- Kidney Transplant Epidemiology 40min
- Transplant Process & Rejection 32min
- Immunosuppression: General Concepts and Calcineurin Inhibitors 1h 11min
- Immunosuppression: Other Drugs 32min
- Post-Transplant Support 11min
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What You'll Learn
- How to explain the kidney transplant process to patients who might be eligible
- Safe and effective immunomodulating herbs for people with kidney transplants
- Safe and effective non-immunomodulating herbs and supplements for people with kidney transplants
- How to explain to skeptical nephrologists and other conventional transplant specialists the basis for the safe use of these treatments
Description
Around 100,000 people get kidney transplants every year around the globe, and millions of people have received such transplants. Basically all these patients are on long-term immunosuppressive medications and have health challenges that result from this.
In this course, Dr. Yarnell will review kidney transplant and immunosuppressive drug biology, epidemiology, and the many things that can be done to support patients during and after transplant. Using available scientific support and his own experience with patients, Dr. Yarnell reviews what herbs, supplements, and other natural approaches are most indicated for those with kidney transplants. The focus is on treatments to counter the adverse effects of immunosuppressive drugs, the main challenge confronting transplant recipients.
However, information will be presented making the case that natural therapies also enhance the efficacy of immunosuppressive drugs, going on beyond just being safe to being quite helpful!
Case examples will be used to highlight the application of the information provided.
Course Content
Instructor
Eric Yarnell, ND, RH(AHG) graduated from Bastyr University (Seattle, WA) in 1996, after which he completed a two-year residency with master herbalist and physician Silena Heron, RN, ND in Sedona, AZ. Dr. Yarnell served as chair of the department of botanical medicine at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (SCNM; Tempe, AZ) where he also taught gastroenterology, urology/men's health, and pulmonology/sleep medicine. He has served as senior and associate editor of the Journal of Naturopathic Medicine. He has been in private practice or supervising students since 1997. He is chief medical officer at Northwest Naturopathic Urology. He is a founding member and current president of the Botanical Medicine Academy (Seattle, WA), a specialty board for practitioners who use herbs.
Currently Dr. Yarnell is associate professor in the botanical medicine department at Bastyr University and adjunct faculty at SCNM. He is a co-founder and chief financial/operations office of Healing Mountain Publishing, Inc., a publisher of natural medicine textbooks for students and practitioners. He is also president of Heron Botanicals, Inc. an herbal pharmacy providing hand-crafted, whole plant extracts exclusively to health care providers.
Dr. Yarnell is author of numerous texts and articles including Natural Approach to Gastroenterology 2nd ed and the forthcoming Natural Approach to Urology and Men's Health 2nd ed. He is co-author of Clinical Botanical Medicine 2nd ed and the A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions. He is a contributing author for The Textbook of Natural Medicine 4th ed and Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy: Modern Herbal Medicine 2nd ed. He has lectured widely.
Continuing Education Approvals
Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists (CFA)
1.5 CEUs total (up to 1.5 CEUs Category B) -Direct ApprovalCollege of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO)
3 credits total (up to 3 credits Category A) -Direct ApprovalNew Hampshire Association of Naturopathic Doctors (NHAND)
3 CEUs total (up to 3 CEUs General) -Direct ApprovalOregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine (OBNM) - (expires on June 10, 2025)
3 hours total (up to 3 hours General Education) -Direct ApprovalVermont Office of Professional Regulation (VT OPR)
3 hours total (up to 3 hours General) -Direct ApprovalAlliance of International Aromatherapists (AIA)
1.5 CPDs total (up to 1.5 CPDs Category B) -Assumed ApprovalArizona Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board (AZ NPMB)
3 CMEs total (up to 3 CMEs General) -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia (CNPBC)
3 hours total (up to 3 hours Category C - Educational Courses) -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO)
3 credits total (up to 3 credits Category B) -Assumed ApprovalColorado Office of Naturopathic Doctor Registration (CO ONDR)
3 PDAs total -Assumed ApprovalConnecticut Department of Public Health: Naturopathic Physician Licensure (CT DPH: NPL)
3 hours total -Assumed ApprovalCouncil for Homeopathic Certification (CHC)
3 CEUs total (up to 3 CEUs Category 2) -Assumed ApprovalDistrict of Columbia Health Regulation and Licensing Administration (DC HRLA)
3 hours total -Assumed ApprovalHawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Professional & Vocational Licensing (HI DCCA)
3 CEs total (up to 3 CEs General) -Assumed ApprovalIdaho Board of Medicine: Naturopathic Medical Board (ID BOM: NMB)
3 hours total (up to 3 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalKansas State Board of Healing Arts (KS SBHA)
3 CEUs total -Assumed ApprovalMaine Board of Complementary Health Care Providers (ME BCHCP)
3 hours total (up to 3 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalManitoba Naturopathic Association (MNA)
3 hours total (up to 3 hours Category B) -Assumed ApprovalMaryland Board of Physicians (MD BP)
3 hours total -Assumed ApprovalMinnesota Board of Medical Practice (MN BMP)
3 contact hours total (up to 3 contact hours General) -Assumed ApprovalMontana Board of Alternative Health Care (MT BAHC)
3 hours total (up to 3 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalNorth Dakota Board of Integrative Health Care (ND BIHC)
3 credits total (up to 3 credits General) -Assumed ApprovalRhode Island Department of Health: Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (RI DOH: BMLD)
3 hours total -Assumed ApprovalSaskatchewan Association of Naturopathic Practitioners (SANP)
3 hours total (up to 3 hours Category C) -Assumed ApprovalUtah Naturopathic Physician Licensing Board (UT NPLB)
3 CEs total (up to 3 CEs General) -Assumed ApprovalWashington State Department of Health: Board of Naturopathy (WA DOH: BON)
3 hours total (up to 3 hours Category 2) -Assumed Approval
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