{"id":3156,"date":"2025-11-13T11:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconhealthsystem.org\/medical-professionals\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=3156"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:21:40","slug":"what-i-learned-from-what-i-lost-lessons-from-a-kidney-donor","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconhealthsystem.org\/medical-professionals\/event\/what-i-learned-from-what-i-lost-lessons-from-a-kidney-donor\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Learned From What I Lost: Lessons From A Kidney Donor."},"content":{"rendered":"

Click HERE to Access Teams Recording<\/a><\/p>\n

What I Learned From What I Lost: Lessons From A Kidney Donor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented By: Kari Sears, MD
\nFamily Medicine, Memorial Family Medical Residency<\/p>\n

Learning Objectives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Describe emotional, cognitive, and logistical experiences in undergoing elective surgery as a physician-patient.
\n\u2022 Identify deficiencies in the health care system, and how they impacted the process of kidney donation
\n\u2022 Apply lessons from my donor experience to improve empathy, patient-centered communication, and overall patient care.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Kari Sears is board certified in Family Medicine with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine. She came to South Bend for residency at Memorial Family Medicine Residency and stayed to complete her sports medicine training at the South Bend \u2013 Notre Dame Sports Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Sears enjoys practicing full spectrum family medicine with a special focus in the care of athletes and musculoskeletal injuries.
\nAt Family Medicine of South Bend, Dr. Sears is able to provide a wide array of services to her patients, including in-house X-Rays, musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnosis and procedures, compartment pressure testing, casting, and bracing. Dr. Sears provides care to a variety of athletes, from high school to collegiate and professional athletes and everything in between.
\nIn addition to serving patients in the office, Dr. Sears is the team physician for Notre Dame Rugby and Boxing. She, along with Dr. Jacobs\u2019, serve as the primary care sports medicine providers for the South Bend Cubs minor league baseball team. Dr. Sears accepts referrals from other primary care providers for sports medicine care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Click HERE to Access Teams Recording What I Learned From What I Lost: Lessons From A Kidney Donor. Presented By: Kari Sears, MD Family Medicine, Memorial Family Medical Residency Learning Objectives:\u00a0 \u2022 Describe emotional, cognitive, and logistical experiences in undergoing elective surgery as a physician-patient….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[2,183,264],"class_list":["post-3156","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-cme-events","tribe_events_cat-grand-rounds","tribe_events_cat-on-demand-cme","cat_cme-events","cat_grand-rounds","cat_on-demand-cme"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n