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Updates in Hypertension Management A recent study from the NIH indicates that there are 50 million or more Americans have high BP warranting some form of treatment. Periodically there are new guidelines released designed to increase awareness,... Faculty Steven Dunn, PharmD, BCPS

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Community Integration and Quality of Life Following Spinal Cord Injury Community re-integration after hospitalization has emerged as an important goal of rehabilitation, given the current emphasis on cost containment of inpatient care and the need to decrease the length of stay in... Faculty Gale G. Whiteneck, PhD, FACRM

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Importance of Exercise and Nutrition Following SCI Exercise and nutrition play a key role in helping persons with spinal cord injury reduce the incidence of secondary complications and to improve activity level, which can impact the person’s overall QoL and... Faculty David R. Gater Jr, MD, PhD

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Prevention and Treatment of Secondary Complications after SCI Despite improvements in SCI medical management, rehospitalization rates remain high. It has been estimated that 32% of medical costs in the first 2 years after injury was directly attributed to secondary medical... Faculty Sara Salles, DO

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Developing a Peer-mentor Support System Isolation is one of the most significant barriers to community integration and QoL for individuals with neurological disorders living in rural communities.  Peer-mentoring allows individuals with similar... Faculty Inger Ljungberg, BS

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Clinician Innovation The purpose of both these talks was to inform and inspire others to include in their work the idea that they might innovate in ways that have value to the marketplace. Faculty Thomas J. Fogarty, MD Lee T. Todd, PhD

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Culture and Health As the United States becomes a more racially and ethnically diverse nation, health care systems and providers need to respond to patients’ varied perspectives, values, and behaviors about health and... Faculty Roberto Dansie, PhD

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Current Issues in Organ Preservation: Clinical Case Studies and Expert Commentary As the need for organ transplantation increases and the waiting list continues to grow, successful utilization and transplantation of as many available donor organs as possible has become paramount. While... Faculty David E. Sutherland, MD, PhD A. Osama Gaber, MD Charles Miller, MD John Fung, MD, PhD Ron Shapiro, MD Deanna Blisard, MD

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Confronting the Growing Challenge of Preserving Renal Function Following Liver Transplantation As patient and graft survival after liver transplantation continues to improve, unmet medical needs have emerged as a focus of concern for clinicians involved in long-term patient management. Pre- and... Faculty Michael Charlton, MD, FRCP Juan Carlos Garcia-Valdecasa, MD, PhD Connie Davis, MD

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Confronting the Growing Challenge of Preserving Renal Function Following Liver Transplantation As patient and graft survival after liver transplantation continues to improve, unmet medical needs have emerged as a focus of concern for clinicians involved in long-term patient management.  Pre- and... Faculty Michael Charlton, MD, FRCP Juan Carlos Garcia-Valdecasa, MD, PhD Connie Davis, MD

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The Metabolic Syndrome in Transplantation: Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Implications for Immunosuppression Cardiovascular (CV) disease remains the leading cause of mortality in the United States.  Compared with age-matched persons in the general population, kidney transplant recipients are at a greater than... Faculty James B. Young, MD Arjang Djamali, MD, MS, FASN Bertram L. Kasiske, MD, FACP

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The Metabolic Syndrome in Transplantation: Risk of CV Events and Implications for Immunosuppression Cardiovascular (CV) disease remains the leading cause of mortality in the United States.  Compared with age-matched persons in the general population, kidney transplant recipients are at a greater than... Faculty James B. Young, MD Arjang Djamali, MD, MS, FASN Bertram L. Kasiske, MD, FACP

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