The American Transplant Congress 2012

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Pre-Meeting Morning Symposia – Preoperative Evaluation and Risk Stratification
8:00 – 8:30 am State-of-the-Art Assays to Assess Rejection Risk
Anat Tambur, DMD, PhD
Director, Transplant Immunology Lab

Pre-Meeting Full-Day Symposia – OPTN Requirements for Transplant Programs
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Co-Moderator
Luke Preczewski
Administrative Director, CTC

Pre-Meeting Full-Day Symposia – OPTN Requirements for Transplant Programs
12:00 - 12:30 pm Case Report – Maintaining Compliance
Gwen McNatt, MS, CNN
Director, Kovler Organ Transplantation Center

Pre-Meeting Afternoon Symposia – Evaluation and Management of Viral Hepatitis in Transplant Patients
2:30 – 3:00 pm Viral Hepatitis in Non-hepatic Organ Transplantation
Josh Levitsky, MD
Associate Professor

Session: Poster Session: Clinical: Tolerance Related Studies (5:30 PM-7:00 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [558]
Title: Initial Outcomes of ITN030ST: Early Post-Liver Transplant Immunosuppression Withdrawal.
Authors: A. Shaked, S. Feng, J. Punch, J. Reyes, J. Levitsky, G. Klintmalm, M. Zimmerman, M. DesMarais, H. Kopetskie, A. Priore, N. Bridges, P. Sayre

Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [563]
Title: Prospectively Induced Immune Tolerance vs. Spontaneous Operational Tolerance in Non-Chimeric HLA Identical Renal Transplants.
Authors: Joshua Miller, Joseph Leventhal, Michael Abecassis, Li Chen, Dhivya Chandrasekaran, Xuemei Huang, Josh Levitsky, Anat Tambur, John Friedewald, James Mathew

Session: Poster Session: Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury (5:30 PM-7:00 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [670]
Title: Novel Biomarker Candidate and Mechanisms of Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI).
Authors: Chunfa Jie, Guodong Chen, Sunil Kurian, Ting Li, Tony Mondala, Daniel Salomon, Mike Abecassis, Jenny Zhang

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Sunrise Symposia – Achieving Clinical Transplantation Tolerance: Where Do We Stand?
7:00 – 8:15 am Co-Moderator
Joshua Miller, MD
Research Professor

Session: Plenary Session: Joint Plenary Session I and Awards (8:30 AM-10:45 AM)
Location: Veterans Auditorium
Presentation Time: 8:30 am
Publication Number: [1]
Title: A Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Donor Specific Tolerance Induction in Recipients of HLA Disparate Living Donor Kidney Allografts by Donor Stem Cell Infusion.
Authors: J. Leventhal, M. Abecassis, J. Miller, L. Gallon, R. Herzig, D. Tollerud, B. King, S. Ildstad

Presentation Time: 9:15 am
Publication Number: [4]
Title: Discordant Serology and Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) Results for HIV, HBV and HCV in 2010.
Authors: Nicole Theodoropoulos, Marek Nowicki, Claudia Chinchilla-Reyes, Carol Pancoska, Andres Jaramillo, Tom Mone, Richard Hasz, Martin D. Jendrisak, Daniela Ladner, Michael G. Ison

Session: Concurrent Session 7: Is Less Still More? CNI Minimization in Kidney Transplantation (2:15 PM-3:45 PM)
Location: Room 312
Presentation Time: 2:15 pm
Publication Number: [48]
Title: Differential Impact of Calcineurin and Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Inhibition on Immune, Inflammation and Antigen Presentation Genes Expression in Renal Allograft Biopsies.
Authors: Valeria Mas, Daniel Maluf, Mariano Scian, Geetha Chalasani, Nedjema Sustento-Reodica, Joseph Leventhal, Nader Najafian, Lorenzo Gallon

Presentation Time: 3:03 pm
Publication Number: [53]
Title: Prospective Randomized Study To Evaluate the Feasability of CNI Elimination with Conversion to Sirolimus in Prednisone-Free Immunosuppressive Regimen.
Authors: Antonio Alvarado, Darshika Chhabra, Ed Wang, Nader Najafian, John Friedewald, Bing Ho, Micheal Abecassis, Anton Skaro, Joseph Leventhal, Lorenzo Gallon

