Morning Symposia

July 2, 2018 | 08:30–09:30

• Current Immunosuppression: “Can This Old Dog Be Taught New Tricks?”  | TRACK: TX IMM

  

  Helio S. Tedesco Jr, Brazil

  Professor, Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim - Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo

  Re-Targeting JAK/STAT Signaling in Solid Organ Transplantation?

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  Hans-Dieter Volk, Germany

  Chairman/Director, Institute of Medical Immunology and Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charité University of Medicine, Berlin

  Alemtuzumab and Infliximab Join Forces: Together We Are Strong

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  E. Steve Woodle, United States

  William A. Altemeier Chair in Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Cincinnati, Ohio

  Proteasome Inhibition Before and After Transplantation

  
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• Sex and Gender Research in Transplantation - Where Are We Now?  | TRACK: WIT

  

  Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze, Canada

  Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC

  Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going in Sex and Gender Research in Transplant? A Scoping Review

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  Amanda Miller, Canada

  Transplant Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

  Donor Sex Related Factors Influencing Transplant Outcomes

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  Anette Melk, Germany

  Hannover Medical School, Hannover

  Gender Disparities in Transplantation

  
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• Transplant Nursing: Improving Patient Outcomes  | TRACK: NURSING

  

  Christiane Kugler, Germany

  Professor and Head, Institute of Nursing and Healthcare Sciences, University of Freiburg, Freiburg

  Ethics of Transplanting the Non-Adherant Teen

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  Paolo DeSimone, Italy

  Associate Professor of Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Pisa

  Promoting Transplant Adherence

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  Anna Forsberg, Sweden

  Professor in Transplant Nursing, Lund University Institute of Health Sciences, Lund

  Improving Psychosocial Outcomes

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• New and Emerging Issues in Organ Trafficking and Travel for Transplantation  | TRACK: ETHICS & DICG

  

  Elmi Muller, South Africa

  Head, Division of General, Surgery, University of Cape Town, South Africa

  Commercial Transplants in the Developing World

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  Alexander M. Capron, United States

  USC University Professor, Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics; Professor of Law and Medicine, Keck School of Medicine; Co-Director, Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics

  Ethical Concerns Regarding Global Kidney Exchanges

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  Sanjay Nagral, India

  Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Dept of Surgical Gastroenterology, Jaslok, Fortis & Shushrusha Hospital, Mumbai; Honorary Surgeon, KB Bhabha Municipal General Hospital

  When the Poor Donate but Only the Rich Receive – Barriers to Equitable Allocation of Organs in Developing Countries

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• The Transplanter vs. The Educator Ultimate Debate: Should Transplanters Be Trained As Educators?  | TRACK: EDUCATION

  

  Jeremy R. Chapman, Australia

  Clinical Director, Division of Medicine and Cancer, Westmead Hospital, Sydney

  The Transplanter

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  Medhat Askar, United States

  Director, Transplant Immunology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas

  The Educator

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July 3, 2018 | 08:30–09:30

• Opt Out - New Experiences in Presumed Consent  | TRACK: DONATION

  

  Katja Empson, United Kingdom

  Consultant in Emergency Medicine Emergency Department, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

  The Wales Experience

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  Susan Gunderson, United States

  Chief Executive Officer, LifeSource, Minneapolis, MN; President, International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement

  The US Opt In Experience

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  Bernadette B.J.J.M. Haase-Kromwijk, The Netherlands

  Director, Nederlandse Transplantatie Stichting, Leiden

  Opt In-Opt Out - The European Experience

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• Clinical Applications in Stem Cells  | TRACK: CELL

  

  Martin Hoogduijn, The Netherlands

  Associate Professor, Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus MC

  Bottlenecks to Clinical Application of IpS

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  Toshio Miki, United States

  Associate Professor of Research, Surgery, University of Southern California

  Clinical Trials for Stem-based Regenerative Medicine

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• The Future of Thoracic Transplantation  | TRACK: H&L

  

  Cynthia Gries, United States

  Medical Director of the Lung Transplant Program, Transplant Institute, Florida Hospital, Orlando

  Assessment of Frailty and Comorbidities

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  Dirk Van Raemdonck, Belgium

  Head of Transplant Center, Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven

  Efforts to Increase the Lung Donor Pool

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  Peter S. MacDonald, Australia

  Medical Director, Heart Transplant Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney

  Efforts to Increase the Heart Donor Pool

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• Trends in Pediatric Transplantation  | TRACK: PAEDIATRIC

  

  Stephen D. Marks, United Kingdom

  Reader and Consultant, Department of Paediatric Nephrology, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

  Paediatric PTLD Pearls

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  Burkhard Tonshoff, Switzerland

  Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology; Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Program, University Children’s Hospital Heidelberg

  Donor Specific Antibodies in Paediatrics

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  Rebecca Greenberg, Canada

  Bioethicist, The Hospital for Sick Childrens, Toronto, ON

  Paediatric Ethics

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• Controversies in Intestinal Transplant  | TRACK: INTESTINE

  

  Rodrigo Vianna, United States

  Director of Transplant Services, Professor and Chief; Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplant Programs, Miami Transplant Insitute - University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital

  Should Every Country Have an Intestinal Transplant Program? YES

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  George Mazariegos, United States

  Chief, Pediatric Transplantation, Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

  Should Every Country Have an Intestinal Transplant Program? NO

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  Francisco Hernandez, Spain

  Clinical Chief in Pediatric Transplantation, Pediatric Surgery, La Paz University Hospital

  CIPO: Pre-emptive Transplant - YES

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  Florence Lacaille, France

  Consultant, Pediatric Hepatology, Liver and Intestinal Transplantation, Pediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology-Nutrition, Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades

  CIPO: Pre-emptive Transplant - NO

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• Issues Relating to Clinical Xenotransplantation  | TRACK: XENO

  

  Emanuele E. Cozzi, Italy

  Director, Transplantation Immunology Unit, University Hospital of the Padua Medical Center, Padova

  Are Low Anti-pig Antibody Levels Essential to the Succcess of Pig Organ Xenotransplantation?

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  Rita Bottino, United States

  Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University; Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

  Is Encapsulated Pig Islet Tx Preferable to Free Pig Islet Tx?

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  Kazuhiko Yamada, United States

  Professor, CCTI, Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

  Is Pig Genetic Engineering Essential for the Success of Xenotransplantation?

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July 4, 2018 | 08:30–09:30

• Novel Therapies in VCA  | TRACK: VCA

  

  Jelena M. Janjic, United States

  Associate Professor, Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh

  Local Immunosuppression in VCA - Hope or Hype?

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  Olivier Thaunat, France

  Professor in Transplantation and Clinical Immunology, Transplantation, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon

  Immunopathology of VCA Rejection

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• Beta Cell Replacement of the Future  | TRACK: PANCREAS

  

  Marc Guell, United States

  eGenesis Biosciences

  Will Gene Editing Carry Pig Islets to the Clinic

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  Shane Grey, Australia

  Associate Professor, Immunology Division, The Garvan Institute of Medical Research

  Developing Delivery Approaches for Stem Cell Transplantation

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  Thomas Kay, Australia

  Director, Immunology and Diabetes, St. Vincent's Institute Medical Research, Melbourne

  Advanced Insulin Delivery Systems: Can They Cure Patients

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• Challenging Cases in Transplant Infectious Diseases: Pushing the Boundaries of Donor and Recipient Outcomes  | TRACK: ID

  

  Diana Florescu, United States

  Associate Professor, Transplant Infectious Diseases Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center

  Polyoma Viruses (BK) - Case Presenter

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  Hans H. Hirsch, Switzerland

  Professor, Senior Clinical Consultant Transplantation & Clinical Virology University of Basel, Basel

  Polyoma Viruses (BK) - Case Discussant

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  Hannah Kaminski, France

  Physician, Transplant Kidney Unit, Bordeaux University

  Marginal Donor - Case Presenter

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  Francisco M. Marty, United States

  Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  Marginal Donor - Case Discussant

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  Edward Dominguez, United States

  Medical Director, Organ Transplant Infectious Disease, The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas

  Nocardia - Case Presenter

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  Cameron Wolfe, United States

  Associate Professor of Medicine, Transplant Infectious Disease Section, Duke University Medical Center

  Nocardia - Case Discussant

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• Organ Donor Management - Impact of Critical Care and Outcome  | TRACK: ANESTHESIA

  

  Darren Malinoski, United States

  Assistant Chief of Critical Care and Surgery, Operative Care Division, Portland VA Health Care System, Portland, OR

  Organ Donation: Changing Perspectives in Critical Care - Donor Management Goals

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  Martí Manyalich, Spain

  Assessor on Transplantation, Medical Direction, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona; Associate Professor, University of Barcelona Medical School; and President of the TPM-DTI Foundation

  Donation After Cardiac Death - The Role of Critical Care

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  Sharon Swain, United States

  Clinical Nurse Educator, Clinical, Donor Network West Baltimore

  Critical Care Training and Education for Donor Coordinators

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• What is New in the World of Transplant Registries?  | TRACK: REGISTRY

  

  Vivek Kute, India

  Professor of Nephrology and Transplantation, IKDRC-ITS and GUTS, Ahmedabad

  National Transplant Registry of India

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  Haibo Wang, People's Republic of China

