PROGRAM

2025 Vanderbilt Transplant APP Symposium
 

Sunday, October 12, 2025
Pediatric Pre-Conference
12:55-1:00 P.M.Welcome Pediatric Pre-ConferenceAnastasia Quarles, MBA
1:00-2:00 P.M.Pediatric PharmacologySydney Finder, PharmD, BCTXP
Stacee Lerret, PhD, CPNP-AC/PC, CCTC, FAAN
Riley E. Scalzo, PharmD, BCTXP
2:00-3:00 P.M.The Role of the Advanced Practice Provider in Pediatric TransplantPatricia Fredrick, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
3:00-3:15 P.M.Break 
3:15-4:15 P.M.Pediatric ImmunologyYasmin Khan, MD
4:15-5:15 P.M.Imaging of Pediatric Transplant PatientsGabriella L. Crane, MD
Monday, October 13, 2025
7:50-8:00 A.M.Welcome and Introductions Creative Strategies Multidisciplinary RoundsHaley Hoy, PhD, FAANP, CCTC
Lindsay G. Smith, MSN, RN
8:00-9:00 A.M.Osteoporosis and Solid Organ Transplantation: Update for the Advanced Practice ProviderS. Bobo Tanner, MD
Anna K. Richmond, MSN, DNP, FNP-C, CPNP-PC
9:00-9:50 A.M.Psychiatric Issues and Transplantation 3Ds-Depression, Delirium, and DementiaSarah E. Carpenter, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Kathryn (Katie) Davidson, MSN, PMHNP-BC
9:50-10:00 A.M.Break with Conference Exhibitors 
10:00-11:00 A.M.Update in Rejection ManagementCiara M. Shaver, MD, PhD
11:00-12:00 P.M.Navigating the VA in TransplantationKaren Conway, NP
12:00-12:10 P.M.Break for Lunch Distribution 
12:10-1:00 P.M.Lunch SpeakerMolecular Diagnostics
1:00-2:00 P.M.Clinician Perspective on the Business of TransplantationEdward Y. Zavala, MBA, FAST
2:00-3:00 P.M.CMV Management for the APP PrescriberMadeline C. Morrison, PharmD, BCTXP
3:00-3:15 P.M.Break with Conference Exhibitors 
3:15-4:15 P.M.Acute Diabetes Management and the Transplant PatientTiffanie Marksbury, DNP, ANP-BC, CDCES, BC-ADM
4:15-5:15 P.M.Cardiology UpdateErika Demars, MSN, RN, CCTC
5:15-6:15 P.M.Wine & Cheese Network Session with
Fellow Colleagues & Conference Exhibitors
 
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
7:30-8:00 a.m.Continental Breakfast 
7:50-8:00 a.m.Welcome
Transplant Center Outreach Programs
Haley Hoy, PhD, FAANP, CCTC
Amanda Lyles, MMHC, BSN, RN
8:00-9:00 A.M.Diarrhea, GERD, and Rejection:
GI Complications of Transplantation
Rishi D. Naik, MD, MSCI, FACG
9:00-10:00 A.M.Infectious Disease UpdateFionna Feller, MD
Sara Haddad, MD
Marissa Potts, DNP, FNP-C
10:00-10:15 a.m.Break with Conference Exhibitors 
10:15-11:15 a.m.Pharmacology UpdateHaley Gutstein, PharmD
Stephanie Hamel, PharmD, BCTXP
11:15-12:15 p.m.Hematology: Anemia, Pancytopenia, and Other
Transplant-Induced Hematology Issues
Vivek Patel, MD
12:15-12:45 P.M.CE Distribution