Hall Auditorium (room 1-5)

Gayle M. Vranic, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology at UVA. She completed a fellowship in nephrology at Vanderbilt University, and an additional fellowship in nephrology transplant at UVA. Her research interests include racial and geographic barriers to renal transplantation, impact of multiple organ transplants on access to transplant, and the role of pre-sensitization in antibody-mediated rejection in renal transplant recipients.


CME learning objectives:

  1. Review trends in deceased and living donor kidney transplant.
  2. Understand factors behind declining rates for living donations.
  3. Discuss proposals to increase living donation.

Medicine Grand Rounds is offered every Wednesday throughout the year by the UVA Department of Medicine, in association with UVA’s Office of Continuing Medical Education. CME credit is available; instructions and forms are available at the event.


The University of Virginia School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Virginia School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The University Of Virginia School Of Medicine awards one hour of participation to each non-physician participant who successfully completes this educational activity. The University of Virginia School of Medicine maintains a permanent record of participants who have been awarded hours of participation. CME transcripts may be obtained at www.cmevillage.com (click on Transcripts and follow the instructions).

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