2026 CST Kidney Forum Preliminary Agenda

Tuesday, October  27th,  Fairmont Queen Elizabeth
Start End  Session
8:00 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 9:15 Welcome and Introduction - Drs. Amanda Vinson and Justin Gill
9:15 10:30 Canadian Blood Services Update - Dr. Michel Paquet
10:30 10:45 Kidney Forum Break
10:45 11:00 Recommendations for the long term follow up of living kidney donors - Drs. Sunita Singh and John Gill
11:00 11:15 Integrating dd-cfDNA into Kidney Transplant Care: Insights from Patients and Transplant Professionals - Drs. James Lan and Marie-Chantal Fortin
11:15 12:00 Special Projects and Initiatives
11:15 11:25 Choosing Wisely Kidney Transplant Recommendations - Faisal Jarrar & Dr. Seychelle Yohanna 
11:25 11:35 Organnect.ai: AI-Enabled Decision Support for Organ Transplantation Workflows - Dr. Mohammad Shafiee
11:35 11:45 Implementing Systematic Use of Patient Reporting Outcome Measures to Support Personalized Transplant Care - Dr. Istvan Musci
11:45 11:55 A Pitch for Interprovincial Sharing of Hard-to-Place Kidneys Based on Need, Not Convenience - Dr. Aaron Trachtenberg
12:00 13:00 Kidney Forum Lunch
13:00 14:45 Acceptance of Marginal Kidneys for Transplantation - Drs. Christine Ribic, Rahul Mainra, Amanda Vinson, and Justin Gill
14:45 15:00 Meeting Close and Workforce Project Update