Midsouth

(Memphis)
Barbara A. Culbreath, RN. BSN, CCRC
bculbreath@utmem.edu

MidSouth (Memphis) Chapter
Biannual Update
October 06

Our chapter meetings are every other month and are rotated among the 3 transplant hospitals in Memphis. There are between 15-25 in attendance to these meetings. The meeting we had in March was supported by Astellas and widely advertised in the hospital areas serving transplant. We had about 90 people in attendance for March’s meeting.

May 2006: An Update on Cardiac Transplantation and Immunosuppression, Paul Muncy, Senior Healthcare Specialist / Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

July 2006: Transitioning Adolescents to Adult Care, Colleen Hastings, MD

September 2006: Update on CMV, J. Dennis Preston, PharmD, Medical Liaison / Transplant Roche Laboratories, Inc.

Our chapter is offering research “basics” training through a research grant provided by Astellas Pharma, US. The courses this quarter was June 2006—Basic Inferential Statistics, Rebecca P. Winsett, PhD

Current membership: 26