8:15am: Continental Breakfast, Registration

8:45am: (Optional) Tour of Gift of Life Facility

9:15am: Welcome Remarks by CRN and CSW Chairs – Karen Greathouse, RDN,FNKF, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI & Holly Cracraft, MSW

9:30am: All of us: Anyone Can Save and Improve Lives Through Organ, Tissue, and Eye Donation – Shalonda Griffin, Ann Arbor, Michigan

10:00am: Palliative Care as an Option for People living with CKD – Gift Chowchuvech, LMSW, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI & Amanda Eidemiller, LMSW, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

11:00am to 11:15am: Break

11:15am: Weighty Issue: Treatment Options for Obese CKD and Dialysis Patients – Desiree De Waal, MS, RD, CD, FAND, University of Vermont Medical Center, Williston, VT

12:15pm to 1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm: Patient Perspective on Weight Loss Before Transplant and Use of Obesity Drugs After Transplant – NKF of Michigan Program Updates – Devon Hagerman, MS, Associate Program Manager NKF of Michigan

1:15pm: Obesity Medications and the Kidney Patient – Karen Greathouse, RDN, FNKF, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI

2:15pm: Patient Perspective on Weight Loss Before Transplant and Use of Obesity Drugs After Transplant – Greg Mears Jackson, Jackson, MI

2:45pm: Psychosocial and Ethical Considerations in Managing Delayed Graft Function – Lauren Smitherman, MSW, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI & Allison Rapport, MSW, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI