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2022 Summer Winter Symposium
MiamiLoews Miami Beach Hotel
Welcome to the 2022 Summer Winter Symposium! We are looking forward a full meeting packed with great sessions, great research and great networking. Mark your calendars to attend in Miami, or join us for the virtual livestream!
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Thursday, August 4, 2022 |
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| Start | End | Presentation Title | Speaker(s) |
| 1015 AM | 11 AM | Coffee & Conversation: Reuniting with your friends & colleagues | |
| 11 AM | 12 PM | Lunch Symposium sponsored by Eurofins Transplant Diagnostics Integrating Molecular Markers of Transplant Rejection into Clinical Practice – The New Frontier |
Michael Abecassis |
| Combined dd-cfDNA Quantification and Metagenomic Viral Detection | Steve Kleiboeker | ||
| 12 PM | 1210 PM | Meeting Welcome | Majella B. Doyle |
| A. Osama Gaber | |||
| 1210 PM | 105 PM | Procurement Tips & Tricks | |
| The ABCs of Organ Procurement | Georgeine Smith | ||
| DCD Thoracic and abdominal organs - Regional Normothermic Perfusion | Danielle J. Haakinson | ||
| Sharing Vessels | R. Shane Mangus | ||
| Obesity (donor) & the vasculopath | Praise Matemavi | ||
| Pediatric donors - less than 15 kilo | Christine S. Hwang | ||
| Discussion/Q & A | All Speakers | ||
| 105 PM | 155 PM | Technical Challenges Splitting Livers - back table |
Adam D. Griesemer |
| Splitting Livers - in situ | Adeel S. Khan | ||
| Injury to Organs - kidney vessel & ureter | Nitin N. Katariya | ||
| Injury to Liver | R. Cutler Quillin III | ||
| Discussion/Q & A | All | ||
| 155 PM | 215 PM | Break - EXHIBIT HALL | |
| 215 PM | 345 PM | Novel Transplant Technologies Liver de-fatting |
Heidi Yeh |
| Cell Free Kidney | Vatche G. Agopian | ||
| Cell Free HCC | Deborah B. Adey | ||
| Organoids | Burcin Ekser | ||
| Tolerance Islet Allograft | Bernard Herring | ||
| Discussion/Q & A | All | ||
| 345 PM | 420 PM | Hume Lecture Introduction Hume Lecture |
Thomas G. Peters Mark A. Hardy |
| 420 PM | 440 PM | Break - EXHIBIT HALL | |
| 440 PM | 530 PM | Oral Abstract Session I Waitlist Outcomes for Liver Waitlist Candidates 1-year Following the Implementation of MMAT/250 score |
Tanveen Ishaque |
| Antibody Response to a Third se of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: mRNA and Viral Vector Boosters | Jennifer L. Alejo | ||
| Socioeconomic Deprivation of “Closed for No Contact” Kidney Transplant Referrals | Samantha Cooley | ||
| Designing Continuous Distribution for Liver Allocation | Sommer E. Gentry | ||
| 530 PM | 7 PM | Opening Reception & Poster Session A sponsored by Nephrosant | |
Friday August 5 2022 |
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| Start | End | Presentation Title | Speaker(s) |
| 7 AM | 8 AM | Breakfast | |
| 7 AM | 8 AM | Breakfast Symposium sponsored by Nephrosant Rise of Machine Learning, Finding Patterns in Complex Data |
Jeff Stoll, PhD Srinka Ghosh, PhD |
| 7 AM | 745AM | Coffee & Conversation sponsored by CareDx The Next Frontier: From Observation to Intervention with Molecular Surveillance |
Jeffrey Rogers, MD, FACS |
| 8 AM | 11AM | ATP Session ATP Committee Update/Welcome |
Eliana Agudelo |
| Enhanced Recovery (ERAS) in Kidney Transplant Recipients | Jeanette Amery | ||
| Pre-emptive Treatment for Hepatitis C Naïve Patients Receiving an HCV NAT+ nor Kidney | Kylie Pont | ||
| Tips and Tricks for Grant Submission | Haley Hoy | ||
| Patient-centered strategies and behavioral approaches for weight management in post-transplant obesity and metabolic syndrome | Lisa Catalli | ||
| Delirium in Transplant | McKenzie Johnston Bryce Jones |
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| BREAK | |||
| Weathering the Storm: An Emergency Management Plan for the Care of Transplant Patients | Fanny Gallant | ||
| Electronic Transplant Patient Education | Michelle James | ||
| Feeling the Burn? To Be Healthy and Whole Mental Wellness Plays a Role! Burnout and the Transplant APP | Lindsay Powell | ||
| 8 AM | 11 AM | Business Practice and Advocacy Session OPTN/UNOS Update |
David C. Mulligan |
| ASTS Examines Transplant Metrics - Background: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients’ (SRTR) “Task 5 Initiative” | Ryutaro Hirose | ||
| ASTS Examines Transplant Metrics -Background: Transplant Center perspective on OPTN/MPSC Policy Proposal on Enhance Transplant Program Performance Monitoring System | Steven R. Potter | ||
