Dr. Sarder presented research on how AI can improve renal biopsy assessments at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Southern Salt, Water, and Kidney Society. His talk, “Using AI to Assess Renal Biopsies for Transplant”, showcased an AI-driven computational pathomic analysis that enhances biopsy evaluation accuracy.
Dr. Sarder explained that current methods for assessing donor kidney quality are prone to inconsistencies, contributing to thousands of viable kidneys being discarded each year. The introduced AI pipeline demonstrated better inter-observer agreement and stronger correlations with post-transplant outcomes compared to traditional methods.
Dr. Sarder concluded by emphasizing the potential of AI tools to optimize kidney allocation, reduce organ wastage, and improve transplant success rates.