Session: Concurrent Session 11: Antibody Mediated Rejection: Mechanisms, Cellular Targets and Biomarkers (4:00 PM-5:30 PM)
Location: Room 302
Presentation Time: 4:00 pm
Publication Number: [77]
Title: C1q-Positivity Distinguishes Anti-HLA Antibodies with Greater Deleterious Effects on Allograft Function.
Authors: Ciara N. Magee, Usaila Ahmad, Bechara G. Mfarrej, Sacha A. De Serres, Lorenzo Gallon, Barbara Murphy, Nader Najafian

Session: Concurrent Session 15: Kidney Living Donor Issues: Paired Donation and Computer Based Donor Identification (4:00 PM-5:30 PM)
Location: Ballroom C
Presentation Time: 4:00 pm
Publication Number: [105]
Title: The Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program: Review of Current Results.
Authors: Ruthanne L. Hanto, Kenneth A. Andreoni, John J. Friedewald, Elizabeth F. Sleeman, Catherine B. Monstello, Darren E. Stewart

Session: Concurrent Session 12: B Cells in Allograft Rejection and Tolerance (4:00 PM-5:30 PM)
Location: Room 208
Presentation Time: 4:36 pm
Publication Number: [87]
Title: B Cell Depletion Is Essential for Tolerance Induction in Xenogeneic Islet Transplantation.
Authors: Shusen Wang, Taba Kheradmand, Jie Yang, Samyukta Malladi, Bernhard Hering, Xunrong Luo

Session: Concurrent Session 18: Liver Support and Surgical Techniques in Liver Transplantation (4:00 PM-5:30 PM)
Location: Room 312
Presentation Time: 4:48 pm
Publication Number: [130]
Title: Portal Vein Thromboembolectomy/TIPS: A Novel Pre-Liver Transplant Interventional Approach to Rendering the Untransplantable Patient Transplant-Ready.
Authors: Talia B. Baker, Laura Kulik, Michael Abecassis, Daniel Ganger, Riad Salem

Session: Concurrent Session 17: Kidney: Deceased Donor Issues - Optimizing Clinical Management (4:00 PM-5:30 PM)
Location: Room 306
Presentation Time: 5:00 pm
Publication Number: [124]
Title: Significant Increase of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Rates in Sensitized Patients with the Use of the Virtual Crossmatch.
Authors: Andrés Jaramillo, Martin D. Jendrisak, Bozena Labuda, Lawrence J. Jennings, Sivadasan Kanangat, Fritz Lower, Brian Susskind, Susana R. Marino, Sujata Gaitonde, Anat R. Tambur

Session: Poster Session: HLA and Non-HLA Factors: Consensus and Clinical Correlation (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [971]
Title: Validation of the Luminex Platform To Detect and Quantify HLA Antibodies: Assessment of Manufacture Variability by 7 CTOT Core Laboratories.
Authors: E. Reed, P. Rao, Z. Zhang, H. Gebel, I. Guleria, T. Mohanakumar, P. Nickerson, A. Tambur, A. Zeevi, D. Gjertson

Session: Poster Session: Kidney: Living Donor Issues I (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1048]
Title: Informed Consent, Decisional Conflict, Anxiety, and Preparedness in Living Kidney Donor Candidates.
Authors: Elisa J. Gordon, Jillian Rodde, John Friedewald, Joseph Leventhal

Session: Poster Session: Novel Therapies (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1059]
Title: Evaluation of Rat Kidney Extracellular Matrix after Decellularization as a Structural Foundation for Kidney Tissue Engineering.
Authors: Mireia Caralt, Jiao-Jing Wang, Zhigao Li, Michael Abecassis, Jason Wertheim, Jenny Zhang

Session: Poster Session: Organ Donation (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1067]
Title: Comparison of Syphilis Screening Tests in Deceased Organ Donors.
Authors: Nicole Theodoropoulos, Carol Wasik, Katarzyna Brooks, Michael G. Ison, Martin D. Jendrisak, Andres Jaramillo

Session: Poster Session: Late-Breaking Poster Abstract Session I (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [LB17]
Title: Screening Deceased Organ Donors for HIV, HBV and HCV: A Survey of Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO) Practices.
Authors: Nicole Theodoropoulos, Andres Jaramillo, Daniela P. Ladner, Michael G. Ison

Monday, June 4, 2012

Sunrise Symposia – Kidney Paired Donation: Lessons, Finances, and Progress
7:00 – 8:15 am Co-Moderator
Joseph Leventhal, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery

Sunrise Symposia – Critical Care Issues in Liver Transplant Candidates
7:50 – 8:15 am Intraoperative Management: Protecting the Vital Organs
Andre DeWolf, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology

Session: Concurrent Session 20: Advances in CMV (2:15 PM-3:45 PM)
Location: Room 304
Presentation Time: 3:27 pm
Publication Number: [150]
Title: A Prospective Multi-Center Study of the Quantiferon-CMV® Assay for the Prediction of Cytomegalovirus Disease in CMV D+/R- Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients.
Authors: O. Manuel, S. Husain, D. Kumar, C. Zayas, S. Mawhorter, M. Levi, J. Kalpoe, D. Kaul, B. Schwartz, M. Morris, M. Ison, A. Sebastian, M. Assi, A. Humar

Session: Concurrent Session 38: Liver: Living Donors and Partial Grafts (4:00 PM-5:30 PM)
Location: Ballroom C
Presentation Time: 4:00 pm
Publication Number: [270]
Title: Long-Term Hepatitis C (HCV) Graft Loss and Fibrosis Severity Is Unrelated to Donor Type: Results from the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation (A2ALL) Study.
Authors: N. A. Terrault, R. T. Stravitz, A. S. Lok, G. T. Everson, R. S. Brown, Jr, L. B. Kulik, K. M. Olthoff, S. Saab, T. Rubinas, C. K. Argo, J. E. Everhart, D. R. Rodrigo

Presentation Time: 4:48 pm
Publication Number: [274]
Title: Aggregate Morbidity and Resolution of Biliary Complications after Living Donor and Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation: A Report from the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study (A2ALL).
Authors: M. A. Zimmerman, T. Baker, C. Freise, J. C. Hong, S. Kumer, P. Abt, A. Cotterell, N. P. Goodrich, R. M. Merion

Session: Concurrent Session 33: In the Pipeline: Next Generation Therapeutics (4:00 PM-5:30 PM)
Location: Room 207
Presentation Time: 5:12 pm
Publication Number: [241]
Title: Targeting Leukocyte Trafficking Induces Alloantigen-Specific Hyporesponsiveness and Prevents Chronic Allograft Rejection.
Authors: Bara Sarraj, Guodong Chen, Sheng Wang, Farida Abadja, Zeng J. Zhang, Geoffrey S. Kansas, M. Javeed Ansari

Session: Poster Session: Biomarkers / Immune Monitoring III (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1139]
Title: Lymphocyte Recovery and Immune Competence in Recipients of a Combined Kidney and Facilitating Cell-Enriched Stem Cell Transplant.
Authors: J. Leventhal, P. Cardenas, M. Ison, I. Dixler, M. J. Elliott, A. Tambur, J. Miller, S. Ildstad

Session: Poster Session: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Agents (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1300]
Title: A Pilot Study To Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Alefacept in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Authors: Bara Sarraj, Irma Dixler, Chad Richardson, Julie Coyle, Farida Abadja, Joseph Leventhal, Michael Ison, Dixon Kaufman, M. Javeed Ansari

Session: Poster Session: Liver: Living Donors and Partial Grafts (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1382]
Title: Predictors of Donors Lost to Follow-Up in the A2ALL Study.
Authors: R. S. Brown, Jr, M. A. Dew, D. Ladner, M. M. Hill-Callahan, A. R. Smith

Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1384]
Title: Informed Consent for Live Liver Donors: A Qualitative, Longitudinal Study.
Authors: Elisa J. Gordon, Jillian Rodde, Anton Skaro, Talia Baker

Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1394]
Title: Relative Decrements in Graft Size Correlate with a Negative Impact on Renal Function in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Authors: Talia B. Baker, Juan Carlos Caicedo, Yvonne L. Valencia, Patrice Al-Saden, Michael Abecassis

Session: Poster Session: Regulatory Issues (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1415]
Title: The “Cascade” Effect of Delays and Wasted Resources in Kidney Transplant Surgery.
Authors: Daniela P. Ladner, Anton I. Skaro, Olivia A. Ross, Krutika Lakhoo, Donna Woods, Elisa J. Gordon, Michael M. Abecassis, Jane L. Holl

Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1416]
Title: Ensuring the Gift of Life Is Not Wasted: A Sharing Perspective on Hard-to-Place Kidney Allocation.
Authors: Ashley E. Davis, Daniela P. Ladner, Sanjay Mehrotra, Anton I. Skaro, John J. Friedewald

Session: Poster Session: Regulatory T Cells (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Halls C and D
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1431]
Title: Donor-Specific CD8+Foxp3+ T Cells Induce Conventional CD4 Tregs.
Authors: Nadine M. Lerret, Josetta Houlihan, Taba Kheradmand, Kathryn L. Pothoven, Xunrong Luo