  Director, China Organ Transplant Response System

  China

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  Curie Ahn, Korea

  Professor, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul

  Korean Organ Transplant Registry (KOTRY)

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• A Discussion of Informed Consent with Living Deceased Donation  | TRACK: ETHICS & DICG

  

  Gabriel Danovitch, United States

  Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

  The Discretionary Living Kidney Donor

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  John S. Gill, Canada

  Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

  Marginal Deceased Donor

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  Paolo Grossi, Italy

  Director Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Surgical and Morphological Sciences, University of Insubria

  High Risk Donor

  
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July 5, 2018 | 08:30–09:30

• Kidney Paired Exchange: Success Stories, On-going Challenges and What We Can Learn from Others  | TRACK: HISTO

  

  Kathryn Tinckam, Canada

  Staff Nephrologist and Co-Director HLA Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON

  Kidney Paired Exchange in Canada: What Works and What Challenges Remain - A National Approach to KPD

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  Khalid Al-Meshari, Saudi Arabia

  Director, International Affairs, General Corporate Consultancy, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh

  Kidney Paired Exchange in Saudi Arabia: Success and Lessons

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  J. Michael Cecka, United States

  Professor Emeritus, Pathology/Laboratory Medicine, University of California Los Angeles

  The National Kidney Registry Approach to Paired Exchange

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• When the Liver Transplant Surgeon Needs Help...  | TRACK: LIVER

  

  Magdy El-Serafy, Egypt

  Professor, Endemic Medicine and Hepatogastroenterology, Cairo University

  The Role of Interventional Endoscopist

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  Pierre Goffette, Belgium

  Director interventional Radiology Unit, Radiology and Imaging, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert

  The Role of the Interventional Radiologist

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  Laura Rubbia Brandt, Switzerland

  Professor, Chair, Department Head of Clinical Pathology Division, Chair of Department of Genetics, Laboratory of Medicin and Pathology, Geneva University Hospital

  The Role of the Liver Transplant Pathologist

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• Modern Reinterpretation of Classical Concepts in Transplant Immunology  | TRACK: BASIC

  

  Andreas Linkermann, Germany

  Senior Consultant and Deputy Director, Technical University Dresden, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Division of Nephrology, Dresden

  Die Another Day: Apoptosis, Necroptosis and Immune Activation

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  Adrian E. Morelli, United States

  Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

  Tricky Ways of Allorecognition: Exosomes and Antigen

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  Julien Zuber, France

  Professor of Clinical Immunology, Kidney Transplantation, Paris Descartes University, Necker Hospital, Paris

  Are We Getting There? Novel Mechanistic Aspects of Tolerance Induction

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• Recurrent Disease After Transplantation  | TRACK: KIDNEY

  

  Guillaume Canaud, France

  Associate Professor, Hopital Necker, Paris

  FSGS

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  Christophe Legendre, France

  Head of Nephrology-Transplantation Unit, Adult Nephrology-Transplantation Unit Hôpital Necker & Paris Descartes University, Paris

  aHUS

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  John S. Gill, Canada

  Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

  C3 GN

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• Pearls of Wisdom – A Roadmap to Developing a Successful Career in Transplantation  | TRACK: YI

  

  Barbara Murphy, United States

  Chair, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  Your First Real Job - Making Yourself Marketable and Finding a Clinical Niche

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  Nancy Ascher, United States

  Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

  The “Holy Grail of Work-Life Balance": Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence and Well-being

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  Jayme E. Locke, Australia

  Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery / Transplantation, University of Alabama at Birmingham

  How To Find a Research Focus – and Funding – As a Trainee

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  Jeremy R. Chapman, Australia

  Clinical Director, Division of Medicine and Cancer, Westmead Hospital

  The “How To Guide” for the Aspiring Physician/Surgeon-scientist: Funding and Publications

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• Tackling the Challenges Posed by Donor Intervention Research

  

  Claus Niemann, United States

  Chair, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  Why Is It Difficult to Conduct Trials Testing Novel Interventions in Deceased Donors?

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  Sandy Feng, United States

  Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplantation; Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco

  Guidance Delineated in the National Academies of Medicine Donor Intervention Report

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  Conducting Donor Intervention Trials in My Country – An International Panel Discussion

  

  Claus Niemann, United States

  Chair, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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  Axel Rahmel, Germany

  Medical Director Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation

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  Christopher J. E. Watson, United Kingdom

  Professor of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge

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  Helen I. Opdam, Australia

  National Medical Director, Australian Organ and Tissue Authority; Senior Intensive Care Specialist, Austin Hospital, Melbourne

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  Elisabeth Coll, Spain

  TBC

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