CONFIRMED FACULTY
State-of-the-Art
Jean Emond, United States
In Collaboration with American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
Surgical Strategies to Eliminate Waitlist Mortality in Children with Liver Disease
Sheri Krams, United States
MicroRNA Regulation of the Immune Response in Transplantation
Fiona Mackie, Australia
Removing Barriers to Transplantation in Under-Resourced Settings
Stefan Schneeberger, Austria
Obstacles and Solutions in the Advancement of Transplantation
Matthew-John Weiss, Canada
In Collaboration with Canadian Blood Services
Paediatric DCD
Plenary 1
The Clinical Realization of Organ Reconditioning, Repair and Regeneration in the Era of Machine Perfusion
Saturday, May 4, 2019 – 16:30 to 18:00
In Collaboration with European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT)
Núria Montserrat Pulido, Spain
Interspecies chimerism and organ generation: from miracle to reality
Marcelo Cypel, Canada
Clinical realization of organ reconditioning and repair
Cyril Moers, The Netherlands
Immunomodulation and repair during machine perfusion
Cristiano Quintini, United States
Normothermic machine perfusion as a platform for organ regeneration
Plenary 2
Transplant Ethics – Borders and Barriers
Sunday, May 5, 2019 – 08:00 to 09:30
Jacob Lavee, Israel
Organ allocation in Israel - prioritizing registered donors
Peter Nickerson, Canada
Balancing utility and equity in the organ allocation system
Fiona McCurdie, South Africa
Cultural and religious barriers to organ donation
Plenary 3
Surgical
Sunday, May 5, 2019 – 17:00 to 18:30
Carmen Capito, France
Liver: SPLIT liver transplantation: how to make it right!
Nizam Mamode, United Kingdom
Kidney: Challenges facing renal transplant in pediatric patients with lower tract dysfunction
Andrew Bonham, United States
Heart: Combined heart/lung and abdominal transplantation
Srinath Chinnakotla, United States
Pancreas: Autologous islet cell transplantation in children with chronic pancreatitis
Plenary 4
Tolerance
Monday, May 6, 2019 – 08:00 to 09:30
Sandy Feng, United States
Allograft tolerance - lessons learned from paediatric liver transplant recipients
Sam Strober, United States
Tolerance and mixed chimerism in HLA matched and mismatched kidney transplant recipients
Sophie Brouard, France
B cells in operational tolerance
Plenary 5
Infectious Disease Guidelines
Monday, May 6, 2019 – 15:30 to 17:00
Jonathan Maltzmann, United States
How CMV virus shapes the immune repertoire in solid organ transplant
Lara Danziger-Isakov, United States
CMV guidelines
Upton D. Allen, Canada
Live viral vaccine
Michael Green, United States
EBV/PTLD guidelines
Plenary 6
Lab Meets Clinical – Antibodies and Sensitization
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 – 15:00 to 16:30
In Collaboration with American Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (ASHI)
Anat Tambur, United States
Sensitization in transplantation: assessment of risk (STAR)
Chris Wiebe, Canada
HLA epitopes: how can it improve clinical management
