TY - JOUR
T1 - The Transplant Nephrology Workforce in the United States
T2 - Current State and Future Directions
AU - Concepcion, Beatrice P.
AU - Alasfar, Sami
AU - Levea, Swee Ling
AU - Singh, Priyamvada
AU - Wiseman, Alexander
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial Disclosure: B.P.C. is the transplant nephrology fellowship program director at her institution. S.A. has received grant support from CareDx, Shire Pharmaceutical, and NIH/NIDDKAPOL1; he is an associate editor for BMC Nephrology and the transplant nephrology program director at his institution. A.W. is a member of the AST Kidney Transplant Medical Director Task Force; is a consultant for Hansa, Veloxis, CareDx, Natera, and Mallinkrodt; and has received grant support from Astellas, Bristol Meyer Squibb, CareDx, Medeor, and Novartis. S.-L.L. and P.S. have nothing to disclose.
Funding Information:
Financial Disclosure: B.P.C. is the transplant nephrology fellowship program director at her institution. S.A. has received grant support from CareDx, Shire Pharmaceutical, and NIH/NIDDKAPOL1; he is an associate editor for BMC Nephrology and the transplant nephrology program director at his institution. A.W. is a member of the AST Kidney Transplant Medical Director Task Force; is a consultant for Hansa, Veloxis, CareDx, Natera, and Mallinkrodt; and has received grant support from Astellas, Bristol Meyer Squibb, CareDx, Medeor, and Novartis. S.-L.L. and P.S. have nothing to disclose.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 National Kidney Foundation, Inc.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - The population of patients with kidney transplants in the United States is growing. The delivery of transplant care is complex, involves a multidisciplinary transplant team, and care coordination between transplant and community providers. The transplant nephrologist is central to the delivery of this care and assumes a multitude of clinical and nonclinical roles and responsibilities. With a growing population of patients requiring transplant care that spans a continuum from pretransplant referral to long-term posttransplant management, an understanding of the current state of the transplant nephrology workforce in the United States and the future that it faces is important in ensuring that current and future needs of both patients and physicians are met. In this article, we (1) review the scope of practice of the transplant nephrologist, (2) discuss the state of training in the field of transplant nephrology, (3) review the role of the referring primary nephrologist in the care of patients undergoing kidney transplant, and (4) discuss challenges and opportunities facing the transplant nephrology workforce.
AB - The population of patients with kidney transplants in the United States is growing. The delivery of transplant care is complex, involves a multidisciplinary transplant team, and care coordination between transplant and community providers. The transplant nephrologist is central to the delivery of this care and assumes a multitude of clinical and nonclinical roles and responsibilities. With a growing population of patients requiring transplant care that spans a continuum from pretransplant referral to long-term posttransplant management, an understanding of the current state of the transplant nephrology workforce in the United States and the future that it faces is important in ensuring that current and future needs of both patients and physicians are met. In this article, we (1) review the scope of practice of the transplant nephrologist, (2) discuss the state of training in the field of transplant nephrology, (3) review the role of the referring primary nephrologist in the care of patients undergoing kidney transplant, and (4) discuss challenges and opportunities facing the transplant nephrology workforce.
KW - Economics
KW - Kidney transplantation
KW - Nephrology education
KW - Transplant nephrology
KW - Workforce
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U2 - 10.1053/j.ackd.2020.05.005
DO - 10.1053/j.ackd.2020.05.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33131647
AN - SCOPUS:85093927113
SN - 1548-5595
VL - 27
SP - 336-343.e1
JO - Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
JF - Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
IS - 4
ER -