| ASTS Examines Transplant Metrics -ASTS Position: Anticipated Impact of SRTR’s “Task 5 Initiative” and the OPTN’s MPSC Policy on Transplant Center Performance Metrics | Julie K. Heimbach | ||
| Impact of Organ Allocation Changes on Small Programs | Rajeev Sharma | ||
| OPO Business Practices & Perspectives | Janice F. Whaley | ||
| ASTS Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy Update | Diane S. Millman Peggy Tighe |
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| 2022 Transplant Surgeon Compensation Survey Results – Sneak Peek | Jason R. Wellen | ||
| Panel Discussion | All Speakers | ||
| 11 AM | 12 PM | Sponsored Lunch Symposium sponsored by CareDx Molecular Characterization and Prediction of Allograft Outcomes: Where We Are and Where We're Going |
Velma Scantlebury, MD Jason Wellen, MD, MBA Irene Kim, MD Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil |
| 1130 AM |
12 PM |
Exhibit Hall Opening - EXHIBIT HALL | |
| 12 PM | 120 PM | Changing Landscape Procurement & Reallocation Setting the Stage |
Jayme E. Locke |
| How you make the call center work? | Derrick A. Christopher | ||
| Where do all the backups go? | Amit Mathur | ||
| Splits Babies and DCDs - Complex Procurements with Local Recovery | R. Shane Mangus | ||
| OPO Metrics - Current Challenges & What the Future Holds |
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| Discussion/Q & A | |||
| 120 PM | 140 PM | Break - EXHIBIT HALL | |
| 140 PM | 240 PM | Research Grants Update: Multiplexed Immune Profiling of Acute Rejection in Pediatric Liver Transplantation |
Juliet Emamaullee |
| Update: Persistent Microvasculature Thrombosis Caused by Fibrinolysis Shut down Driving Delayed Graft Function in Liver Transplant Recipients | Hunter B. Moore | ||
| Update: Scaffold-Free 3D-Bioprinting of an Advanced Human Liver Model | Burcin Ekser | ||
| Update: Developing new organ allocation scheme using continuous risk score in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma | Kazunari Sasaki | ||
| Q&A Discussion Time | All Speakers | ||
| 240 PM | 320 PM | Najarian Lecture | Robert A Montgomery |
| 320 PM | 340 PM | Break - EXHIBIT HALL | |
| 340 PM | 430 PM | Advancing Transplant Equity: Reassessing Race-Based Algorithms and Social Determinants of Health Setting the Stage: Structural Racism and Social Determinants of Transplant Disparities |
Tanjala S. Purnell |
| Guidelines to Remove Race from eGFR Calculations for Transplant Evaluation | Anthony Watkins |
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| Building Culturally Appropriate Programs: Multicultural nation Education and Community Engagement | Bobby Howard | ||
| Q&A Discussion Time | All Speakers | ||
| 430 PM | 530 PM | Pipeline Networking Event Misconceptions of Life in Transplant |
Dorry L. Segev |
| Choose Your Practice - Research | James M. Gardner | ||
| Choose Your Practice - Private | Emily M. Bugeaud | ||
| What You Need to Know as an Attending | Meera Gupta | ||
| Turning your Job into Your Ideal Job | Ty B. Dunn | ||
| Networking Session | |||
| 530 PM | 700 PM | Poster Session B & Transplant Trivia sponsored by CareDx | |
Saturday, August 6, 2022 |
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| Start | End | Presentation Title | Speaker(s) |
| 730 AM | 830 AM | Breakfast | |
| 730 AM | 815 AM | Coffee & Conversation: Do as I Say Not as I Did: Personal Stories of Ergonomic Injury and Prevention sponsored by Veloxis |
Sunil Geevarghese Nicholas Onaca |
| 830 AM | 950 AM | AHPBA Session Managing Resectable Disease - The Surgeon Oncologist Perspective |
Sepideh Gholami |
| Managing the FLR - Two Stage Resection vs PVE vs ALPSS | Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro | ||
| Liquid biopsies (ctDNA) and novel therapeutics | Pashtoon Kasi | ||
| Liver Transplantation for CRLM - Ready for UNOS approval vs What’s the state of Play in North America? | Karim Halazun | ||
| Case Discussion: PVE then Resection | Lee S. Cummings | ||
| Panel Discussion | All Speakers | ||
| 950 AM | 1040 AM | Oral Abstract Session II Cost Analysis of Liver Acquisition Fees Before and After Acuity Circle Policy Implementation |
Anji E. Wall |
| Multi-Center Analysis of Liver Transplantation for Combined Hepatocellular Carcinoma-Cholangiocarcinoma Liver Tumors | Leigh Anne Dageforde | ||
| The Impact of Functional nor Warm Ischemia Time on Incidence of Ischemic Cholangiopathy following DCD Liver Transplantation | Claire Cywes | ||
