On behalf of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, we are pleased to announce the selection of Sandy Feng, MD, PhD, as the next Editor-in-Chief of our shared journal, The American Journal of Transplantation (AJT).
The ASTS Diversity Issues Committee is accepting applications for a grant to attend the 2020 Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy (LDN) Workshop and Comprehensive Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Workshops.
ASTS and Transplant Accreditation & Certification Council (TACC) committee nominations are now being accepted. You may nominate yourself or someone you think would be well suited to serve on a particular committee.
All first and second-year fellows are required to take the Knowledge Assessment. Fellows can register to take the assessment on either Friday, April 17, 2020 or Saturday, April 25, 2020.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released clarifications to the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model’s Request for Applications (RFA) that was posted on October 24, 2019.
On December 17, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced steps to increase the availability of organs for the 113,000 Americans on organ waitlists.
The ASTS Pipeline Taskforce has collaborated with the Behind the Knife podcast series to create an ASTS-Behind the Knife miniseries featuring ASTS members. The first episode will air October 1, 2019.
ASTS applauds the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the elimination of outcomes requirements as a condition of transplant center re-approval.