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Luncheon Workshop – Extended Criteria Liver Donors: DCD and Beyond
1:00 – 2:00 pm Co-Moderator
Anton Skaro, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Session: Concurrent Session 47: Non-Organ Specific: Public Policy / Allocation (2:15 PM-3:45 PM)
Location: Room 210
Presentation Time: 2:39 pm
Publication Number: [338]
Title: Smoothing It Out: Creating a Sliding Scale for Assigning CPRA-Based Allocation Points.
Authors: Darren E. Stewart, Anna Y. Kucheryavaya, Nancy L. Reinsmoen, John J. Friedewald

Session: Poster Session: Acute Rejection (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Hall A
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1456]
Title: Unique Gene Expression Signatures for Acute and Chronic Renal Allograft Rejections in Mice.
Authors: Chunfa Jie, Guodong Chen, Sunil Kurian, Ting Li, Tony Mondala, Daniel Salomon, Michael Abecassis, Jenny Zhang

Session: Poster Session: CMV and Other Viruses (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Hall A
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1515]
Title: Screening Recipients of Increased Risk Donor Organs: A Survey of Transplant Infectious Diseases Physician Practices.
Authors: Nicole Theodoropoulos, Michael G. Ison

Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1518]
Title: Ganciclovir-Resistant Cytomegalovirus (GCV-R CMV) Infection in Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) Recipients: A Single Center Experience.
Authors: Patricia Gilligan, Michael Angarone, John Flaherty, Sudhir Penugonda, Valentina Stosor, Michael G. Ison

Session: Poster Session: Islets (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Hall A
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1538]
Title: Micro-Particles Based Pre-emptive Donor Antigen Delivery for Tolerance Induction in Islet Cell Transplantation.
Authors: Jane Bryant, Taba Kheradmand, Shusen Wang, Nadine M. Lerret, Xunrong Luo

Session: Poster Session: Liver Transplantation: Recipient Priority, Organ Allocation and Utilization (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Hall A
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1650]
Title: Decisions of Organ Acceptance in Liver Transplant Via Stochastic Game Models.
Authors: Zhe Li, Anton I. Skaro, Daniela P. Ladner, Olivia A. Ross, Michael M. Abecassis, Gordon B. Hazen

Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1652]
Title: Controversial Patient Characteristics in Liver Transplant Candidates: A National Survey.
Authors: Katy Secunda, Elisa J. Gordon, Min-Woong Sohn, Lauris Kaldjian, Laura Shinkunas, Josh Levitsky

Session: Poster Session: Tolerance / Costimulation Blockade II (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
Location: Exhibit Hall A
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm
Publication Number: [1727]
Title: Molecular Signature of Splenic Antigen-Presenting Cells and T Cells during the Induction of Tolerance by ECDI-Fixed Donor Splenocytes.
Authors: Jie Yang, Chunfa Jie, Shusen Wang, Josetta L. Houlihan, Taba Kheradmand, Xunrong Luo

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Session: Concurrent Session 65: HLA and Non-HLA Factors: Consensus and Clinical Correlation (11:15 AM-12:45 PM)
Location: Room 311
Presentation Time: 11:39 am
Publication Number: [472]
Title: Validation of the Luminex Platform To Detect and Quantify HLA Antibodies: Consistency in Median Florescence Intensity (MFI) among 7 CTOT Core Laboratories.
Authors: E. Reed, P. Rao, Z. Zhang, H. Gebel, I. Guleria, T. Mohanakumar, P. Nickerson, A. Tambur, A. Zeevi, D. Gjertson

Session: Concurrent Session 69: More Is More: Combination Transplants and Tolerance Induction (11:15 AM-12:45 PM)
Location: Room 207
Presentation Time: 11:51 am
Publication Number: [501]
Title: Immune Monitoring in Recipients of a Combined Solid Organ and Facilitating Cell-Enriched Stem Cell Transplant: Durable Chimerism Predicts Outcome.
Authors: Joseph Leventhal, Paul Cardenas, Joshua Miller, Mary Jane Elliott, Anat Tambur, Suzanne Ildstad

Session: Concurrent Session 70: Non Organ Specific: Quality Metrics and Quality Improvement (11:15 AM-12:45 PM)
Location: Room 210
Presentation Time: 12:27 pm
Publication Number: [511]
Title: Patient Safety and Quality Regulations and Guidelines in Transplant Surgery: Evaluating the Evidence.
Authors: Amanda Schieler, Donna Woods, Anton Skaro, Olivia Ross, Jane Holl, Michael Abecassis, Daniela Ladner

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