| Xenogeneic Cross-circulation for Extracorporeal Recovery of Human Lungs Declined After Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion | Wei K. Wu | ||
| Higher Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tumor Burden Score is Associated with Worse Outcomes in Patients Listed for Liver Transplantation due to Higher Waitlist Dropout Rates | Hao Liu | ||
| 1040 AM | 1110 AM | Break - EXHIBIT HALL | |
| 1110 AM | 1140 AM | Awards Ceremony | A. Osama Gaber |
| 1140 AM | 1210 PM | Brit Lecture | E. Steve Woodle |
| 1210 PM | 1225 PM | ASTS Strategic Initiatives | William C. Chapman |
| 1230 PM | 130 PM | Sponsored Lunch Symposium sponsored by Veloxis Decoding De Novo: Real-World Perspectives on ENVARSUS XR Dosing, Monitoring, and Protocol Implementation |
Jay Graham, MD Jason Wellen, MD, MBA |
| 1230 PM | 130 PM | Sponsored Lunch Symposium sponsored by Natera | |
| 6 PM | 7 PM | Reception sponsored by Natera | |
| 7 PM | 9 PM | ASTS Dinner | |
Sunday, August 7, 2022 |
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| Start | End | Presentation Title | Speaker(s) |
| 730 AM | 830 AM | Breakfast | |
| 830 AM | 920 AM | Video Abstracts Robotic Hepaticojejunostomy For Biliary Stricture After Liver Transplantation: Technical Description And Case Series |
Jason S. Hawksworth |
| Robotic Living nor Nephrectomy Rehearsal Platform utilizing 3D Hydrogel Models | Randeep S Kashyap | ||
| Triple V-plasty: Creation of a Single Ostium for Three Renal Arteries in Live-donor Transplantation | Kyler A. Hardie | ||
| 3D-Reconstruction & Heterotopic Implantation of Reduced Size Monosegment or Left Lateral Segment Grafts in Small Infants | Deniz Balci | ||
| Q&A Discussion Time | All Speakers | ||
| 920 AM | 945 AM | Mini Oral Abstract Session |
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| Dynamic Impact of Liver Allocation Policy Change on nor Utilization | Ethan Chan | ||
| Therapeutic Potential of Monocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Islet Transplantation | Masaki Harada | ||
| Internal Validation of a Pre-Transplant Biomarker Panel to Predict Post-Transplant Mortality: The Liver Immune Frailty Index | Keri E. Lunsford | ||
| Post- nation ESRD Risk Prediction Through Thirty Years | Dorry L. Segev | ||
| Biophysiological Stress Sleep Deprivation and Burnout Among Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellows: A Prospective Multi-Institutional Cohort Study | Dennis M. Vaysburg | ||
| 945 AM | 10 AM | Break | |
| 10 AM | 1130 AM | Hot Topic Debates | |
| Alcoholic Hepatitis: Pro | Sharon R. Weeks | ||
| Alcoholic Hepatitis: Con | Patrick Northup | ||
| Q&A Discussion Time | All Speakers | ||
| Will Vouchers Devour Altruistic nation? Pro - Vouchers | Jeffrey L. Veale | ||
| Will Vouchers Devour Altruistic nation? Pro -Altruistic nation | Arthur J. Matas | ||
| Q&A Discussion Time | All Speakers | ||
Corporate Sponsors
ASTS gratefully acknowledges the sponsors of the 2022 Summer Winter Symposium.
COVID-19 Safety Protocols
We understand there are risks to attending and we are working to mitigate these risks as much as possible onsite. Please read the below in preparation of your arrival in Miami:
- Pre-registration online is required for the in-person meeting. To prevent lines at the registration desk, we will not offer on-site registration. Please bring your N95 or KN95 mask with you to wear onsite. We will also have a supply of KN95 masks available at the registration desk.
- If you are feeling under the weather or test positive, please do not attend the in-person meeting. Sessions will be available online for you to access over the next 12 months.
- Seating in meeting areas will be spaced out.
- Hand sanitizer stations are located around the Loews Hotel for your use.
COVID-19 Testing Option
In accordance with ASTS's duty to host a meeting that reduces risks of known hazards, we are adopting a policy to safeguard the health of our members and the community at large from infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, that may be reduced by vaccinations. The ASTS Council strongly encourages all attendees at ASTS meetings to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Attendees are required to show documentation of full vaccination against COVID-19 during registration.
Continuing Medical Education
The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Society of Transplant Surgeons designates this live activity for a 16.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Credit hours are subject to change. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.